Cricket
Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday confirmed that their former skipper Ravindra Jadeja would miss the remaining season of IPL 2022.
Updated : May 11, 2022, 11:49 PM IST | Edited by : Amrit Santlani
Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday confirmed that their former skipper Ravindra Jadeja would miss the remaining season of IPL 2022. Jadeja, who had earlier picked up an upper-body injury, after trying to take a diving catch against Royal Challengers Bangalore had to miss the previous game against Delhi Capitals as well.
CSK put out a statement on social media about their Indian all-rounder, confirming that he has been indeed ruled out of IPL 2022.
"Official Announcement: Jadeja will be missing the rest of the IPL due to injury. Wishing our Jaadugar a speedy recovery!" wrote CSK on Twitter.
Official Announcement:
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 11, 2022
Jadeja will be missing the rest of the IPL due to injury. Wishing our Jaadugar a speedy recovery! @imjadeja
With CSK slated to take on Mumbai Indians in their next fixture, the franchise is said to have been closely monitoring Jadeja's injury, which hasn't gotten any better, as per reports.
Earlier, CSK had named Jadeja as Dhoni's successor after the veteran announced his decision to relinquish CSK's captaincy two days ahead of their inaugural games of IPL 2022 season. versus KKR.
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Jadeja has struggled for form ever since, and he recently gave up the captaincy midway through the camping, with Dhoni again taking up the top job and it also coincided with CSK's upturn in fortunes, as they've won two of their three games under Dhoni.