CSK unfollow Ravindra Jadeja on Instagram; speculation about rift grows

Reports of fourtime Indian Premier League IPL champions Chennai Super Kings unfollowing their former skipper Ravindra Jadeja on social media site Instagram have sent the rumour mills into overdrive with people speculating about the allrounders relationship with the franchiseA short statement posted by the Mahendra Singh Dhoniled franchise on their website on May 11 a day before CSKs game against Mumbai Indians has not helped matters either with rumour mills suggesting that the relationship has soured and could take a similar course as David Warners breakup with SRHCSK tweeted Official Announcement Jadeja will be missing the rest of the IPL due to injury Wishing our Jaadugar a speedy recovery imjadeja Official Announcement Jadeja will be missing the rest of the IPL due to injury Wishing our Jaadugar a speedy recovery imjadejamdash Chennai Super Kings ChennaiIPL May 11 2022Disclosing the nature of the injury CSK wrote on their website Ravindra Jadeja reported a bruised rib and was unavailable for Chennai Super Kings game against Delhi Capitals on Sunday He was under observation and based on medical advice he has been ruled out for the rest of the IPL seasonWhile the news about the injury is quite normal given the rigours of the IPL CSK unfollowing Jadeja takes one back to the previous season when Warner then Sunrisers Hyderabads skipper was first stripped of captaincy duties during the India leg of the tournament and was later not included for several games the team played in the UAE leg under new skipper Kane WilliamsonA series of cryptic Instagram posts led fans to speculate that the relation between the Australian and his longterm franchise had soured beyond redemption Warner is playing for Delhi Capitals in the current IPL seasonJadeja too has a long association with CSK spanning a decade and he has contributed immensely to the success of the franchise as they have won four IPL titles including being the defending champions The CSK management had so much faith in the players allround abilities that he was the franchises first retention ahead of the mega auction this yearBefore the start of the season he was the surprise choice for the post of skipper replacing veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni However the timing of the announcement just two day before the start of the season shocked several Chennai fansUnder Jadeja CSK continued to slide on the IPL points table barely managing to stay ahead of the biggest underperformers of the season Mumbai Indians Former India coach Ravi Shastri was quick to point out that Jadeja looked like a fish out of water as the 52yearold assessed the new captains performanceJadejas form too dipped as his contribution with the bat and ball diminished resulting in him handing over the captaincy back to Dhoni While Jadeja played a couple of more games after relinquishing captaincy he got injured fielding against RCB and was ruled out of the next game against Delhi CapitalsWith him now being ruled out for the remaining matches only the next season will tell who comes out to lead CSK Will it be Dhoni yet again or someone like Ruturaj Gaikwad who has shown maturity beyond his years donning the yellow jersey Or will Jadeja get another shot at captaincyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever