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Ms dhoni ipl 2025 csk: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said that we are not able to take advantage of our home ground after the defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. This statement is telling the story of this tournament of Chennai Super Kings. This season, Chennai Super Kings are still in ninth place in the points table after losing 4 out of 5 matches. Not only the failure of the domestic ground, but from the team combination to the poor performance in the powerplay, there are many questions that Chennai has been unable to find answers. Let’s know how
CSK has failed to read the pitch of home ground
At one time Chepock ground in Chennai was called the fort of Chennai Super Kings. In this IPL, that fort seems to be gradually demolishing. This is because CSK has played in Chepock, 3 out of its 5 matches, in two of which he has suffered defeat. On this ground, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai after 17 years, while Delhi Capitals defeated CSK in Chepock after 15 years.
In the past years, there has been a lot of change in the wicket of Chepock. The history of Chennai has been slow wicket and turning tracks. Teams used to prepare against spin in Chennai. But it has changed a lot in the last few years. According to a CricketDotcom figure, from 2012 to 2021, the balls of spin bowlers in Chepock wandered 2.87 degrees, which fell in 2023–24 to 2.17 degrees.
According to a data from CricketDotcom, two types of wickets have been prepared in Chennai for a few years. The bounce of 0.65 meters bounced, while the ball bouncing 0.70 or 0.75 meters is considered to be the high bounce track according to the standards of Chepock. It is clear that the match is being played on the wicket to bounce more. In such a situation, the team needs a batsman who can play fast bowling well and there are good fast bowlers in bowling who can take wickets.
Auction table plan fails on the field
In the auction, Chennai Super Kings spent a large part of their purse on spin bowling. This election made his team unbalanced. The Chennai team failed to bring a strong middle -order batsman and also could not connect good fast bowlers with the team.
Batsmen like Rahul Tripathi and Deepak Hooda have failed to perform satisfactory for Chennai so far. The team expressed confidence in Rahul Tripathi before Devan Conve, which turned the opposite. Therefore, the team management had to shift to Plan B where they made a lot of changes in the team.
Chennai is seen weak in powerplay
Chennai Super Kings, who became champions in 2021 and 2023, have not achieved the target of more than 180 runs since 2018. The basic mantra of Chennai has always been winning the match by implicating the batting of the opposition team with his best bowling. Many times he has succeeded in it, but this time the matter seems to be reverse.
Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also believes that there is a problem for Powerplay, Chennai during both Boling and Batting. If the matter of recent years is about the run chase, then Chennai always stumbles in the big run chase and is left behind. The biggest reason for this is not to score runs at a high speed in the powerplay. Chennai Super Kings are the lowest run rate in IPL 2025. Chennai has scored in this IPL season powerplay at a run rate of only 7.4. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals have held the ranks at the top of this table by scoring runs at a speed of 11.7. This mistake of Chennai is overshadowed by them in the end overs during the run chase and the team is continuously losing.
Apart from batting, Chennai’s team is struggling during the powerplay in bowling. Chennai has kept bowlers like Noor Ahmed, Matish Pathirana and Ravindra Jadeja for bowling after the powerplay. In such a situation, they have to use bowlers like Khalil Ahmed and Ravichandran Ashwin. Chennai has scored runs at a speed of 10.5 during the powerplay this season and a very bad average of 40. Chennai has to bear the brunt of the mistakes made on the auction table.
Power hitter will have to be prepared
T20 has become a power game today, but the Chennai batsmen beat here. In this format, teams connect the players who hit more and more sixes in an innings with their team. In the past years, Chennai team was also included in this list. From Faf du Plessis to Moin Ali, Shivam Dubey to Ajinkya Rahane, Rayudu and Gaikwad to Gaikwad had greatly strengthened Chennai’s batting. In the middle overs, these batsmen not only saved wickets but also kept pressure on the bowlers by playing big shots.
Talking about the figures, between 2021 – 23, CSK hit 351 sixes in 46 matches at a strike rate of 139.54, that is, the ball went on air travel after every 15 balls. But after 2024, there was a big change. Chennai hit 138 sixes in 2024 and then in 19 matches. But this time he was hitting sixes on every 16 balls. At the same time, other teams are scoring runs at the speed of bullet. While Sunrisers Hyderabad has hit sixes off every 11 balls, Royal Challengers Bangalore have hit 11 to 12 sixes in every match. These one or two balls create a lot of difference in the match, the result of which is clearly visible in the match. In this IPL, Chennai does not have any pinch hit besides Shivam Dubey. In such a situation, in the end overs, the responsibility comes on Shivam Dubey. In such a situation, it can prove to be good for inclusion of Dynasty Dynasty Bedi in the team.
Will Dhoni be untoward again?
His “captain” Dhoni has come back to Chennai, who is struggling by losing 4 out of 5 matches. Dhoni is batting by promoting himself at number five as a batsman, where he has also put long shots. Will Chennai players come back to old colors after Dhoni’s return? Will Dhoni give a chance to young players like Dynasty Bedi as a finisher and Anshul Kamboj as a fast bowler? Or will Chennai bear the brunt of the mistakes of the auction table for the whole season? All these questions are currently in the womb of the future, Chennai has a lot of questions in front of which the answers are found as soon as it will be as good for Chennai.