The Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale dynamics make it troublesome for anybody to foretell a participant’s vacation spot. Deepak Chahar, a key participant for Chennai Tremendous Kings through the years, was on the heart of an intense bidding struggle between Chennai Tremendous Kings and Mumbai Indians earlier than ultimately being signed by the Hardik Pandya-led franchise. Chahar was with CSK from 2018 and wished to proceed his journey with the franchise, however the public sale introduced a twist to the story. Regardless of CSK’s failure to carry him again, Chahar had no complaints from the franchise.
Chahar, throughout a chat with Sports Tak, mentioned MS Dhoni is the rationale behind his particular reference to the CSK. Due to him, he wished to proceed his IPL journey within the yellow shirt. However, the public sale dynamics did not permit that to occur.
“Mahi bhai has supported me from the beginning, that is why I wished to go to CSK. However my title got here on the second day on the public sale, so I had a good concept that it will be troublesome for me to get again to CSK. That they had a low purse, however nonetheless bid until INR 9 crore regardless of a handbag of INR 13 crore,” Chahar mentioned.
Chahar’s title got here up within the public sale on Day 2. By then, CSK had spent most of their purse, with solely Rs. 13 crore left. The pacer admitted that he knew it will be troublesome for the Yellow Military to re-sign him from the place.
“I had made up my thoughts that it will be troublesome. Final 12 months, my title got here first, that is why it was simpler to get again to CSK,” he mentioned.
Chahar has revelled at CSK through the years, particularly beneath the steering of MS Dhoni however the IPL 2025 season provides him a recent alternative to rediscover himself. Chahar has additionally been out of Staff India’s plans for some time.
Taking part in with Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, nonetheless, is anticipated to provide his worldwide profession a giant increase too.
Matters talked about on this article