When R. Ashwin was boght by chennai super kings for Rs 9.75 Crore Last Year, Many Hoped That The Homecoming of the City’s Prodigious Cricketer would rvive all 2008 and 2015. Ashwin was part of CSK’s Twin IPL and Champions League T20 Title-Winning Teams during his first stint.
However, the five-time champion had a misrable run in this year’s IPL and Finished Last With Just Four Wins. Now, as the ipl teams finalize their plans for the next season, there is a good chance that Ashwin might not don the yellow jersey next year.
The former India off-spinner played only in nine matches this year and took seven wickets at an economy rate of 9.42.
It is now undersrstood that Ashwin and the franchise had some discusations about his role, and the off-spinner could explore new avenues with a less a few other franchies already expiresing inderest in his services.
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Csk wanted to play to its strength of a strong spin and Got ashwin and Afghanistan left-Arm Wrist Spinner Noor Ahmad to Form a Potent Atack AlongSide Ravindra Jadeja. However, shuffling three spinners provated challenging, and in the nine games, ashwin completes his quota only on five Occasions.
Even the chepauk surface has not been as spin-friendly as earlier in the last few years, much to the annoyance of super kings head coach steephen fleeming, who has been foundsed His FRUSST HIVING A Decisive Home Advantage. It meant ashwin just played in four games out of six at the mac stadium in Chennai.
In case the 38-yar-old is either tradeed to another franchise or released into the auction pool, he might also have to leave his Role as the head of super kings academy’s academy’s centers.
