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NEW DELHI, Mar 28: CSK head coach Stephen Fleming said that MS Dhoni's decision to relinquish captaincy was not a sudden move as they "talked about it" last season.
Fleming, however, said the timing of stepping down from CSK captaincy was left to Dhoni.
"We have talked about it. It is something MS talked about with me during last season. The timing was though his call," Fleming said on Saturday. After 12 seasons, four title triumphs and five runner-up finishes later, the iconic Dhoni on Thursday decided to hand over the captaincy of CSK to his trusted lieutenant, Jadeja.
CSK had said that the 40-year-old will continue to represent the franchise for the "season and beyond". Fleming said the transition from Dhoni to Jadeja has gone nicely. "It has been documented widely to give Jadeja a clean slate going in the series (IPL). It was communicated to (Mr Srinivasan) through the team," Fleming said. "We 100% respect that. It is going to be a bit of a transition period as we develop a relationship with Jadeja and also have MS there. You just don't discard a player just because he doesn't have the captaincy tag. Develop a new captain and you work with the experience you have got, and thankfully we have got quite a bit of that. This is a bit of a change, but we will work through that." |
