Stephen Fleming Reveals Auction Strategy Of Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings have always been different to the rest of the franchises when it comes to Indian Premier League auction or the action on the field. They always organise things perfectly and goes well about their business. Much to the same, they once again picked their players to perfection in IPL 2020 Auction under the supervision of CSK’s head coach Stephen Fleming.

CSK bolstered its bowling attack at Thursday’s IPL auction by hiring Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood, Sai Kishore and Sam Curran. CSK started with a purse of just Rs 14.60 crore with five (three domestic, two overseas) slots remaining. They filled four of those slots to bring perfect balance to the side.

Sam Curran is really good for us – Stephen Fleming

Speaking of the auction, Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming has stated that they didn’t have a lot of money and were dictated by what other franchises wanted at the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction which took place in Kolkata on Thursday. He believes the addition of new players will do the trick for Chennai.

Stephen Fleming feels the purchase of Sam Curran helps the team, as they are looking for an overseas all-rounder. Further, he believes the overseas fast bowlers and the experienced Piyush Chawla will do the world of good for the team during the course of the tournament.

“We didn’t have a lot of money, and we were dictated a little bit by what others want so we had to play the waiting game on big players that fit nicely into our team. Sam Curran is really good for us. Left armer and chips in with his cutters and his batting and we think he is a very nice addition.

”Piyush has a history with the captain and is a world-class bowler so we have always favoured spinners and we just had to make the right choices. We have different types of spinners, but we have got to make some decisions now around how we use them. There are also other options within the competition so that we can maximise their talent,” Fleming said while speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Live show.

Chennai Super Kings Final Squad:

Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif , Ravindra Jadeja, M Vijay, MS Dhoni, Josh Hazlewood ,Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir , Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai Kishore