“What is Ravi Ashwin doing? He is not looking to take wickets” - Kris Srikkanth slams CSK spinner

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been under-performing in the ongoing IPL 2025 season. In the match against the Mumbai Indians on Saturday, Ashwin started off well, giving away nine runs in his first two overs.

However, he lost his plot in his remaining two overs, conceding 23 runs. Now, the former Indian cricketer and selector Kris Srikkanth has opened up on the former Indian spinner being too defensive, failing to scalp timely wickets.

“What is Ashwin doing? He has turned all defensive. He is not looking to take wickets. He is like let me get through these four overs. He never went for wicket-taking. Just bowling safe,” Kris Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel ‘Cheeky Cheeka’.

“What was the idea of taking Ashwin today? To get two wickets and win the match. But what did he do? He bowled safely in the powerplay. It didn’t matter to CSK at all. MI also were sensible, taking singles off him. You have to understand the match situation, IPL situation – and bowl accordingly,” he added.

After losing the one-sided match, CSK captain MS Dhoni stressed on having a better side in the next season. Notably, CSK is reeling down on the points table with only two wins from eight matches so far.

“What will be important for us is to get the right combination for next year. You don’t want too many players getting changed, what will be important is to try and qualify, but if not get a secured 11 for next year and come back strong,” MS Dhoni said after losing to MI.

Furthermore, Srikkanth also shared a few words on Dhoni’s statement of thinking about the next season. He stated that CSK lost at the auction table itself. He slammed the team management’s selection.

“Dhoni has already started talking about next season. That means he is pretty frustrated with this team’s performance. He was right in saying that the guys have to own up and do something fantastic. Where CSK lost was in the auction itself. If you select Sam Curran, Overton, Tripathi, Hooda, how can you win matches?” Srikkanth stated.

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