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In what turned out to be a night of despair for the Chennai Super Reisthe five times Premier League India (IPL) Champions suffered an 8 wicket defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders In IPL 2025, in front of a crowd of house stunned at the Ma Chidambaram stadium, Chepauk. It was not just a defeat: it was a historical humiliation that exposed the cracks in the planning, execution and approach of the team. The defeat also caused a shameless critique of the former Indian Cricter and the 1983 World Cup winner Krishnamachari SrikkanthThat he did not remain in his discontent with the CSK strategy, the composition of the team and the unimaginative shake order.
CSK’s shameful defeat against KKR at IPL 2025
CSK’s battle performance was not a collapse, registering its lowest total in Chepauk, a land known historically to favor the hosts. The KKR restricted the CSK to only 103 running in 20 points, and then pursued the target with a remarkable ease, wrapping the game in only 10.1 points with 59 spare balls, marking CSK’s heaviest defeat in the history of the IPL in terms of remaining balls. It was not only a loss to the scoreboard, but it was a defeat of the legacy, strategy and expectation. The fans and former players were left in disbelief, as the CSK battle line, full of experienced campaigns, seemed completely synchronized with the modern T20 demands.
Explosive Reaction: “CSK XI Full Run on Nostalgia”
Srikkanth, a former Indian opening baptism and now respected Cricket Analyst, did not make words in his reaction after the game. Arriving at the social platform X (formerly Twitter), the 65 -year -old veteran called CSK’s worst performance and called into question the team’s obsolete approach.
“One of the worst defeats of CSK Mai. Powerplay Batting seemed a test for a test game. Whole XI feels that he is working with nostalgia. It’s time to think out of the box, why not try some players not sold as Prithvi Shaw right now? Even chaos is a strategy.” Srikkanth published.
One of CSK’s worst defeats. PowerPlay Batting seemed like an essay for a test game. Whole XI feels that it is working with nostalgia. Is it time to think outside the box, why not try Isome players not sold like Prithvi Shaw at the moment? Would you try it? , even chaos is a …
– Kris Srikkanth (@krissrikkanth) April 11, 2025
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The PowerPlay phase was the turning point of the party, or more precisely, the starting point for CSK’s fall. CSK managed only 16 runs for the loss of 2 doctors in the first 6 points, one of the slowest in the history of the IPL. The intention was missing, the work doubted and the shooting selection was impactful. This conservative strategy frustrated both viewers and experts. Srikkanth emphasized this aspect, saying that it resembled a “test for a test game”: a brutal but precise reflection of how Cricket T20 has evolved while some teams are still stuck in the past.
A possible change of games sitting leisure
Perhaps the most attractive part of Srikkanth’s post was his suggestion to bring unable to players, being Shaw the main example. Shaw, once I was the next big deal of the Indian cricket, had a consistent but bewildering trajectory with Delhi capitals From 2018 to 2024, write down 1892 runs into 79 games at a healthy strike rate.
Despite his potential as an aggressive natural manufacturer and opener, Shaw was not preserved by DC in front of the 2025 mega auction and remained unchanged at a base price of 75 INR lakes, a result that surprised many. Srikkanth’s argument is simple: CSK needs fresh energy at the top and Shaw could provide it. Its aggressive intention, the dominance of youth power and confidence are attributed to the current CSK order that lacks a lot.
