CSK win not an offshoot of captaincy change; Jadeja was perhaps over-thinking: Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who found himself back in the hot seat after Ravindra Jadeja relinquished the post, attributed the good start and sublime performances from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway with the bat on Sunday night against SRH to just "one of those coincidence", adding that change in captaincy doesn't alter the dynamics of the dressing room.

Following a string of poor performances in IPL 2022, Jadeja who was entrusted the task of leading the side, stepped down for Dhoni to be back at the helm marshalling his Boys in Yellow. CSK gave one of its most assertive performances with the bat and ball as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs at the MCA Stadium, with Gaikwad smashing 99 and New Zealand's Conway hitting an unbeaten 85 to lay the platform for a 200-plus score.

Dhnoi said the team didn't do anything different on the day, adding that the start given by the openers did the trick.

"I think it was a good score to start. Nothing different. When you're in the same dressing room, you keep saying the same thing. It's not like when you change the captain a lot of things change. It's one of those coincidences where we got off to a good start and forced the bowlers to bowl the areas where we wanted to hit. The kind of target we got was a very good one.