Delhi: In IPL 2025, 5 -time champion Chennai Super Kings, seeing a poor start and simple -class cricket, is in discussion that what has happened to Chennai Super Kings? After winning the tournament against Mumbai Indians in their first match, Rituraj Gaikwad's team has lost continuously against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. Seeing such a beginning of the season, it is not wrong to ask if they are really serious? Captain Rituraj Gaikwad's support from the team is missing and the team is neither spectacular on paper nor in the ground.
If the teams have a record of achieving the target of 180+ in the IPL from 2019, RR (11) is on top and the record of Mi (8) and DC, GT and KKR (6) is also impressive while Chennai Super Kings have not even achieved such a target even once. This is the same team that won the match by achieving the target of 180+ 9 times before 2019. This is the same team that lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a domestic match for the first time in 17 years.
5 special reasons for this poor performance:
- Poor fielding: The team's dull performance on the ground is all notes. Fielding so bad that he left many catches during the match. Fielding in close matches has a big impact. If Chennai has to change its record in the upcoming matches, then you have to work on fielding because if there are mistakes, you cannot win. In these 3 matches, there is not a single catch which is called a game changer. Although Chennai Super Kings have never been famous for better fielding, but this time it is below normal. Fielding coach Dishant Yagnik will have to do something special.
- Power Play is the worst in: The game ahead has been messing up from a bad start. Captain is completing the shortage of Ajinkya Rahane in the team by batting at number 3. The truth is that neither Ajinkya nor Rayudu in the middle found an alternative in the auction. The failure in Rahul Tripathi's opening increased the pressure on Ruturaj Gaikwad. So do Gaekwad open now?
- Fleming and Dhoni's think tank out of date: Okay, both of them were the master minds of the success of previous years, but the modern strategy of T20 did not adopt. Strategy has to be changed. There was not a single change in 3 matches that would reveal their better thinking. That is why I did not even think of changing Tripathi. Everyone is failing at the top. Even the team is making Ashwin useless. Where the rest of the teams are playing with 8 batsmen, Chennai is actually playing with 4 batsmen and 4 half batsmen. The Dads Army was already and it is now being damaged.
- Dhoni Magic's era is over: He is just playing the role of increasing the brand value of the team and drawing the audience in the stadium. The truth is that the balance of the team has deteriorated due to his playing because Dhoni's role is not fixed. Nor did he remain a finisher as before. The coach has clearly told the condition of his knees. Do just keep them in the team for the role of simple wicketkeeping and the captain's advice in fielding? Almost the same condition is by Ravindra Jadeja.
- Wrong scheduling: It cannot give all the blame of bad game, but it also contributed to Chennai's poor performance. On March 28, played against RCB in Chennai and after just 48 hours, he played the next match in Guwahati, about 4000 km. Fatigue of a completely different ground, pitch, weather and so long journey. Travel time is not just flight time. How did Chennai say yes to such a program?
CSK is expected to return more strongly against Delhi Capitals. While sharing the picture with MS Dhoni on Instagram story, Ravindra Jadeja said, things will change. Will this happen?
