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‘Sometimes a good cricketer isn’t necessarily a good captain’- Rajkumar Sharma unconvinced with Ravindra Jadeja as new CSK skipper

Ravindra Jadeja has been appointed as CSK’s new captain after MS Dhoni stepped down from the role.

Ravindra Jadeja Celebration. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)

MS Dhoni shockingly stepped down as the Chennai Super Kings captain on March 24 having led them successfully for 12 seasons. Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been appointed as his successor. After taking over the reins from Dhoni, Jadeja has exuded confidence to lead the team from the front from this year onwards and also take the legacy of the franchise forward.

Meanwhile, it seems that Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma is not convinced that the southpaw will be a good leader for CSK. While the former Ranji player did hail Ravindra Jadeja the all-rounder, he made it clear that sometimes a good cricketer is not necessarily a good captain adding that the middle-order specialist is an inexperienced candidate as well.

Ravindra Jadeja doesn’t have that much experience: Rajkumar Sharma

“Ravindra Jadeja is no doubt a leading all-rounder in the world. But since he hasn’t captained much and doesn’t have that much experience, then it would be something to look out for. Sometimes a good cricketer isn’t necessarily a good captain and vice versa”, said Rajkumar Sharma while speaking on the YouTube podcast ‘Khelneeti’.

Source: https://www.crictracker.com/sometimes-a-good-cricketer-isnt-necessarily-a-good-captain-rajkumar-sharma-unconvinced-with-ravindra-jadeja-as-new-csk-skipper/

‘He is no longer the same finisher that he was’: Former India all-rounder suggests new batting position for Dhoni at CSK

In the last two editions of the IPL, MS Dhoni has struggled with the bat, scoring a combined total of 314 runs from 30 matches.

MS Dhoni hasn’t scored a fifty in his last 30 IPL matches. (CSK/Twitter)

In the last two editions of the IPL, MS Dhoni has struggled with the bat, scoring a combined total of 314 runs from 30 matches. If his tally of 200 runs in IPL 2020 was disappointing, the following year was even worse as Dhoni aggregated only 114 runs. In the last two seasons, Dhoni hasn’t scored a single half-century although in IPL 2021, he did play a cameo of 18 off 6 balls that won Chennai Super Kings the Qualifier 1 game against Delhi Capitals.

With 13 needed off the last over, Dhoni cracked three fours off Avesh Khan and rolled back the years. It was vintage Dhoni at his ‘finisher’ best but former India all-rounder Reetinder Sodhi feels the CSK skipper’s golden days with the bat are behind him. And if the stats are anything to go by, it might be true. Dhoni usually bats lower down the order for CSK, but with his finishing skills on the wane, Sodhi feels CSK and Dhoni would both benefit if the skipper bats higher.

“MS Dhoni has to bat up the order because he is no longer the same finisher that he was known to be a few years back. If he takes his time, comes in the 10th or 11th over, he can hit the lusty blows later. MS Dhoni knows that he is the key to CSK’s prospects,” Sodhi said on India News, also featuring former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/he-is-no-longer-the-same-finisher-that-he-was-former-india-all-rounder-reetinder-sodhi-suggests-new-batting-position-for-ms-dhoni-at-csk-101647877734895.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_site

‘Lot of people initially thought that 7 is a lucky number for me’: MS Dhoni opens up on his iconic No. 7 jersey

There were calls to retire the iconic No.7 jersey as a mark of respect to MS Dhoni’s contribution to Indian cricket.

Former India skipper MS Dhoni(Getty Images)

MS Dhoni and No. 7 go hand in hand. The talismanic keeper-batter has been sporting the iconic No. 7 jersey since his international debut in 2007 and the number has eventually become synonymous with him. Dhoni may have retired from the biggest stage, but the former India skipper remains to be a crucial part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set-up.

Widely regarded among the most successful captains to have braced the sport, Dhoni opened up about the significance of the No. 7 jersey but ruled out any superstitious perspective to it. There were calls to retire the jersey digits as a mark of respect to Dhoni’s contribution to Indian cricket. And the 40-year-old Dhoni shared the “simple” reason behind selecting the number, saying his date of birth is emblematic of the digit.

“A lot of people initially thought that 7 is a lucky number for me and all of that. But I chose the number for a very simple reason. I was born on the 7th of July. So it’s the 7th day of the 7th month, that was the reason,” Dhoni told fans during a virtual interaction held by India Cements.

“Rather than getting to all the different things as to what number is a good number and all, I thought I will use my date of birth as the number. Then whenever people kept asking me, I kept adding to the answer. 81 was the year, 8-1 is again 7, 7 is a very neutral number. People actually kept telling me, I started absorbing it and I started telling it to others in the same way,” he further said.

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ms-dhoni-opens-up-on-his-iconic-no-7-jersey-lot-of-people-initially-thought-that-7-is-a-lucky-number-for-me-101647517491995.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_site