Chennai Super Kings and Ravindra Jadeja. The two entities have been separated now, and certainly, the fans will find it tough to see their Thalapathy in a different jersey. Yes, Ravindra Jadeja is no more a Super King. He is back with the team he first played for in the IPL, the Rajasthan Royals. Jadeja being traded to RR from CSK was the biggest news ahead of the auction last year, and he will turn up in the pink jersey this season.
CSK were desperate to have Sanju Samson in their line-up, and in the process, they ended up trading Jadeja and Sam Curran, which is certainly the biggest ever trade in the history of IPL. Jadeja will bowl his left-arm spin of four overs for the Royals and not CSK, and it will certainly look extremely weird as he played for the five-time champions for 12 seasons in his career.
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (capt), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Ayush Mhatre, Matt Short, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed
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