Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin faced direct criticism during a recent YouTube live session when a fan urged him to leave the franchise ahead of the next IPL season. Purchased for a hefty Rs 9.75 crore, Ashwin struggled to make an impact in IPL 2025, managing just seven wickets in nine matches and scoring 33 runs. His underwhelming performance coincided with CSK’s worst-ever IPL season, where they finished at the bottom of the points table and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
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During the live interaction, a fan commented, “Please leave my lovely CSK family.” Ashwin did not ignore the remark and responded with humility and determination.
“𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑪𝑺𝑲 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒊𝒏.
He also revealed the emotional toll this season has taken on him, stating that he has never been so disappointed in his IPL career. Ashwin stressed his intention to improve especially in the powerplay overs, acknowledging the need to offer more bowling options for CSK moving forward.