A big trade has been seen before IPL 2026. Chennai Super Kings have traded Sanju Samson in place of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Ravindra Jadeja has been associated with Chennai Super Kings for a long time. During IPL 2022, Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself left the captaincy and made him the captain of the team, but now suddenly he has been dropped from the team.

Fans are very curious to know why Chennai Super Kings dropped Ravindra Jadeja, but now the reason has come to light. If reports are to be believed, Ravindra Jadeja had to leave CSK because of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Ravindra Jadeja left CSK because of Dhoni

According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the team management of Chennai Super Kings, including Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), wanted to include Rajasthan’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson, that is why the officials also met Sanju Samson during the Major Cricket League in America.

It is noteworthy that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suffering from knee problems for the last 2 IPLs, hence the Chennai team is in dire need of his successor. For this reason the management decided to include Sanju Samson. CSK team did not want to release Ravindra Jadeja and that is why they decided to make a cash deal with Rajasthan Royals.

When Sanju Samson decided to leave Rajasthan Royals before IPL 2026, the CSK team management contacted Rajasthan Royals to add him to their team. First CSK decided to add Sanju Samson through a cash deal, but Rajasthan Royals had their eyes on CSK all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. In the end, under compulsion, CSK decided to give Ravindra Jadeja to Rajasthan Royals.

There was news of conflict with Dhoni in IPL 2023

In IPL 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was made the captain of the team 1 day before the start of IPL, but in the middle of IPL, the captaincy was taken away from him and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain of the team, but the team ended the season in a very disappointing manner. However, in IPL 2023, Mahendra Singh Dhoni won CSK the 5th title under his captaincy, which was Ravindra Jadeja’s third IPL trophy with CSK.

During this IPL 2023, an argument was seen on the field between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja. On this, team CEO Kashi Vishwanathan had said on this matter that

Ravindra Jadeja was the biggest match winner for CSK in the final match and he made CSK win the match lost to Gujarat. After this, Ravindra Jadeja ended the dispute with Dhoni by saying that he dedicates this innings to Dhoni.