IPL 2019: 3 Reasons why Chennai Super Kings will not win the IPL this Season
The Chennai Super Kings won IPL 2018 in a tremendous show of spirit and made the season a memorable one for their fans. A lot was expected from them during the transfer phase and during the auctions, but CSK kept quiet. During the auction, CSK bought just 2 players and before the auction, they released only 3 players.
Their plan seems to be to go in with the same kind of team every year but this time, there are more chances of them misfiring than actually going all the way. There seems to be teams with better squads and coaching staff than them.
Here are 3 reasons why CSK will not win the IPL 2019 title this season:
#3 Age of their players
Time is the real enemy to all sportspersons and the Chennai Super Kings have picked out a squad which seems to have too many old players on board. No doubt, experience is a real weapon and their squad last season wasn't on the younger side but the odds of them replicating the same success this season is really less. There was no point in retaining players like Harbhajan Singh or Murali Vijay.
Harbhajan couldn't pick up too many wickets and is clearly way past his prime. Murali Vijay was hardly used last season and the form which he currently is in, I doubt if he'll be able to make too much of an impact in T20 cricket.
The Super Kings certainly value experience over youth but the fact that there is hardly any local talent in the Chennai side or that most of the youngsters don't get enough playing chances will backfire this season. Even Imran Tahir and Bravo aren't as great as they used to be and the latter, who was their main death bowler, was poor with his bowling and hardly performed with the bat except for the 1st match. This clear shunning of young stars in the team can backfire on CSK.
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