IPL 2023: Ravindra Jadeja Acknowledges the Role of MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has revealed that his incredible cricketing journey has been between two “Mahendras”, one his coach Mahendra Singh Chauhan and the other was CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Jadeja’s remark came weeks before the start of the IPL 2023.

The four-time IPL winners- the Chennai Super Kings have begun their preparations at their new look home ground- MA Chidambaram Stadium. Star players of the Yellow Army- MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, and Shivam Dube have joined the team early.

Jadeja, who is currently playing the ongoing three-match ODI series at home against Australia, will be joining his CSK teammates soon after the completion of the ODI series in Chennai. Speaking on the Star Sports’ IPL 2023 preview show- ‘Stars on Star’, Jadeja opened up on his cricketing journey, saying that his career has been between his coach and his current CSK skipper. 

IPL 2023: “My Cricketing Journey Has Really Been Between These Two Mahendras,” Says Jadeja

“I told this to Mahi (MS Dhoni) bhai, that my cricketing journey has been between Mahendra Singh Chauhan, my coach in Jamnagar, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, my captain at CSK. My cricketing journey has really been between these two Mahendras,” Ravindra Jadeja told Star Sports.

A seasoned left-arm spinner with so many wickets in international cricket and in the IPL, Jadeja also disclosed that when he started playing cricket a long time back, he used to love being a fast bowler, adding that he always loved seeing fast bowlers bowling bouncers.

“When I started playing cricket long back, I used to love being a fast bowler. I used to love seeing other fast bowlers bowling bouncers. Watching them, even I used to think that I would also bowl bouncers to batters, but I didn’t have the speed to be a fast bowler,” added Jadeja.

CSK will look to make amends in the IPL 2023 after their horrendous campaign last season: where they failed to qualify for the playoffs and finished at the bottom of the table. One of the prime reasons behind CSK’s forgettable season was due to his performance with the bat and ball. He averaged only 19 with the bat and managed only 5 wickets before getting injured in one of the league games. Dhoni handed the captaincy baton to him ahead of IPL 2022, but after 6 losses in 8 matches, the spin bowling all-rounder handed the captaincy duties back to him.