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Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) will need a miracle if they are to qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 playoffs. They suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium by nine wickets. Seeing CSK slip to the bottom of the IPL points table, their four-time IPL-winning batter Suresh Raina said that he has never seen the 'men in yellow' struggle like this. He feels that CSK made mistakes during the mega auction.
“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),” Raina said.
Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who has represented CSK lashed out at the franchise's talent scouting team. He wants them to be questioned for not picking the right talent.
“CSK bohot badi team rahi hai. Jab yeh auction main gaye, inke paas woh option tha 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 tha(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),” Harbhajan said.
CSK's changes mid-season
During the season, CSK lost the services of their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad due to an injury. He was replaced by a 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre who impressed everyone with a cameo against MI. The other replacement is South Africa's Dewald Brevis who is yet to be tested. In their next clash, their next clash is against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at home on April 25.
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