Cricketer-turned-commentator
Ajay Jadeja has raised questions on KL Rahul’s captaincy in the Indian Premier League. The former cricketer feels that the Punjab Kings skipper lacks leadership
quality and intelligence to be considered a future Indian captain.
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Last year,
Rahul was given the captaincy of Punjab Kings. Under his captaincy, team has won 11 games and lost 14 games. Punjab
Kings lost their 13th game of IPL 2021 against Virat Kohli’s Royal
Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday and currently they are placed at 5th
position with 10 points.
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While speaking
to Cricbuzz during a post match show, Jadeja said, “If you look at KL
Rahul, he has been the captain of this team for the past two years and I never
felt like he is a leader. Whenever this team plays good or bad, have you ever
thought, were the changes from today done by KL Rahul or not?”
Jadeja
further added that pillar of Punjab batting line-up has not shown intelligence in his captaincy and also added that Rahul is very soft-spoken and can only
adjust.
“The
Indian captains are selected on their intelligence, which is the most important
factor because they need to be a leader. So, I can’t see that aspect in KL
Rahul so much. He is very soft-spoken, he adjusts”, Jadeja quoted.
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The
50-year-old also believes that if Rahul becomes skipper of Indian cricket team
then it is certain that he will last the longest because a person who is ready
to adjust can stay in that position for a long time.
During a
post match review, he further expressed his views that there is a huge difference
when it comes to captaining national side, there is a lot of things to mange
and later he define Indian captaincy as a philosophy of leadership quality.
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“If you
look at his other version, not while playing but generally in the ground, he has
the calmness like MS Dhoni. There are good things too, but the biggest aspect
is that you need to be a leader. People should be asking, ‘why is he doing this
or that?’. But that never happens, as he has not taken any responsibility upon
himself, and has let others run the team”, he said.