Ravindra Jadeja responds after KKR takes dig at MS Dhoni

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MS Dhoni is one of the greatest players to have played IPL cricket. The 40-year-old has led the ‘Men in Yellow’ to 4 IPL titles, and has also scored a colossal 4746 runs in 220 matches at an average of close to 40. Dhoni has also plundered 23 fifties in IPL cricket. The veteran cricketer was retained by the CSK franchise ahead of the 2022 IPL mega auctions for a sum of INR 12 Crores. Ravindra Jadeja was also retained by the ‘Yellow Brigade’ for a whopping sum of INR 16 Crores.

As far as the retentions are concerned, MS Dhoni has agreed to a wage cut as the former India skipper has been retained by CSK for Rs. 12 crores, Rs. 3 crore less than what he was receiving in the previous edition of the tournament and it is also not confirmed if the former Indian cricket player will take up his role as captain. Ravindra Jadeja was the first pick for CSK in the retention list as the side acquired his services for Rs. 16 crore which is the highest for a CSK player in IPL 2022. Jadeja is in contention for the role of the captain if Dhoni decides to pass on the role. Moeen Ali has been retained for Rs. 8 crores and Ruturaj Gaikwad has been retained for Rs. 6 crores. The Kings are now left with a salary purse of Rs. 48 crore after the deduction of the amount used for retaining the four players.

The Australian side had set an attacking field with all their fielders around the batter in the final moments of the 4th Ashes Test match between Australia and England. The Twitter handle of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took advantage of this and tweeted about a picture which showed Gautam Gambhir setting a similarly attacking field to Dhoni in an IPL encounter between Kolkata and the Rising Pune Supergiant side, apparently taking a dig at the current CSK skipper.

Kolkata Knight Riders trolled MS Dhoni on Sunday when they posted a screenshot of a match between KKR and Rising Pune Supergiants (RPSG) from 2016. On Sunday, on the last day of the 4th Ashes Test, Australians put in all fielders at close catching positions for England's last two batters as Nathan Lyon bowled. It was a sight to behold as England looked to play out all the overs and draw the Test to avoid a 5-0 drubbing from the hosts. Pat Cummins and Co kept on trying to pick up the last wicket.

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Ravindra Jadeja's reply to KKR :

That post was enough to angry the hardcore Dhoni and CSK fans and hence began the war of words. Not to forget, Dhoni was himself at receiving end of a lot of anger from Virat Kohli fans after he gifted a CSK jersey to Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf. That's the nature of social media, especially Twitter, where these clashes take place in a second.

After the match, the Kolkata Knight Riders posted two images, one from the Australia England match and another of the KKR team from the 2016 IPL season when then skipper Gautam Gambhir set up a very similar field to squeeze MS Dhoni. It worked as in that match, Dhoni only managed to score 8 runs off 22 balls. The KKR Twitter team deemed it a 'T20 master stroke'. But, Dhoni's teammate Ravindra Jadeja snapped back and replied "It's not a masterstroke! Just a show-off."

The existing eight franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, November 30, revealed the names of players retained by them ahead of the upcoming mega auction. CSK decided to retain MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Chennai Super Kings also shared a video of its star players signing their contracts for the coming season.