THE ONLY OCCASION MS DHONI PLAYED FOR CSK AS A PLAYER UNDER SURESH RAINA'S CAPTAINCY

With the IPL matches starting tomorrow, MS Dhoni, who was the captain of the Chennai Super Kings team, resigned suddenly.

Post which, Dhoni handed over the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja. This is also accepted by the CSK team management.

This time around, the fans who had expected Dhoni to be the captain of the Chennai team were left disappointed.

New Captain Jadeja

However, CSK fans have also been praising the new role of another CSK player, Ravindra Jadeja. Speaking about his new responsibility, Jadeja said that he would talk to Dhoni several times and make decisions.

All-rounder

Dhoni, who had been the captain of the Chennai team since the beginning of the IPL series, has won the IPL trophy four times for the team. Not only that, Chennai team has played 9 times in IPL finals under his leadership.

To top it off, the Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have won the Champions League twice. Such a proud captain, who is no longer the leader of the team, has hit the fans hard.

Dhoni goes down as a player

In this situation, without a captain for the CSK team, Dhoni has played only once as a batsman. Chennai and Yorkshire clashed in the 2012 Champions League. In this match, even if Chennai team wins or loses, they will not be able to go to the next round.

Successful 'CSK'

Thus, in that league match, Dhoni had made Raina the captain of the Chennai team. Without acting as captain from the middle of the match, Raina started the toss and led the Chennai team. CSK won the match, reaching the target of 141 set by Yorkshire in 19 overs.

Only one match

For the CSK team, it was the only match in which Dhoni was featured as a player and not captain. Now, Dhoni will be playing in the Chennai team for the entire series as a player in the upcoming IPL series which is starting tomorrow, led by Jadeja.

But, in the IPL series, Dhoni has only been featured as a player, not as a captain for the entire series. In the second time, Dhoni played for the Pune Super Giants, the team was led by Steve Smith.