IPL 2022: MS Dhoni wants to groom Ravindra Jadeja as future India captain, says Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria reckons that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has taken the right decision to hand over the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to Ravindra Jadeja as the former India captain wants to groom the all-rounder as a future leader of the national team. Dhoni, the four-time IPL-winning captain, relinquished his captaincy of CSK just ahead of the start of IPL 2022. Dhoni has not said anything about handing over the captaincy to Jadeja, but CSK coach Stephen Fleming has revealed that this was discussed during the last edition of the league.

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Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming on Saturday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni relinquishing captaincy of the IPL team this year was not a sudden decision as it was "talked about" during the last season.

Supporting Dhoni's decision, the 41-year-old former Pakistan spinner Kaneria said, "We all know what kind of player Dhoni is. His decisions are always correct. I think he is one of the best captains in world cricket. He has won the 50-over World Cup, he has won the T20 World Cup, he has won the Champions Trophy and has won the IPL four times for Chennai Super Kings. Apart from this, there are many matches which India won due to Dhoni's on-field decisions. "So I think giving the captaincy to Jadeja is a far-reaching decision. Look, the Indian team is a balanced one and captaining it in all formats is not an easy task. Virat Kohli was very good, but he has left captaincy. Now Rohit Sharma has to lead in all three formats. Whether one accepts this or not, captaining India in all formats of the game is a pressure job," Kaneria, who is fourth (261 wickets) on the