Dhoni on Jadeja: Felt captaincy was having an effect on his game
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni revealed the reason behind the captaincy switch over in the middle of the ongoing IPL season.
Dhoni also said that he offered to help out Ravindra Jadeja only at the beginning of the season.
"Between me and Jadeja, he knew last season itself that he will be given a chance to captain this year. So he knew about it, got enough time to prepare. What's important is you want him to lead the side. I wanted that transition to happen so the first game and second game there was a bit more information going into Jaddu but after that I left it to him because at the end of 5-6 (games) or the full season, you don't want him to feel that the captaincy was done by somebody else and I was just going for the toss," said Dhoni.
"Spoon-feeding doesn’t really help the captain, on the field you have to take those crucial decisions and you have to take responsibility for those decisions,”
However, with CSK losing six out of their opening eight games, Jadeja decided to hand the leadership duties back to Dhoni in order to focus on his own performances.
“What’s important is once you become the captain, you have to take care of a lot of things and that also includes taking care of your own game and with him his mind was working a lot,” Dhoni pointed out,"
“And it’s not easy to control your mind, it’s the strongest feature. Once the mind starts working, it doesn’t really stop. So what really happens is the individual is not able to relax," he added.
