IPL 2022: Former India Star criticises MS Dhoni for running The Show against Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets while chasing 211 in an IPL 2022 game on Thursday at the Brabourne Stadium. During the match, CSK wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni was witnessed changing the fielding positions as the cameras focussed on him, while newly appointed skipper Ravindra Jadeja was fielding in the outfield.

Former India batter Ajay Jadeja criticised Dhoni for taking charge against Super Giants and said that it would have dented Ravindra Jadeja’s confidence.

“Whatever I saw, it was wrong. There is no doubt about that. There is no bigger fan of MS Dhoni than me. I am his fan because of the temperament and the things he does. If this was the last game on which your qualification depended, then I still would have understood. In those situations, sometimes you take back the reins because there is a need for it. But in the second game we got to see this, and I am not saying just because it is Ravindra Jadeja,” Jadeja said.

“MS Dhoni is a big name, I do not like saying such things but we are here talking about the game, so I have no doubts in my mind, what I saw today, I did not like,” he stated further.

Jadeja said that it was Dhoni’s decision to give up CSK’s captaincy and it is all the more reason he should give Ravindra Jadeja the freedom to learn.