Former Chennai Super Kings players Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh lashed out at the MS Dhoni-led side for their poor outing against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. They lashed out at the team management for not acquiring good players in the auction.
Chennai Super Kings are having a torrid time in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. They are reeling at the bottom half of the table, and to qualify for the playoffs of the tournament is very difficult for them, as they need to win all their games from now on.
Chennai Super Kings faced their sixth loss of the season
Chennai Super Kings faced their sixth loss of the season as they were thrashed by Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. The MS Dhoni-led side faced a horrible 9-wicket loss as they looked clueless against their rivals with both bat as well as ball.
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Chennai Super Kings posted a total of just 176 runs on the board, and it seemed that they would come up with a decent effort with the ball. However, that wasn’t the case as Mumbai Indians batters in Rohit Sharma (76*) and Suryakumar Yadav (68*) slammed magnificent half-centuries to take their team home in the 16th over.
I have never seen Chennai Super Kings struggle like this – Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina, who was on the commentary panel during the game between the teams, pointed out how Chennai Super Kings failed in the auction. He stressed that they failed to get big players, adding that he had never seen a team struggling this way. He elaborated:
“Mujhe lagta hai kahin na kahin inse (CSK) auction acha nahi hua hai. Auction main itne talented players, itne youngsters the. Kaha hai woh players? Aap itna paisa leke jaate ho auction ke liye. Aapne Rishabh Pant ko chhoda, Shreyas Iyer ko chhoda, KL Rahul ko chhoda.
“CSK team ko kabhi aise nahi dekha struggle karte hue(I feel somewhere they did not have a good auction. There were so many talented players and youngsters in the auction. Where are they? You went to the auction with so much money but left Pant, Iyer and Rahul. I have never seen CSK struggle like this).”
The talent scouts should be questioned – Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh, who was also there, talked about the poor auction strategy, saying that they had options, but they didn’t pick them. He also said that the scouts of the team should be questioned as well. He explained:
“CSK bohot badi team rahi hai. Jab yeh auction main gaye, inke paas woh option that unn players ko le sakte the. Yuvaon main bhi waise yuva dikhe nahi jo game-changing wali innings khel sake.
“Thoda sa jo inke talent pool ko jo hunt karte hai unko bhi bitha ke puchhna chahiye ki bhai kya apne hume information di thi jiske chalte humne yeh logon ko select kiya that (CSK is a big tam. They had the options to pick those players in the auction. Even among the youngsters, they did not turn out to be game-changers. The talent scouts should be questioned about their preferences, because the selection was based on that).”
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