Team India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed his desire to return to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The veteran off-spinner was the last part of Delhi Capitals, who didn’t retain him.
The 35-year-old Ashwin was roped in by CSK in 2008 as a rookie and plied his trade for the franchise until 2015. In the 95 games he played for the Yellow Army, the celebrated off-spinner scalped 90 wickets at an average of 24.2.
In a conversation with former IPL auctioneer Richard Madley, Ravichandran Ashwin was asked where he sees himself in the next season of the IPL. The cricketer from Tamil Nadu clearly stated that he wants to return to CSK if given an opportunity.
Speaking on his YouTube channel in a conversation with auctioneer Richard Madley, 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.”
Following his stint with CSK, Ravichandran Ashwin joined Rising Pune Supergiant when CSK was suspended from the IPL in 2016 and 2017 before making a move to Kings XI Punjab (now known as Punjab Kings) in 2018.
He was then traded to the Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2020 before being released after last season. Incidentally, Ravichandran Ashwin is among the 10 marquee cricketers at the IPL 2022 mega-auction. Ashwin believes there is a disadvantage in appearing early in the auction with the franchises yet to settle down. Ashwin stated:
“Actually to be very honest, I have got no clue about where I might be ending up. The reason being it’s early up in the auction, some teams have got money, some teams have already retained a lot of players and I just feel it’s going to be a real topsy turvy sort of a curve.”
“If you come and present yourself in the first three or four people in the marquee set, then your future is just about anywhere and everywhere. If you come maybe after five players and I think there are a few teams that will have money and there will be an even game happening and there will be people going after,” Ashwin concluded.
The IPL 2022 mega auction is scheduled to commence on February 12 at 11 AM and will run until the next day on 13th in Bengaluru.
