Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming says his five-time champions have failed in comprehending the Chennai pitch for a number of years, in a report by ESPNcricinfo, after the loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in IPL 2025 on Friday.
During the IPL 2025 mega auction, the Chennai-based franchise bought harnessing more spinners with the MA Chidam Stadium because it helps slow bowlers a lot during the match. But that was not the case in the second home game hosted by the 18th edition of the cash-rich league, as the team lost to RCB by 50 runs.
“Pitch Conditions Not as Spin-Friendly as Before”- Stephen FlemingÂ
Following CSK’s significant 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their latest Indian Premier League (IPL) match, the head coach of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Stephen Fleming has confessed that there have been problems for the team to read home pitches.
“Well, as we’ve been telling you for a number of years, there was no home advantage at Chepauk. We’ve won away from home a couple of times. And we haven’t been able to read… we’ve been really honest with you. We haven’t been able to read the wickets here in the last couple of years. So, it’s not new. We are trying to come to grips each day with what we get, and we don’t know,” Stephen Fleming said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“It’s not the Chepauk [of old] where you can just go in and play four spinners. We’re having to work really hard to try and understand what the nature of each pitch is, and it’s quite different,” Fleming added.
With both victories coming in two games, RCB tops the points table. This was RCB’s first win against CSK at the Yellow Armies’ home Chepauk ground since 2008. Patidar earned the Player of the Match award with his brilliant fifty in the first inning. (ANI)
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