The opening game of the IPL 2022 season saw defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders taking on each other. While both teams were starting afresh with new leaders in the camp. KKR played with more sensibility to bag the game. Shreyas Iyer, having captained an IPL side before, got almost everything right.
Ravindra Jadeja and CSK, on the other hand, faltered a lot and fell short of 40-50 runs while posting the total. Despite MS Dhoni’s half-century, CSK could not do enough to stop KKR from getting away with the game. It was a nervy start for Jadeja as captain. It started with him losing the toss. The pressure was evident on his face and his nerves could be easily felt.
While batting he was shying away from playing big shots and taking risk. Even the mix-up between him and Rayudu was one of those nervy moments Jadeja has on Saturday. When it came to taking calls while fielding, Jadeja seemed to be looking at Dhoni for everything. This nervy start from Jadeja, the captain attracted some interesting reactions from fans on Twitter.
Conversation between @msdhoni and @imjadeja today on field 😂😂😂😂😂 #CSKvKKR #Dhoni #jadeja pic.twitter.com/UQt21d4yVj
— 🇮🇳 (@abyjyth) March 26, 2022
Is Ravindra Jadeja a rubber stamp captain?
Coach is speaking with the Ex captain. Ex captain is setting the field and the ex captain is changing the bowler.
So why changing the captain?
Thala played good with the bat.
#CSKvKKR— Prajwal Raj M B (@PrajwalRajMB) March 26, 2022
Ravindra Jadeja iss match main toh naam ka captain hi lag rha hai. Below-par performance. #IPL2022
— That-Cricket-Girl (@imswatib) March 26, 2022
Feel really sad for Ravindra Jadeja… Handed over the captaincy two days before IPL began… And now Dhoni setting fields, speaking to bowlers and coach!
Indian cricketers just don't know when to back off and retire! #CSK #IPL #ChennaiSuperKings #KKR #Cricket #CSKvsKKR— Ameya Bhise (@AmeyaBhise) March 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/Siddhar18240017/status/1507750034061811718?s=20&t=V9m8olHTIjhdQZoGLfX1Ug
#jadeja captaincy #captaincy #RavindraJadeja𓃵 #IPL2022 #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/yXvYJNAQLa
— Devansh Mishra (@Devoo_9329) March 26, 2022
Dhoni's role in Jadeja's captaincy this season #jadeja #ChennaiSuperKings #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/qTg4ngS0jq
— Kunal (@kunal_kano) March 26, 2022
Who is captaining #CSK tonight? I am a little confused 😉 #CSKvKKR #IPL2022 #Dhoni #Jadeja
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) March 26, 2022
Ravindra Jadeja debut as a skipper- na bat chala na ball !🧐 #jadeja
— Damodar Neupane 🧐 (crystal clear) 🇳🇵 (@tweet_neupane) March 26, 2022
Are we sure jadeja is the captain of csk… visuals tell a different story #CricketTwitter #jadeja #TATAIPL2022 #TATAIPL #CSKvKKR
— Arpan Laddhad (@ArpanLaddhad) March 26, 2022
Jadeja is captain only for toss.#MSDhoni𓃵 #CSKvKKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar #jadeja
— Chinmaiy Pawaskar (@Chinmaiy) March 26, 2022