‘Math Not Mathating’: Dale Stan rips in CSK management after top-order collapse against RR. Cricket news

New Delhi: Former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn on Tuesday did not withdraw his criticism of ‘Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) team management after another disappointing batting performance in his IPL 2025 conflict against Rajasthan Royals. ASLO Visit: CSK vs DC, IPL 2025CSK slipped at 78/5 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, in which Stan questioned the decisions made by Captain MS Dhoni and head coach Stephen Fleming.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Taking X, Stan slammed the decision to promote bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja by number 4 and 5 after an initial loss of three wickets. Who is that IPL player?“CSK 3 below and they send 2 bowlers to bat. Sometimes I think their mathematics is not doing mathematics,” Stan wrote, capturing the frustration of fans with the CSK’s Made Strategy.Ashwin and Jadeja can manage only 13 and 1 respectively, despite power-hitters such as Shivam Dubey, Developed Brevis and Dhoni, still in the dugout. The team’s aggressive approach once again returned, as Rajasthan hit the CSK’s innings regularly to derail.In the top five, only young Ayush Matre showed promise, scoring 43 runs off 20 balls. But this collapse further exposed CSK’s batting strategy, which distracted him in a disappointing season.

After the eradication of CSK from the playoff controversy, Dhoni admitted that the 2026 preparation was focused. “Once we were out of the tournament, we wanted to find an answer for the following year,” he said in the toss, protecting the experiment with combination.