The Indian Premier League has all the time prided itself for being supremely aggressive, with intently bunched groups jostling for the 4 playoffs spots.
But in 2025, the elimination of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals with greater than three weeks nonetheless left within the competitors has come as a impolite shock. However, CSK batting coach Mike Hussey said that the gulf between groups was not as pronounced.
“I know we’re sitting at the bottom, but I don’t think we’re too far away,” the Aussie stated on Friday forward of the match towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
“I still think we’re close, and we can compete with any team in the competition. So we’re certainly not going to panic and throw everything out just because it hasn’t gone well this year. But we definitely need to tidy up on a few areas,” Hussey added.
CSK batting coach Michael Hussey at a coaching session forward of the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings, on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on May 02, 2025.
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Okay. MURALI KUMAR
One workforce that has capitalised and turned in superlative performances is RCB, and among the many massive causes for that has been the type of its explosive top-three of Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal.
“When you have players like Virat and Salt at the top, and some really good power hitting towards the end, it makes your job easier,” Padikkal stated. “You don’t have too much pressure to really go long in the innings.”
Published – May 02, 2025 08:15 pm IST
