Former India cricketer turned commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) playing combination after their IPL 2025 loss to the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as well. He added that the couple of changes the CSK made to their starting XI did not address their batting issues as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “CSK, I do not like your playing XI one bit. You are making changes, but change is not necessarily progress. You dropped Sam Curran and played Jamie Overton, but you got Overton to bowl only two overs. The truth is that you need to address the problem in your batting. It is not getting addressed. It once again came to the fore.”

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“Rajasthan were invited to bat first. How well Nitish Rana batted. He hit amazing fours and sixes. He destroyed Ashwin. 20 runs were hit in his first over. He also played pace well. He is a phenomenal cricketer at the IPL level. He was slightly hurt as KKR didn’t retain him and he didn’t get that much money,” he added.

While talking about how most Chennai Super Kings bowlers performed well in Sunday’s game, Aakash Chopra questioned why they fielded Jamie Overton (0/30 in two overs) in their playing XI as well.

“Noor Ahmad was amongst the wickets again. (Matheesha) Pathirana was outstanding. Khaleel (Ahmed) was very, very good, but Overton conceded 30 runs in his two overs. Why are you playing Overton? You shouldn’t play him. Ruturaj Gaikwad played a captain’s knock at No. 3. He hit a six and the ball went out. There was a slight delay and he got out to the first ball after that. That really dealt them a serious blow. Ravindra Jadeja scored runs but was going much slower than what was required. When you lose by six runs in the end, it seems like it was close. 20 runs were required off the last over. If 20 runs are required, they aren’t scored eight or nine times out of 10. Chennai’s batting is not looking good at all,” Aakash Chopra concluded.