Three years after being sacked mid-season from Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captaincy, Ravindra Jadeja finally broke his silence on the issue, which led to his long-term relationship with the franchise hitting a low and promoting fears that he will leave them.For those unversed, Jadeja took charge of CSK as their new captain ahead of the 2022 season and replaced MS Dhoni in the role after he stepped down.

However, CSK made a miserable start as they lost their first four games. Ultimately, Jadeja was removed from the role after eight matches in which the Men in Yellow won just two games. Dhoni replaced him in the top job mid-season, and CSK finished 9th on the table with just four wins in the season.Dhoni kept the captaincy for the 2023 season but there was major speculation that Jadeja would be released or traded out. However, he was retained and was the star of the final in the following campaign when CSK lifted the trophy for the fifth time.Jadeja has largely kept quiet about the incident and while not revealing what on behind the scenes revealed that he did think about what he could have done differently, but accepted that when the team is not performing well, a captain cannot do much "It was difficult. In T20 cricket, every ball is an event. It is a fast game but for me it was an experience. I could have done better. As a captain, if you are team is not doing well then all the blame falls on the captaincy. Thinking, bowling changes, fielding chances. Unluckily, the team was not doing well. If we were winning and everyone was contributing, then it was not rocket science. Sometimes, normal things work, but when your players, batters and bowlers don't contribute, you cannot win in the T20 format."I felt I could have done better, could I have done differently. A few days I thought, but then I realised that when batsmen and bowlers don't contribute then everything looks negative. If you perform well, then everything looks well. This change worked. In the T20 format, batting order needs to be shuffled,' said Ravindra Jadeja in a chat on Ravichandran Ashwin's YouTube Channel on his flagship show 'Kutti Stories With Ash.' Ashwin asked Jadeja about the Test captaincy of the Indian team, which was given to Shubman Gill. A few days earlier the Indian cricket legend had called for Jadeja to be made the red-ball skipper after Rohit Sharma's retirement."Yes. Yes. I know all captain's mindset. Every captain has a different mindset. I have played under Mahi Bhai (MS Dhoni) in all formats. He has a very simple mindset. He keeps fielders where a fielder is not there. I have understood that. Test format is like that you have to just chance two fielders that to according to bowler not batter. I feel Test captaincy is different. It's simple. You have to think about when a bowler is in rhythm. It is a bit calculative but it is not like T20 or IPL. In T20, every ball is an event. Test format is not that hectic. I have experience as you said. I have played under so many captains. In tests, you do not have to shuffle batting order or look at left-right combination," stated Jadeja. Later in a rapid-fire question format, Ashwin asked Jadeja one thing he wants to achieve before retiring and he claimed it was Test captaincy. "Rest all I have achieved. Test captaincy. India captain. It is a very big thing," said Jadeja. Jadeja further credited Ashwin for seeing the talent in him to lead the country. "I have seen Mahi Bhai for so close, he has never spoken about his personal milestones. He is always thinking about the other 10 players. I have also started thinking about how you can get other 10 players to perform," Jadeja concluded. Jadeja is currently India's most experienced player, but Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant were named captain and vice-captain, respectively. The star all-rounder has never led India despite playing for India across all formats since 2009.