Ravindra Jadeja CSK new captain for IPL 2022

The Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have already begun planning for the tournament’s 15th season. In a recent development, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have begun their preparations for the 2022 season. This time, Chennai fans might get shocked by the team’s skipper. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja Chennai Super kings CSK new captain for IPL 2022.

Speculations are rife on social media that star all-rounder can take over from Dhoni as the new captain of CSK as early as IPL 2022. Dhoni reportedly has himself decided to hand over the captaincy to Jadeja in the upcoming season to ensure a smooth transition for the team. Though the 40-year-old has been retained by CSK ahead of IPL 2022, Dhoni is not expected to continue playing for the next three years of his contract.

CSK will need a new captain at the helm once Dhoni decides to hang up his boots from all forms of cricket and the search for the new leader seems to have begun already. According to recent sources, the CSK franchise may change captain this time since MS Dhoni is likely to hand up his captaincy to another player in the team. Earlier, the CSK team management and MS Dhoni have both stated that they want to plan for the future.

In the upcoming season, Dhoni may hand over the captaincy of the team to someone else. If some recent speculations are to be believed, Dhoni might hand over his leadership to Ravindra Jadeja. CSK has retained four cricketers before the major auction. They have retained MS Dhoni, as well as Ravindra Jadeja and Rituraj Gaikwad, who were key players in the team’s title success last season. Aside from that, all-rounder Moeen Ali has been named one of the international players.

Jadeja’s rise does have a lot to do with Dhoni’s undying support but it was actually the IPL that found the Saurashtra boy – or rather the legendary Shane Warne to be precise. As captain of the Rajasthan Royals, the Australian spotted Jadeja’s prowess and had said back in 2008-09 that this ‘Rockstar’ would go places. He wasn’t wrong at all.

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After featuring for Rajasthan briefly, Jadeja became an integral part of the Chennai outfit till the squad was briefly suspended after the 2015 season. During the side’s two-year hiatus, its players were scattered across and Jadeja found himself with his native Gujarat franchise – a temporary side. With the Chennai squad returning from the 2018 season onwards, he was among the three people retained – proof enough of how much he is valued there.