All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja finally opined on his mid-season removal as CSK captain in IPL 2022. Three years ago, the all-rounder was appointed as the new skipper of CSK after the regular captain and the legendary wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni decided to step down. However, the decision didn’t work for them as CSK lost the first four games and were stuck at the bottom of the points table. After eight games, the franchise sacked Jadeja from the captaincy and brought Dhoni back in the reins, and they were eventually knocked out of the playoffs race.

“It was difficult. In T20 cricket, every ball is an event. It is a fast game but for me it was an experience. I could have done better. As a captain, if you are team is not doing well then all the blame falls on the captaincy. Thinking, bowling changes, fielding chances. Unfortunately, the team was not doing well. If we were winning and everyone was contributing, then it was not rocket science,” shared Jadeja on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube Channel on his flagship show ‘Kutti Stories With Ash.’

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“Sometimes, normal things work, but when your players, batters and bowlers don’t contribute, you cannot win in the T20 format. I felt I could have done better, could I have done differently,” he further added.

Ravindra Jadeja further added that during T20 matches, it is important for the captain to keep shuffling the batting order, to get the momentum right as well.

“A few days I thought, but then I realised that when batsmen and bowlers don’t contribute then everything looks negative. If you perform well, then everything looks well. This change worked. In the T20 format, batting order needs to be shuffled,” concluded Ravindra Jadeja.