IPL2022: Ravindra Jadeja reveals the reason for the losses

IPL2022: Punjab Kings beat CSK by 11 runs on Monday

CSK have started their IPL2022 campaign badly as they have lost six games and 11 matches, having only 2 points on the board. That’s not how you expect from the defending champions.

Fans have mixed reactions for why CSK are unable to give their best so far in the tournament. Some are saying because MS Dhoni has stepped down from the captaincy that position should have gone to former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis but that wasn’t the case as in the mega auction RCB took him in their team and now he is leading RCB. Eventually CSK Captaincy goes to Ravindra Jadeja, who has been with the franchise for many years now. 

In the last match, CSK lost the game against Punjab Kings by 11 runs and again questions were raised “what is going wrong with the defending champions”.

The CSK skipper Ravindra Jadeja himself shared the reason of the recent losses 

After the match he said “We are not getting good starts in the first six overs, that’s where we are lacking and hopefully we will come back stronger,” 

He praised Ambati Rayudu for his 78 runs innings in just 39 balls

“He (Rayudu) was batting brilliantly, if we could’ve restricted them to under 175 it would’ve been good. We felt we gave away 10-15 runs extra at the end. We did not execute our plans very well,” Jadeja said.

The winning captain Mayank Agarwal said-

“I thought Arsh bowled exceedingly well, he has bowled the tough overs, he has been great for us. Even Rabada bowled well, to get Ruturaj and get Rayudu at that stage. These two have been great for us,” 

“Arsh (Arshdeep) has been the best death bowler in the competition, that’s what the stats say. He has got a lot of talent, drive and ambition. And he is just a good bloke. So nice to have him around. I know I am going to bowl at the death, Arsh has been magnificent. He has been leading the way in that discipline.”, he said

Shikhar Dhawan was the Player of the Match for his unbeaten sublim innings of  88 runs said

“The wicket was stopping a bit, I tried to go for the big shots, but I couldn’t connect. But I kept my calm. Once I get set, I can get those boundaries, that’s what I bank on,” he said.

“While batting first it’s about putting pressure on the bowlers and getting boundaries. We don’t have to lose too many wickets, that was our conscious effort.”