Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Amidst the ongoing speculation about my future, experienced off -spinner Ravichandran Ashwin The IPL 2026 has finally put a stop to the rumors of leaving the franchise before the retirement window. Amidst the silence of the CSK management and the ongoing news in the media, Ashwin’s comment has become the most direct source of clarity for fans and cricket analysts.
After CSK’s poor performance in IPL 2025 and number ten in the points table, Ravichandran Ashwin’s leaving team was intensified. Some media reports stated that Ashwin had expressed his desire to leave CSK.
Your YouTube channel In a conversation with sports journalist Vimal Kumar on “Ash Ki Baat”, Ashwin said clearly on the issue. He told, “After every season, the franchise has to tell which player will be Rit and who will be released.”
Ashwin said that no such news has come from the players yet, but whatever news is coming is not correct. He stated the need for good dialogue between the team and the players and said, “Every player should know clearly what the situation is. It is not my bus, I have just demanded clarity.”
38 -year -old Ravichandran Ashwin, who was re -signed by CSK for ₹ 9.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction, could not live up to expectations this season. He took only seven wickets in nine matches and scored 33 runs, due to which some experts and former players started criticizing their price as high. Former CSK veteran S Badrinath also said that releasing Ashwin could be a strategic right step for the team. Badrinath said, “In the IPL you have to see both price and player form. Ashwin is no longer at his peak, so I am of my opinion that he should be released.”
Ashwin also admitted that CSK will have to plan thoughtfully for new players. On the trade rumors associated with Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, he said, “If CSK wants to take a player of Rs 18 crore, then he will have to release or trades the players of that amount. I am not saying that it will happen, because I have no information. Many meetings are going on to take decisions.”
On his YouTube channel, Ashwin also shared a funny conversation with Sanju Samson, in which he made the rumors leaving the team lightly. He said laughing, “I am happy in Kerala. A lot of rumors are going on. I don’t know anything.” Samson also joined this joke. This conversation slightly lightened the players’ future and the change in the team and increased the interest of the fans on social media.
Now the last date for IPL retirement is more than two months to arrive, and the CSK management is allegedly talking to Ashwin on his future role. An IPL source told India Today, “The decision of any player’s future is still in the initial stage. The last date for retention is not yet decided. We still have time. The decision to retain or release the players will be after mutual talks.”
