IPL 2022: It Is Such A Big Thing For Ravindra Jadeja To Admit, 'Captaincy Is Out Of My League': Graeme Swann

Graeme Swann has applauded Ravindra Jadeja for his choice to venture down as CSK skipper and give it back to MS Dhoni until the end of IPL 2022. Preceding the beginning of the season, Dhoni had chosen to give up CSK’s captaincy to Jadeja, yet following a series of losses, ‘Thala’ Dhoni was in the driver’s seat once again.

Swann feels that Jadeja has taken such a strong call makes him deserving of adulation as he feels it is difficult for a cricketer to concede that he isn’t easy with a task as demanding and brimming with liability as captaining a team.

CSK Would Be Half The Side Without Ravindra Jadeja: Graeme Swann

“We all have our favourite teams to play against and the fact that he has done well against RCB in the past is pretty important. It is such a big thing for Jadeja to admit that ‘look, captaincy is out of my league. I am not comfortable with it. The male ego doesn’t allow you to say it comfortably.

So, the fact that he has done that and allowed MS to get back in is better for him, CSK and it is good news all around and honestly, I love him. I think he is brilliant. What he gives to any franchise is incredible. CSK would be half the side without him,” Swann said on Star Sports ahead of the start of the CSK vs RCB IPL match in Pune on Wednesday.

Under Jadeja, CSK lost five matches from six matches and the all-rounder’s form himself was under a magnifying glass as he had scored 116 runs from eight matches and taken only five wickets.

We Will See A Different Ravindra Jadeja Now: Ravi Shastri

Former India coach Ravi Shastri concurred with Swann and feels that since Jadeja has not relinquished CSK’s captaincy, anticipate that he should have returned to his splendid best.

“Good on him to go up and tell straight up that I can’t handle it. It’s something I am not used to. He has not captained at any level whatsoever. So it’s good. I think we will see a different cricketer. He can do what he wants, that responsibility of being captain is gone and all three departments can come out full force.

Also, as a fielder, without having to worry who is going to bowl next, he will be devastating. Because he can turn games with run-outs. We have seen that time and time again. He is infectious with the way he covers that stretch on the field. He is like a bullet on the field.” the former team India coach said.

Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) registered their 6th win of the IPL 2022 season and broke their 3-match losing streak to enter the top four on the points table for this season.

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