IPL 2022: Would Have Been Better If MS Dhoni Was The Captain From The Beginning - Virender Sehwag On CSK's Campaign
Updated - 05 May 2022, 05:33 PM
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag believes that making Ravindra Jadeja the captain ahead of the IPL 2022 season was a blunder and it has likely cost Chennai Super Kings (CSK) a spot in the playoff stage.
CSK lost by 13 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday which is their 7th defeat in 10 games. They are virtually guaranteed to go out of the group stages and the defending champions will be disappointed with their campaign.
“The first mistake they did was at the start of the season when they announced that MS Dhoni won’t be captaining and it will be Ravindra Jadeja, it was a wrong decision. There was no settled playing XI. Ruturaj Gaikwad didn’t score runs in the beginning.”
“They started off poorly, the batters didn’t score runs and from there on, their season was always going to be full of turmoil. If Dhoni had been the captain from the beginning then it would’ve been better and maybe CSK wouldn’t have lost so many matches,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
“He bowls at a length where the batters have to take a risk” – Virender Sehwag on Josh Hazlewood
RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood once again returned economic figures of 1/19 in 4 overs, this time against his former team and it was one of the main reasons why Faf du Plessis and co. had a comfortable outing against their arch-nemesis.
“The most important wicket was of MS Dhoni. When Hazlewood comes on to bowl he does not try to bowl yorkers or bouncers. He bowls at a length where the batters have to take a risk. It is not easy to face him with the bounce he gets from his height.”
“I was surprised that Rayudu and Uthappa, two Indian batters, getting out to the off-spin of Maxwell. The over off whom you were supposed to score 20 runs in one over, you ended with a spell of 2-22,” Sehwag mentioned.
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