Chennai faced another loss today against Royal Challengers Bangalore and it seems almost evident that this is one of the most oddball years that Chennai Super Kings will ever have in the IPL!
To put the record straight, I think Chennai Super Kings have managed to end up in the final 4 almost every year in the IPL except maybe one or max 2 years of all of IPL's existence. So, what happened? Here are some possible reasons why this could be happening to them now!
Suresh Raina leaving because of security concerns. I think instead of N Srinivasan just bashing Suresh Raina that he could miss out on so much money this year's IPL, he could have better put money where his mouth was and improved the security situation of players in the bio bubble. Players like Raina and Bhajji are probably the X factor that's missing in this year's IPL for them.
MS Dhoni's age is showing. Although i'm a HUGE MS Dhoni fan personally, I think the age and the lack of tact and in general the physical age in his game is clearly showing. More reason why he needed other senior players like Raina and Harbhajan Singh!
Old and inefficient players need to go. Prime examples are old but bulky players like Shane Watson. Sure, Watson may have played the innings of his life a couple of years back or so in the IPL final winning them the title but that was a couple of years back and he was old back then. Now he's just extra baggage IMO.
Hype players like Ambati Rayudu need to go. Rayudu is the perfect of a hype player. He is not an impact player like a Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli or even Shreyas Iyer or Rishabh Pant but he runs mostly on hype. CSK needs to find another impact player like Dhoni or Jadeja.
All in all, love to see the competition this year in the IPL. Hope to not see CSK in the final four this year and give someone else a chance.
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