Aakash Chopra has shared that a lot of things are going on in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team ahead of the IPL 2021 playoffs. Notably, CSK has suffered a six-wicket defeat against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Thursday afternoon’s Indian Premier League encounter. It was the MS Dhoni-led side’s third consecutive loss just before the business end of the tournament.

While reviewing CSK’s defeat on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra stated that the franchise has been struggling in quite a few issues. He elaborated: “The Chennai fans are emotional but the truth is that it is not working out, a lot of things are going wrong. Ruturaj has been dismissed off a bouncer in two consecutive matches. Faf was standing like a one-man army. But no one gave him the support.”

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He continued: “Moeen Ali, I am telling you he is not getting runs in the UAE. You played Robin Uthappa and he has not scored runs in both encounters. Ambati Rayudu, who was scoring runs, got out here. Then MS Dhoni comes and he has not scored runs. You didn’t score the runs to say that you can win the encounter. The same problems are troubling you repeatedly. The middle order is not firing at all. If you have a misfiring middle order like that and God forbid, if your openers get out, you will not be able to save it. It is a reality.”

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The veteran also shared that CSK has an uphill task if they want to win their fourth IPL trophy.

“Raina had not scored runs and Robin Uthappa has also not scored runs now, so whom will you play in the knockout match against Delhi. If you don’t win that match, it will become four games in a row. Then you have to go to Sharjah and win. It’s going to be very difficult,” Aakash Chopra concluded.