NEW DELHI: Former Chennai Tremendous Kings star Suresh Raina has come down closely on the CSK administration following the staff’s continued struggles in IPL 2025. Raina expressed his disappointment after CSK suffered a five-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk on Friday, a loss that left their playoff hopes hanging by a thread.
Raina, talking on Star Sports activities Community, mentioned MS Dhoni’s deep involvement within the staff’s operations meant poor public sale choices had been unlikely throughout his peak years.
“Kashi sir has dealt with the administration for 30-40 years now, and now Rupa ma’am is managing cricket affairs like participant recruitment. Up to now, even when MS wasn’t bodily on the public sale, he was concerned in each dialogue. However this time, MS is aware of it was not a great public sale… (Dhoni asa public sale nahi kar shakta) Dhoni would by no means have allowed a nasty public sale,” Raina mentioned.
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Highlighting Dhoni’s dedication, Raina identified that even at 43, Dhoni continues to be main from the entrance, retaining wickets and captaining the aspect with full effort.
“He’s enjoying for the model, the title, and the followers. However what concerning the others? Gamers purchased for Rs 18–20 crores aren’t stepping up when it issues.”
Raina emphasised that a number of the long-serving gamers proceed to repeat errors, and accountability is required. “MS doesn’t want anybody to inform him what’s going incorrect. The way in which he walked off after the toss and post-match, a giant assembly is definitely on the playing cards,” Raina concluded.
In the meantime, Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their Chepauk jinx with a snug chase of 155, using on Ishan Kishan’s 44 and Kamindu Mendis’s unbeaten 32.
Hyderabad’s bowlers, led by Harshal Patel (4-28) and Pat Cummins (2-21), restricted CSK to simply 154.
Chennai’s batting woes continued as Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran, and Ayush Mahtre fell cheaply, regardless of Dewald Brevis’ promising 42 on debut.
With their seventh defeat, CSK, at the moment down within the final place on the IPL factors desk, now face an uphill process to achieve the playoffs.