Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that Ravindra Jadeja‘s decision to step down as captain of the Chennai Super Kings and hand over the reins back to veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni is “going to be good for the team.”

“It’ll change a lot, in terms of bowling changes, in terms of field placements. And he’s been doing that even when he was playing for India as a player and not as a captain. I think the most important thing will be in terms of the batting order,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.

“A lot of times you would have had Jadeja wanting to do something and he would probably be thinking ‘what will MSD do, go to MSD, check with MSD’. Now that doesn’t happen. Now there is someone who will take the decisions straight away and that’s going to be very, very good for the team,” he added. 

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Speaking about how MS Dhoni’s captaincy could help the team, “If you’re a performing captain, people think that he’s a performing captain, I want to do something to please him. But as far as MSD is concerned, he has proved himself as a captain.”

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Ravindra Jadeja made the decision after the team lost six out of its eight matches in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. 

“Ravindra Jadeja has decided to relinquish captaincy to focus and concentrate more on his game & has requested MS Dhoni to lead CSK. MS Dhoni has accepted to lead CSK in the larger interest & to allow Jadeja to focus on his game,” CSK said in a statement on Saturday. 

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Jadeja’s own game has also suffered due to the pressure that comes with leadership responsibility as he has scored only 112 runs and taken five wickets in the eight games so far.