Kevin Pietersen Reacts on Ravindra Jadeja Replacing MS Dhoni as CSK Captain

IPL 2022: Claiming that the decision does not surprise him, the Englishman hailed Jadeja as an 'outstanding' thinker and believes he would make the right moves.

Mumbai: CSK stunned all its fans a couple of days back when it made the announcement that MS Dhoni is stepping down as captain and Ravindra Jadeja would take over. While some fans were disappointed not to see Dhoni lead the side again, many felt appointing Jadeja was the right call.

Former English batter Kevin Pietersen is the latest to react on this move from CSK. Claiming that the decision does not surprise him, the Englishman hailed Jadeja as an ‘outstanding’ thinker and believes he would make the right moves.

“They’ve obviously decided that the time is right to move on from MS Dhoni, but it doesn’t surprise me that they have turned to Ravi Jadeja – another cool head who will make good decisions. Jadeja is an outstanding thinker and a very experienced T20 player, so CSK have a good chance of surprising everybody again,” Pietersen wrote for Betway.

“CSK proved everybody wrong last season, including myself. There is some young blood coming through there, but they seem to have realised that having cool, experienced heads making decisions is going to give them an edge over everybody else. There are so many small decisions to make during a T20 match and if you get more right than the opposition then you will generally win,” he added.