Former India player turned Aakash Chopra has pointed out that the pressure of captaincy might be the reason for Ravindra Jadeja’s poor show for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2022. Jadeja once again had a poor show in last night’s Indian Premier League match against the Mumbai Indians (MI). The CSK captain went wicketless with the ball, dropped a couple of catches and scored just three runs off eight deliveries as well.
While reviewing the Chennai Super Kings’ performance in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “Ravindra Jadeja proved very expensive. His bat is not striking the ball at all, he is dropping catches, he is not getting wickets. I mean the captaincy pressure is probably showing a little. It is clear that Jaddu is struggling slightly.”
Hw again explained: “Mukesh Choudhary didn’t bowl his full quota of overs and that was surprising because he had taken three wickets in three overs, get him to bowl the fourth over now at least. Dwaine Pretorius bowled just two overs. It was a bizarre kind of bowling display, on how the overs were distributed.”
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However, after having started well with the ball, the Chennai Super Kings allowed Mumbai Indians to post 155 runs on the board after they were reduced to a score of 47/4 in the eighth over as well. While speaking about the Chennai Super Kings’ run chase, Aakash Chopra stated that they got off to a disastrous start.
He observed: “Ruturaj Gaikwad first-ball duck, what is happening, why so many people are scoring ducks. There is no doubt that there was some life on the pitch. Mitchell Santner was an exact like-for-like replacement for Moeen Ali, he batted at No. 3 and a left-arm off-spinner instead of a right-arm off-spinner in Moeen Ali.”
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“When Santner got out, there was excitement in the game. Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu played quite well. Hrithik Shokeen bowls four overs for 23 runs and no one tried to hit him. I was a little surprised why actually nobody went after him. After that, wickets kept on falling. Shivam Dube got out, Ishan Kishan took a very good catch. Dwaine Pretorius – 22 runs off 14 balls, we all will talk about MS Dhoni but if he had not hit the two boundaries off Bumrah’s over, the job was not going to be done. Dwaine Pretorius was an equally important protagonist and then MS Dhoni’s class is different,” Aakash Chopra concluded.