Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has criticized Devon Conway for playing a slow knock in the CSK’s IPL 2025 loss to the Punjab Kings as well. He added that CSK might have made the game closer had they retired out their opener quickly. PBKS set CSK a 220-run target where Conway scored 69 runs off 49 deliveries before retiring out in the 18th over, eventually losing the game by 18 runs.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Chennai became the first team to lose a match despite not losing a wicket in the powerplay. This hadn’t happened this year, but this is what they have done. However, when a wicket fell, the second fell after the first. Rachin (Ravindra) got out first, and then Rutu (Ruturaj Gaikwad) got out. Then, there was a question about Devon Conway. He was retired out in the end. If you are chasing 11 runs per over from the first over, you can’t play at a strike rate of 150. They might have made a match of it had they retired him out earlier.”

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“Dhoni came and hit sixes as well, but he came too late. It wasn’t his fault this time. He would only come when a wicket would fall. However, the match had gone too far by then. So don’t blame Dhoni, blame the others for the way they are batting,” Chopra again shared.

While talking about bowling, Aakash Chopra said that the spin-bowling trio of Ravichandran Ashwin (2/48 in four overs), Ravindra Jadeja (0/18 in three overs) and Noor Ahmad (1/32 in three overs) again didn’t complete their full quota of 12 overs as well.

“It was one more match where they played three spinners with big names, on whom they invested ₹30 crore as well, but Jadeja, Ashwin and Noor didn’t bowl 12 overs. This was a big ground, but they aren’t bowling. They were bowling first, so there was no issue of dew as well. Wickets had fallen, but they still didn’t bowl,” Aakash Chopra concluded.