Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction, Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed that it will be nice for him to come back to Chennai Super Kings (CSK), where he started his IPL journey. The off-spinner featured in the CSK squad between 2010 and 2015 and played 97 games, clinching 90 wickets at an economy of 6.46.

IPL 2022 will have two new franchises on the roster and there will be a mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. All the 10 teams have already submitted their final list of retentions ahead of the mega auction. CSK, who won their 4th IPL title in the 2021 edition retained Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, and Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of IPL 2022.

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The MS Dhoni-led side has been one of the most successful teams in IPL history. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin came into the limelight while playing for CSK, as he played a pivotal role in the team’s success in the initial years.  

Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed his desire to return to CSK. Speaking further on his wish to reunite with CSK, Ashwin acknowledged that his chances of making a comeback to the team are thin, as the franchise already has already retained Moeen Ali. 

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Describing the same during a recent chat with former IPL auctioneer, Richard Madle, Ravichandran Ashwin said, “I’m actually not too sure, but to be honest, a professional player going anywhere giving his best must be the ideal way to go about it. But yeah, I am 35 now, it will be nice to come back to where I started but they already have an off-spinner with them in Moeen Ali. So I don’t know how they gonna go about it, so let’s wait and watch.”

Overall, Ravichandran Ashwin has so far scalped 145 wickets from 167 IPL matches.