Indian pacer Deepak Chahar believes that his former franchise Chennai Super Kings will be bidding for him in the upcoming IPL 2025 auction. He last played an Indian Premier League (IPL) game for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on May 1 before making an exit from the tournament due to an injury.
In IPL 2024 Chahar played 8 matches, took 5 wickets at an economy of 8.59 before the injury hit him. He has represented CSK since the start of his IPL career but the five-time champions did not retain him due to obvious reasons
“I know my skill will be valued more” - Deepak Chahar
Chahar said that he was not retained by them in the last auction as well, but they went all out for me and bought me back. He believes that his skill be valued more rather not on the fact that around 90-100 runs are being scored in the Powerplay, this is the reason teams are scoring more than 200 runs.
“I was not retained by them in the last mega auction as well. But they went all out for me and bought me back. I don’t know what will happen this year, but I know my skill will be valued more now given the fact that around 90-100 runs are being scored in the Powerplay and that’s why the teams are scoring more than 200 more frequently. I have proved how valuable I can be in limiting runs in that phase of the game.”
“CSK will bid for me again” - Chahar
The 32-year-old believes that CSK will bid for him again and he would like to don the yellow jersey, if not then he wants Rajasthan Royals to bid for him.
“I think they will bid for me again. I would like to don the yellow jersey again and if not that, then I would want Rajasthan Royals to bid for me.”
CSK RETENTIONS FOR IPL 2025
The IPL 2025 mega auction will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As of CSK has retained 5 players, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, and Ravindra Jadeja.