The cricketing world took notice when MS Dhoni handed over the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captaincy to star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja earlier this week. One of the Indian Premier League’s most successful and influential captains, MS Dhoni shocked everyone when he decided it was time to hand over the captaincy responsibilities and the future of the team to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. This change at the helm comes for the first time in CSK’s regime since the inception of the IPL in 2008, and it may take some time for CSK and fans around the world to come to terms with it. Jadeja will certainly have some big shoes to fill with Dhoni leading the franchise to four IPL titles, the last of which was in 2021 last season.
After this switch of power, Amul posted a creative Koo in which they named Jadeja as Chennai’s new “Superking” with a caption that read: “#Amul Topical: Defending champions CSK take the field today with a new captain in Ravindra Jadeja!.”
The first game of the season will be a repeat of last year’s final, with CSK taking on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday night at Wankhede Stadium.
However, it could turn out to be a big mistake if CSK takes KKR lightly, as they are eager to start over under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer was picked up by KKR for Rs 12.25 crore at the IPL mega auction held in Bengaluru last month.
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Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.
KKR Squad: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karjeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan.
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