IPL 2022: CAPTAINCY CRISIS at CSK, auction strategy hurting Dhoni & Co

IPL 2022: CAPTAINCY CRISIS at CSK Call it pressure or unable to handle the challenge of captaining a side, R Jadeja has handed over his captaincy midway IPL 2022 to focus and concentrate on his game. Ex-captain MS Dhoni has accepted to lead Chennai Super Kings once again in the larger interest of the franchise. But with R Jadeja relinquishing his captaincy at CSK, some serious questions are being asked about CSK’s auction strategy at mega auction. Follow all the IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN

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IPL 2022: CAPTAINCY CRISIS at CSK, check how poor auction strategy is hurting Dhoni & Co; All you need to know

IPL 2022: Big CAPTAINCY Drama in CSK Camp, All you want to know about why MS Dhoni has taken back captaincy from Ravindra Jadeja

The defending champions managed to win just 2 of their last 8 games coupled with the downfall of R Jadeja as an allrounder.

Mid-season IPL captaincy changes
2008:VVS->Gilchrist
2009:KP->Kumble
2012:Vettori->Kohli,Sanga->White
2013: Ponting->Rohit, Mathews->Finch,Dhawan->Sammy
2015:Watson->Smith
2016:Miller->Vijay
2018:Gambhir->Iyer
2019:Rahane->Smith
2020:DK->Morgan
2021:Warner->Kane
2022:Jadeja->MSD

CSK made three major wrong calls that have now led to a captaincy crisis, check out

No Faf du Plessis

CSK opted to choose Orange Cap winner Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 6 crore ahead of Faf du Plessis ahead of IPL 2022. The latter had scored just a couple of runs less than now FLOP Gaikwad. RCB came up with a plan to get Faf as their captain and spent Rs 7 crore. At 37, du Plessis can easily continue as captain for the next three years.

Suresh Raina overlooked

Suresh Raina had the experience of leading now-defunct Gujarat Lions. He was completely ignored owing to his disastrous form in IPL 2022. CSK could have bought him at base price (Rs 2 crore) and it would have paid off for CSK under current scenario. David Warner too had failed to perform last IPL but was eventually bought by Delhi Capitals. ‘Form in temporary, class is permanent’ – Labelled as Mr IPL, Raina could have got one more opportunity.

IPL 2022: CAPTAINCY CRISIS at CSK, poor auction strategy is hurting Dhoni & Co; All you need to know

No Youngster/ Big players ignored

Chennai Super Kings didn’t look out to try the likes of Shubman Gill who could have been groomed under MS Dhoni. Even though GT picked Gill in retention, a clear message would have kept him in the fray for the CSK franchise at auctions.

Shubman Gill- IPL 2022 salary: Rs 8 crore

At the same time, the likes of captaincy options Quinton de Kock & R Ashwin were ignored as CSK burnt their maximum cash in retentions. R Jadeja’s Rs 16 crore price tag finally failed to justify big time.

Quinton de Kock IPL 2022 salary: Rs 6.75 crore

R Ashwin IPL 2022 salary: Rs 5 crore

IPL 2022 Salaries- CSK players

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: – Players Bought By CSK: (25 Overall – 8 Overseas) – 87.05 Cr / 2.95 Cr remaining

Retained: Ravindra Jadeja (16 Cr) / MS Dhoni (12 Cr) / Moeen Ali (8) / Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 Cr)

CSK New Buys:
Shivam Dube – 4 Cr
Maheesh Theekshana – 70 L
Rajvardhan Hangargekar – 1.5 Cr
Simarjeet Singh – 20 L
Devon Conway – 1 Cr
Dwaine Pretorious – 50 L
Mitchell Santner – 1.9 Cr
Adam Milne – 1.9 Cr
Subhranshu Senapati – 20 L
Mukesh Choudhary – 20 L
Prashant Solanki – 1.2 Cr
C Hari Nishanth – 20 L
Narayan Jagadeesan – 20 L
Chris Jordan – 3.6 Cr
k Bhagath Varma – 20 L
Robin Uthappa – 2 Cr
Dwayne Bravo – 4.4 Cr
Ambati Rayudu – 6.75 Cr
Deepak Chahar – 14 Cr
KM Asif – 20 L
Tushar Deshpande – 20 L