Chennai Super Kings’ auction strategy has been slammed Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh after their humbling loss to Mumbai Indians on Sunday, April 20. CSK suffered their sixth loss of the season in 8 matches as their campaign seems to be coming to a premature end.
CSK’s auction strategy has been questioned after the poor campaign, with Raina and Harbhajan voicing their displeasure. Raina said that the auction was a poor one and CSK let players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer go to other teams without putting in a good fight.
“Mujhe lagta hai kahin na kahin inse (CSK) auction acha nahi hua hai. Auction main itne talented players, itne youngsters the. Kaha hai woh players? Aap itna paisa leke jaate ho auction ke liye. Aapne Rishabh Pant ko chhoda, Shreyas Iyer ko chhoda, KL Rahul ko chhoda. CSK team ko kabhi aise nahi dekha struggle karte hue (I feel somewhere they did not have a good auction. There were so many talented players and youngsters in the auction. Where are they? You went to the auction with so much money but left Pant, Iyer, and Rahul. I have never seen CSK struggle like this),” said Raina, as quoted by PTI.
CSK’s talent scouts should be questioned
Harbhajan said that CSK had the chance pick up good players in the auction. However, even the youngsters didn’t turn out to be game-changers according to the former spinner and he said that the talent scouts of Chennai need to be questioned.
“CSK bohot badi team rahi hai. Jab yeh auction main gaye, inke paas woh option tha unn players ko le sakte the. Yuvaon main bhi waise yuva dikhe nahi jo game-changing wali innings khel sake. Thoda sa jo inke talent pool ko jo hunt karte hai unko bhi bitha ke puchhna chahiye ki bhai kya apne hume information di thi jiske chalte humne yeh logon ko select kiya tha (CSK is a big team. They had the options to pick those players in the auction. Even among the youngsters, they did not turn out to be game-changers. The talent scouts should be questioned about their preferences, because the selection was based on that),” Harbhajan said.
CSK will be next in action against SRH in Chennai on Friday, April 25.
