I think things will get better for CSK if MS Dhoni is back as captain: RP Singh

Former Indian pacer and cricket expert RP Singh feels that the four-time champions Chennai Super Kings should bring back MS Dhoni to the captaincy, after seeing CSK’s awful start to the season this year. The defending champions are facing a tough time at the event this year as they’re yet to register a win, having lost four games back-to-back this season.

This also means that Ravindra Jadeja’s career as a captain has not started well. CSK has not been able to set their game straight as they have not struck the right balance between the batters and the bowlers. From the start, the team had a weak bowling attack as their star bowler Deepak Chahar was out of the league owing to injury, but the strong batting line-up has also failed.

“There are problems in both batting and bowling. It doesn’t happen often that CSK changes its playing XI after just 2-3 games and changes batting order. But now everything looks uncertain and it looks like a very weak team. The games that they have lost, they weren’t competing in it for a long time,” RP Singh told Cricbuzz.

Some also criticized the team when they saw Jadeja going to Dhoni while making decisions and taking any call in the game. “I think things will get better if Dhoni is back as a captain. This is the team that they have and they will need to find combinations that work for them,” he added.

The team morale goes down when you lose 4-5 matches at the beginning: Parthiv Patel

Joining the conversation, former wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel shared his thoughts on the team and said that they are struggling on both ends and have failed to form a proper combination of players. “It won’t happen that a team will lose all 14 games. But yes, the Chennai team has a lot of question marks, be it about their bowling combination or their batting. They have Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu, but Ruturaj Gaikwad’s form has drastically changed,” Parthiv said.

“They have made a big change with Jadeja as captain. Dhoni is batting at No.7. Sometimes Theekshana is playing, and Milne is injured. When you lose 4-5 matches at the beginning itself the team morale goes down,” he added.

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