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"If CSK Has To Make A Comeback...,": Srikkanth Takes Brutal Take After Loss Vs Punjab Kings

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PBKS defeated CSK [Source: @iplt20.com]PBKS defeated CSK [Source: @iplt20.com]

Chennai Super Kings are in hot water this IPL and if you are a CSK fan, you better buckle up because Krishnamachari Srikkanth just said what everyone's been thinking. After yet another failed chase against Punjab Kings, the former India cricketer and longtime CSK supporter didn’t hold back.

Tuesday night at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur wasn’t any different from the script we have seen all season. Chasing a mammoth 220, CSK gave it a go but fell 18 runs short, slumping to their fourth straight defeat in IPL 2025.

Their only win came in the opener while chasing 156 against Mumbai Indians. Since then? It's been all downhill. In fact, CSK hasn’t chased a 180+ total successfully since 2018.

Srikkanth Pulls No Punches

Never one to sit on the fence, Kris Srikkanth took to X and fired shots at the team’s strategy. And if you read between the lines, the frustration is bubbling over. He added that if CSK wants to mount a comeback, it will have to come with the ball, not the bat.

"Its high time csk does something with their bowling and restrict the opponents to less than 180 cos the batting order is not set up for a score beyond that! If csk has to make a comeback then it all rests on their bowling and not their batting!" he wrote.


Fielding Fumbles One After Another

And Srikkanth wasn’t done. He slammed CSK’s sloppy fielding too and rightly so. Punjab were 83/5 at one stage, and CSK had them on the ropes. But instead of going for the kill, they dropped catches like confetti.

  • Khaleel Ahmed dropped Priyansh Arya on 6. He went on to score a 39-ball hundred.
  • Mukesh Choudhary spilled another one when Arya was in beast mode on 73.
  • Rachin Ravindra dropped Shashank Singh late in the innings just when the pressure was building.

"When you give over 130 runs from 83/5 to 219/6 and keep dropping catches, you are never going to be in a winning position, however good you try and chase!" Srikkanth raged.



The Same Old Middle-Over Story

The chase had its moments. Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway saw through the powerplay, but as soon as wickets fell in the middle overs, the momentum was gone. 

Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad managed just 1, and though Dhoni gave fans a bit of nostalgia with a 12-ball 27, the target was just too much with an asking rate of 17+ in the final overs. This isn’t about one match. It us about a pattern that’s refusing to break.

With four losses in five games, CSK are hanging by a thread. The next game? A face-off with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk. A venue where they’ve worked wonders before but with momentum slipping and confidence dented, something has to give.