Overview
- The former India players, in Monday YouTube videos following Sunday's eight-wicket loss to Gujarat Titans, criticized CSK’s middle order and singled out Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis.
- Dube has 150 runs in eight innings at about a 30 average and a 140.18 strike rate, with no half-centuries and only six sixes in 100 balls this season.
- Badrinath said bowlers have worked Dube out and argued he is getting chances up the order but is not converting them into match-shaping runs.
- Badrinath also questioned CSK’s auction strategy, pointing to INR 14.20 crore signings Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer and noting poor returns and unclear usage so far.
- CSK are sixth with three wins from eight matches, and the public scrutiny adds pressure on selection and roles as the team tries to steady its playoff push.