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How CSK’s reluctance to change, their auction failures, and dependence on veterans shoved them out of IPL 2025
Noor Ahmad of Chennai Super Kings celebrates the wicket of Ishan Kishan of Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. (Sportzpics)
It was a comment that Stephen Fleming might not have expected to come back to bite him so soon. After their match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where they suffered the first of their eight defeats this season, Fleming was asked whether their structured way of constructing an innings – start slow, pick up pace and end with a flourish had become outdated. For the first time in 15 seasons as the head coach of the franchise, the usually composed Kiwi lost his cool. “You talk about firepower. We have got firepower all the way through. I don’t understand this question. Just because we don’t swing from ball No.1 and have some luck go our way, just see the end, who wins it. It is a positive brand of cricket. Don’t discount us.”
From that early summer night to peak summer now, with a month of IPL still left, nobody is counting Chennai for the race to play-offs. They have become the first team to be eliminated. Chennai have plummeted to several lows this season. First defeat to RCB since 2008; from having never lost more than two matches in a succession at home, they are now winless in five consecutive fixtures at Chepauk; they have suffered their worst defeat at home; have ended up losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad for the first time in Chennai…the list could be endless by the time their campaign ends.
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This article first appeared on Indian Express
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