Former of Team India Ravichandran Ashwin has sought clarification on the next season from IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). According to the ESPN Crickinfo report, Ashwin has clearly told CSK that if the team does not want to retain it, they should tell him in advance.
Ashwin has told the team management that it does not matter if he does not fit the team's future planning. The team should inform it about this before the auction. Ashwin was bought in the last mega auction for CSK for Rs 9.75 crore. However, he was able to play only 9 out of 14 matches for the team. In which he took 7 wickets.
Ashwin may be traded instead of Samson The last date for retaining and releasing players in IPL is 1 week before the auction. This time the Mini Auction is expected to be held between November and January. Media reports say that CSK Sanju Samson wants to make Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson part of the team. However, RR is also demanding a big player for this.
In such a case, it is possible that RR Ravi release Sanju Samson for Ashwin. However, Samson is priced at Rs 9.25 crore higher than Ashwin. In this case, Rajasthan can definitely demand a player with Ashwin.
Ravi Ashwin and Sanju Samson have played together in the Rajasthan Royals.
Ashwin revealed this in an interview with Samson Ravi Ashwin has recently uploaded an interview of Sanju Samson by podcast on his YouTube channel. In this, Ashwin said, 'I played 3 years for Rajasthan. Just after the first year, CEO e-mailed me that your performance this season has been better than our expectations, so we are extending your contract. This happened every year. I think every franchise has the responsibility of keeping the player reporting about retention.
There are reports about Sanju, but I think the players should have the right to decide if they want to maintain in the team. I have also sought clarity from CSK about my role. I do not know where this rumor about Sanju is coming from.
IPL started a career from Chennai Chennai resident Ashwin started an IPL career with CSK in 2009. He played for Chennai by 2015, then remained part of different teams until 2023. These include Rising Pune Supergiants, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan.
Ashwin is the fifth most wicket -taker in the tournament. He has taken 187 wickets in 221 matches. Last year, Ashwin became part of Chennai again. However, he bowled on a poor economy of 9.12 runs. For the first time, he scored on an economy of more than 8.50 in one season.
Ravi Ashwin has played IPL for the 5 team.
Chennai is also busy creating a new team CSK started the work of forming a new team after the tournament was dropped last season. The team included 3 replacement players in the form of Ayush Mahatre, Dewald Brewis and Urvil Patel. Rituraj Gaikwad could not captain in half the match due to injury, instead of MS Dhoni, MS Dhoni took the arch.
Now Chennai has to decide whether Gaikwad will captain in the new season or Dhoni? There is no clarification yet on whether Mahi will play next season. The 5 -time champion CSK won the last title in 2023, the team has not been able to make it to the playoffs for the last 2 seasons. RCB won its first title in 18 years by beating Punjab in the final last season.
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