Struggling Chennai Super Kings facing worst IPL season
Updated On: 22 October, 2020 01:29 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
This time though, their success percentage is just 30. In the previous seasons, CSK have found little going wrong for them with Dhoni leading from the front and finding players who could come to rescue in worst situations
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If Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings don't make the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs this season -- they are unlikely to progress as they are languishing at the bottom of points table -- it will be the first time in the 13-year history of the tournament that they would miss out on qualifying for the last four stage. In the 10 previous seasons it has competed, the Chennai franchise has made the final eight times, winning it thrice. On the two occasions it has failed to reach the final, it has made the play-offs at least. CSK's win percentage has never gone below 50% in any season.
This time though, their success percentage is just 30%. In the previous seasons, CSK have found little going wrong for them with Dhoni leading from the front and finding players who could come to rescue in worst situations. This year though they've been totally off-colour, losing seven of the 10 matches they have played so far. Never before have they lost these many games after the first 10 matches of the season. CSK head coach Stephen Fleming admitted after the match against Rajasthan Royals on Monday that the team was down and things were getting worse. "Mood is pretty down. We have come close in a couple of games but today we were thoroughly outplayed," he had said. CSK have, in the past, come back from tough situations and managed to salvage seasons on their own.
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