IPL 2022: “God had seen Rajni sir’s life expectancy and created Sir Ravindra Jadeja” – MS Dhoni’s old tweets go viral following CSK captaincy change

Ravindra Jadeja

On Thursday, after handing over the captaincy of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to Ravindra Jadeja, some of MS Dhoni’s fascinating old Tweets went viral.

The posts, which date mostly from April 2013, appear to be subtle, light-hearted jabs at the all-rounder. The legendary former captain addressed Ravindra Jadeja as “Sir” on multiple occasions, cracking hilarious jokes in the process. He compared Ravindra Jadeja to legendary actor Rajinikanth, exaggerating the southpaw’s fielding and batting abilities and claiming that his daily errors are “inventions” with pending patents.

God realised RAJNI sir is getting old so he created sir ravindra jadeja
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 9, 2013

When you give Sir Ravindra Jadeja one ball to get 2 runs he will win it with one ball to spare !!
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 13, 2013

Sir jadeja doesn't run to take the catch but the ball finds him and lands on his hand
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 9, 2013

Sir jadeja once wanted to make a silt mountain to play as a kid now v all call it mt. Everest
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 9, 2013

If ever Rajni sir had to face sir jadeja's bowling,the battle would be known as CLASH OF THE TITANS
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 18, 2013

Unlike now, the 40-year-old was very active on social media during his early days as captain. Interestingly, all of these tweets were posted during the 2013 IPL, which was a good year for Jadeja at CSK, as he took 13 wickets at an average of 24.84.

On April 13, 2013, Jadeja was on strike against Royal Challengers Bangalore, with CSK needing two runs off the final ball. The left-hander dropped a catch to third man, but RP Singh’s delivery was a no-ball. That evening, the keeper-batter praised Jadeja’s ability to win last-ball thrillers “with a ball to spare.”

Until 2013, the title “sir” was mostly used negatively or sarcastically for the 33-year-old. But Jadeja quickly made it a point of honour by winning Player of the Series at the 2013 Champions Trophy and then rising to become one of the world’s best all-rounders.

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MS Dhoni felt it was time to hand over the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja: CEO of CSK

After Dhoni and Raina, Jadeja will be only the third player to lead CSK. According to ESPNcricinfo, franchise CEO Kasi Viswanathan stated that given Jadeja’s prime form, he felt it was the “right time” for him to step down.

Viswanathan said:

“He felt it is the right time to hand over the captaincy to Jaddu. He feels Jaddu is also in prime form of his career and it is the ideal time for him lead CSK. What will be good for the franchise must be [in the] back of his mind.”

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