The rift between Indian star all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja and the Chennai franchise came to the light after the former deleted all his Instagram posts related to the franchise on July 9.
Jadeja has been associated with the Chennai franchise for a decade now and has been an integral part of the franchise. The all-rounder was handed over the captaincy duties of the team ahead of the Indian T20 League 2022. The reigning champions of the tournament had a forgettable outing during the season as they were knocked out during the league stage only for the second time in the tournament's history. Seeing the team’s dismal performance, the management decided to hand over the captaincy back to MS Dhoni.
After Dhoni took the captaincy, the 33-year-old was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament due to an injury and was only seen in the Indian colours, later on. Jadeja has not been quite open about his captaincy stint in the recent season and his sudden deletion of the posts hints at a possible rift between him and the franchise. The Chennai franchise has, however, denied reports of any such rift between them and Jadeja, while many fans are of the opinion that the all-rounder might not play for the franchise ever again.
Notably, the star-allrounder shared a strange story on his Instagram account on July 18, further hinting that ‘all is not well’ between him and the franchise. The story read ‘Don’t lower your standards for anyone or anything. Self-respect is everything.’
The Chennai franchise remains active on their social media handles and posts about the achievements of their players whenever they do well for their respective countries. Amidst all the rumours, the franchise has kept on backing Jadeja as he’s been doing really well for India.
But Jadeja hasn’t acknowledged any of the posts from the franchise by dropping a 'like’ or a ‘comment’ on their posts, which he usually does. Following his story on Instagram, the fans took to Twitter, urging the all-rounder to not leave the Chennai team.
Here's are some of the Tweets:
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 💛🦁 @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/1X4B1Cy5Fi
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) July 20, 2022
Then.! Now.!! Forever.!!!
— Karnataka Dhoni Fans Association™ 🏆 (@DhoniKarnataka) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 🦁 pic.twitter.com/Fg3kuaqNkP
Some Unforgettable finishes from Sir Jadeja 🥶🛐
— Shreyansh 🎭 (@shreyansh0727) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 😇#RAVINDRAJADEJA #CSK pic.twitter.com/18Ft4Gtrrv
"WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA"💛
— Anjali ♡ (@imAnjalii718) July 19, 2022
Once A King Always A Super King
Comeback Strong @imjadeja 🦁#RavindraJadeja | #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/HSpWZChcbp
@imjadeja Tweet this once again please 🥺 We yellove you jadeja 💛 pic.twitter.com/uEILa5Zs3v
— Nivi_39 (@Nivi39) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 💛
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) July 19, 2022
Such an amazing pair MS Dhoni the miracle man along with Sir Ravindra jadeja. Love to watch both of you❤️#MSDhoni #Jadeja #SirJadeja pic.twitter.com/vNvWbWuo8W
Presenting before you, the most dangerous Trio of IPL. 😎🔥💪🏻@msdhoni @ImRaina @imjadeja 🦁👑
— Shreyansh 🎭 (@shreyansh0727) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 😇#RAVINDRAJADEJA #CSK pic.twitter.com/iUFIUueeXq
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 💛💛
— Yash (@I_mYash183) July 19, 2022
Plz @imjadeja king don't leave CSK. Don't know how some people are saying that CSK won't get affected even if you leave but deep inside we know how badly it will affect CSK😓
Will continue to support you forever in blues too🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/cbIqnRYlbW
Comeback stronger @ImJadeja 🏏🔥
— CSK Fans Army™ (@CSKFansArmy) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA 💛#WhistlePodu | #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/IIBx4TnEJg
Jadeja didn't delete it all!
— Vaibhav Gaunekar_vmng (@Vaibhav_Vmng) July 19, 2022
WE YELLOVE YOU JADEJA#Jadeja pic.twitter.com/WA50xCPT0T