“There Was No Intent”: Australia Great’s Massive Criticism Of MS Dhoni-Led CSK After Loss vs KKR

After Chennai Super Kings (CSK) underwent his fifth defeat on the Trot in IPL 2025, the former captain of Australia Michael Clarke said that the five -time champions were completely on the run and is the moment for them to risk everything for winning victories in the rest of the season. At the my Chidambaram stadium, despite the return of MS Dhoni to the captain, CSK was a pale shadow of their dominant self while the disciplined quieurs of KKR restricted them at 103/9 – their lower IPL low on the lawn at home.

With reigning champions, KKR finally won by eight counters, CSK suffered its greatest defeat in IPL in terms of remaining bullets (59) and is still rooted in ninth place in the points table.

“The counter looked quite difficult to beat. There was a little movement with the new ball and certainly a little rotation. I think that Chennai Super Kings was wrong. The way they continued there – it is clear that they have confidence. And their intention – well, there was no intention.”

“For the moment, this seems to be a very conservative approach – just trying to get closer to winning or avoiding a great defeat. Instead, they should throw everything on the line, risk everything and try to win the game.”

“This kind of change is easier to say than to do. Just like a good confident feeling can become contagious in a winning locker room, the same thing applies when you lose. That losing the feeling persists, and it is difficult to get rid of sometimes,” said Clarke on Jiostar.

Piyush Chawla, the veteran of India, the leg spinner who experienced a passage with CSK in IPL 2020, suggested that the team needed a minor upheaval – supporting young people, not capped and hungry in their ranks.

“At this point, I think Chennai Super Kings should consider bringing young people. Someone like Andre Siddarth, who is a solid medium ordering, deserves a chance. You have already seen enough Rahul Tripathi and Deepak Hooda.”

“So why not give these young players the opportunity to show what they are capable of? A new face could come, get fast races and stimulate confidence – not only for themselves, but for the whole team. Do not say that they should make changes roughly – but perhaps one or two adjustments to refresh things.”

Chawla, who represented KKR from 2014 to 2019, praised Sunil Narine for having chosen 3-13 figures in her four Overs, a spell where he did not concede a single limit on a useful black ground.

“It’s been so many years, and yet strikers still find it difficult to read Sunil Narine. These kinds of surfaces really suit his bowling alley because he is never too full, never too short. The rhythm in which it is a part is perfect – it does not give much time to the strikers. We saw this trying to play the late cup. ”

“We have seen Narine get Mahendra Singh Dhoni out in the same way. Although we said it was a good window on which you need, you must always play well-and that’s exactly what Sunil has made and he deserves a lot of credit,” he concluded.

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