Delhi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered a crushing defeat by 8 wickets to Kolkata Knight Riders in a match of the Indian Premier League 2025. In this match played at Chepock, Chennai’s team could score only 103 runs and Kolkata achieved this target by losing 2 wickets in just 10.1 overs. Sunil Naren took three wickets in a brilliant performance and also won the title of ‘Player of the Match’ by playing a fast -paced innings of 44 runs.
The fate of the team did not change
In this match, Chennai Super Kings batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again took over the captaincy, but there was no significant improvement in the team’s performance. Dhoni himself flopped with the bat and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. Not only this, he did not even give Noor Ahmed a chance to bowl at the beginning of Kolkata’s innings, which was a strategic lapse according to many experts.
Krishnamachari Srikanth advised
Former India cricketer and 1983 World Cup winning team member Krishnamachari Srikanth has expressed concern over the continuous poor performance of Chennai Super Kings. He posted on the social media platform X (East Twitter) and wrote that, “This is one of the worst defeat of CSK. The batting in the powerplay looked like the preparation of the Test match. The whole team seems to be playing on the memories of the old days. Now the time is to think something different. Why not give a chance to unseeded players like Prithvi Shaw?
One of CSK’s Worst Defeats Ever. PowerPlay batting Laked Like a Rehearsal for a Test Match. Whole Xi Feels Like it’s Running on Nostalgia. Time to think out of the box, why not try isome unsold players like prithvi shaw at this point? Would you try it? , even chaos is a…
– Kris Srikkanth (@Krissrikkanth) April 11, 2025
Prithvi Shaw’s distance from IPL
Team India’s young batsman Prithvi Shaw was not bought by any franchise in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Since then, he is completely out of action. Earlier, he was also dropped from Mumbai’s home team due to discipline and fitness.
How useful suggestions for CSK management?
However, on Srikanth’s advice, many experts believe that this suggestion is not very relevant. The team management of Chennai Super Kings will hardly consider involving any player who has been struggling for both form and fitness for a long time.
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