Published 15:18 IST, October 20th 2020

MS Dhoni slammed by Chennai fans for preferring Kedar Jadhav over N Jagadeesan again

After looking at Kedar Jadhav's awful performance, netizens slammed MS Dhoni for persisting with the 35-year-old in place of a young N Jagadeesan.

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Chennai have h an abysmal Dream11 IPL 2020 campaign so far and y have looked far from champion team y have been over years. Men in Yellow's woes started even before season commenced as ir batting mainstay Suresh Raina pulled out of tournament citing personal reasons. Harbhajan Singh also followed Raina's le as he too opted to remain in India with his family.

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Fans slam MS Dhoni for picking Kedar Jhav over N Jageesan

MS Dhoni's men were beaten by Rajasthan in Match 37 of Dream11 IPL 2020 on Monday. Courtesy of ir crushing defeat, three-time IPL champions are w languishing at bottom of points table with three wins and seven losses. Chennai manment's tactics have been highly questionable this season.

From t giving a chance to last year's leing wicket-taker of tournament, Imran Tahir in playing XI to persisting with Kedar Jhav despite consistent failures, Chennai manment's tactics have been surprising to many, to say least.

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Kedar Jhav has been in poor form this season and was left out of team for a couple of games after his dismal show against Kolkata. After axing Jhav, Chennai finally gave an opportunity to N Jageesan and right-hander proved his worth by scoring a 28-ball 33 with four boundaries, However, his innings was brought to an end due to an unfortunate run out.

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Despite putting in a decent performance, N Jageesan was left out of playing XI in next game against Hyderab as Dhoni opted to go with two spinners in form of Piyush Chawla and Karn Sharma. It was expected that Tamil Nu-based cricketer will be back in team for match against Delhi but he was overlooked once again. To make things worse, Kedar Jhav broke into playing XI.

Dhoni continued with Jhav against Rajasthan on Monday but he once again disappointed everyone with his slow batting. Maharashtra batsman, who h come to bat with just 14 balls remaining, opened his account on fourth ball of his innings and ended up scoring just four runs off seven balls. Chennai couldn't get final flourish and were restricted to a total of 125/5. 

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After looking at Jhav's awful performance, netizens took to Twitter and slammed Dhoni for persisting with 35-year-old in place of a young Jageesan who h put in an impressive performance in only chance he got. Several reactions poured in as fans expressed ir frustration over Dhoni's decision to carry on with Jhav. Let's take a look at a few reactions.

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 Chennai vs Rajasthan result might t have gone in Yellow Army's favour, however, y w have to play for ir pride. According to  Chennai Dream11 IPL schedule, MS Dhoni's men will w take on Mumbai in Match 41 of Dream11 IPL 2020 on Friday, October 23 in Sharjah.

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SOURCE: CHENNAI IPL TEAM INSTAGRAM

15:18 IST, October 20th 2020