Sanju Samson was playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL (Indian Premier League) since 2013, but in the coming IPL season, he will be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Ravindra Jadeja has also returned to his old team Rajasthan Royals. The opening season of 2008 and 2009 was with ‘Sir’ Jadeja with Rajasthan Royals.
In a way, CSK is a new home for Sanju Samson, while for Jadeja, going to Rajasthan team is like ‘homecoming’.
Under the new trade agreement, Ravindra Jadeja’s fee has been reduced from Rs 18 crore to Rs 14 crore. Whereas Sanju Samson joined CSK for Rs 18 crore.
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But now the biggest question is whether this ‘Sir’ Jadeja will become the captain in the new team, how easy is Jadeja’s path in his ‘old and first IPL team’. How close is Jadeja to becoming the captain?
Due to Sanju Samson’s injury, Ryan Parag took over the captaincy of Rajasthan Royals in the last season (IPL 2025). Parag captained IPL 2025 in 8 matches, where his team won 2 of them. In such a situation, he is definitely a contender, but Jadeja has more experience as a player. In such a situation, he can be seen leading the Rajasthan team.
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Since Jadeja is a contender, but he also has a disadvantage, he has not been successful as a captain. He captained Chennai in 8 matches in the 2022 season of IPL and won only 2 matches. In that season, both his batting and bowling were negatively affected.
At the beginning of IPL 2022, CSK lost consecutive matches under the captaincy of Jadeja. After that questions were raised on the team’s strategy, field placement, and his captaincy ability.
After this, Jadeja resigned the captaincy of his own free will. Later he himself said that he wants to focus on batting and bowling. After this CSK made Dhoni the captain again. Chennai’s performance was poor under Jadeja’s captaincy, Jadeja had scored only 116 runs in 10 matches at an average of 19.33 and strike rate of 118. Jadeja looked dull even in bowling then. He then took only 5 wickets with an economy of 7.52.
Now let us talk about Chennai, where Sanju Samson has reached. In the 2025 season, Chennai lost 5 out of 4 matches, after which Rituraj Gaikwad got injured, then Mahendra Singh Dhoni captained the rest of the season. Although Gaikwad has overall captained in 19 matches, victory was recorded in 8 under his captaincy. Jadeja, who took over the captaincy baton from Dhoni in the 2024 season, will be captained by Rituraj Gaiwad for Chennai, because CSK itself has put an end to all the rumors by posting this.
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What are the chances of Jadeja becoming captain?
Jadeja is all set to become the captain of Rajasthan. He can beat players like Riyan Parag and Yashasvi Jaiswal for this role. However, RR owner Manoj Badale clarified this and said that Jadeja becoming the captain is not a topic of discussion right now.
Badale told ESPNCricinfo that he has six or seven players who can become the captain of RR. We have met the leadership group of the team twice, in which he (Jadeja) was also included once, so that it could be clear that we will go through a process in the next few months.
During this time, Badale also said that his focus is currently on mini auction. Where they will have Rs 16.05 crore to fill nine slots.
Mohammad Kaif said in a video – Kumar Sangakkara is now the head coach, he has known Riyan Parag for a long time, Rajasthan team has invested in Parag, Jadeja has come from outside. Since the same thing will happen with Sanju in CSK, he will have to wait. Jadeja will have to spend time with Sangakkara and the team management, but according to me, the captain will be Ryan Parag.
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captain of rajasthan royals
- Riyan Parag (2025-2025): 8 matches, won 2, lost 6
- Sanju Samson (2021-2025): 67 matches, won 33, lost 32, tied 1
- Ajinkya Rahane (2018-2019): 24 matches, won 9, lost 15
- Steve Smith (2014-2020): 27 matches, won 15, lost 11
- Rahul Dravid(2012-2013): 40 matches, won 23, lost 17
- Shane Watson(2008-2015): 21 matches, won 7, lost 11
- Shane Warne(2008-2011): 56 matches, won 31, lost 24
Chennai Super Kings captain
- Rituraj Gaikwad (2024–2025): 19 matches, won 8, lost 11
- Ravindra Jadeja (2022): 8 matches, won 2, lost 6,
- Suresh Raina (2010–2019): 6 matches, won 3, lost 2, tied 1
- MS Dhoni (2008–2025): 244 matches, won 145, lost 96, tied 1
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