CSK exposed openly as Piyush Chawla picks the best IPL team he has played for

Veteran India legspinner Piyush Chawla has played for four IPL teams in his career so far. The four IPL teams are Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab), Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, and Mumbai Indians.

Chawla is one of those rare cricketers who has been playing the IPL since its inaugural edition in 2008. He started his journey with Kings XI Punjab and played a crucial role in Punjab's road to the semi-finals.

He was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders before IPL 2014. In his first year for KKR, he emerged as an IPL winner for KKR as he famously smashed the winning runs for KKR's second IPL title. Chawla was then signed by Chennai Super Kings in 2020.

In the next year, he was released by Chennai and was signed by Mumbai Indians which is also his current IPL team. He has been Mumbai's frontline spinner since then, however, it is likely to change in the IPL mega-auction later this year.

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Piyush Chawla picks Mumbai Indians as his favorite IPL team

Recently, Piyush Chawla picked up his favorite IPL team among all these four teams. Chawla did not quite choose just one team but ranked all the teams in a certain order.

He chose Mumbai Indians as his favorite IPL team for the way they treat their players. He gave the second rank to KKR, with whom he won the IPL 2024 title by hitting the winning runs.

The 35-year-old chose his debut IPL team Kings XI Punjab as his third favorite IPL team. Although he did not name CSK, it was obvious that Chennai sits last on his list.

"I can't choose any one of them, honestly. All four are good teams. If I have to rank them, it would be like this - No. 1 Mumbai, No. 2 KKR, No. 3 Punjab. I haven't spent much time (with Chennai Super Kings). During those times, we used to be in bubbles and were in rooms most of the time. So, I did not get an idea of their dressing room," Chawla said during a conversation with 2 Sloggers on YouTube.

Both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the two most successful teams in IPL history. Both have won five IPL titles so far. Both the teams are known to be the arch-rivals for each other and the matches between these teams always has a higher viewership.

Piyush Chawla praises Mumbai Indians

The 35-year-old lauded the dressing room environment in Mumbai Indians. He credited the management for the way they the players.

"When I went to Mumbai (Indians), I already had a good equation with Rohit (Sharma). For me, Mumbai is the No. 1 for the way the players are treated there," Chawla added.

Piyush Chawla IPL numbers

Piyush Chawla has won one IPL title in his career so far, and he did so in 2014 with Kolkata Knight Riders. Since then, he has been waiting to lift his second IPL trophy.

It remains to be seen whether he gets picked by any IPL team this year given he is in the latter stages of his cricketing career and the IPL teams prefer younger options more often than not. However, Chawla's experience can prove to be handy.

Piyush Chawla is a quality legspinner who has a deceptive googly. He is the second-highest wicket-taker in IPL history, just behind another legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Chawla has picked up 192 wickets in 192 matches in the IPL at an average of 26.60 and a brilliant economy rate of 7.84.