NEW DELHI: Nothing appears to be going proper for Chennai Tremendous Kings over the previous two seasons. The five-time IPL champions missed out on a playoff spot in 2024 and endured one other disappointing marketing campaign in IPL 2025. They had been, actually, the primary workforce to be knocked out of the playoff race this season. Former CSK participant Robin Uthappa acknowledged the workforce’s underwhelming performances however didn’t maintain again in criticising followers who took their mockery of the MS Dhoni-led facet to excessive ranges.Matches between CSK and RCB have all the time been high-voltage affairs, usually bringing out the worst in followers on either side. The marquee conflict has repeatedly seen heated exchanges within the stands, with supporters hurling offensive jibes at one another.This season too, earlier than the IPL was suspended, RCB edged out CSK in an exciting encounter to maintain their playoff hopes alive.Forward of that sport, some RCB followers had been noticed promoting ‘CSK jail’ jerseys—an try and taunt the Chennai-based franchise over their two-year suspension from the IPL in 2016 and 2017.Nonetheless, Uthappa, who has donned the jersey of each franchises throughout his IPL profession, was unimpressed with the gesture. He criticised the actions of some RCB followers who held up white T-shirts with black stripes to mock CSK supporters.
“It was fairly intense. Outdoors the stadium, they had been mocking the workforce, the gamers of the workforce when the bus was leaving, that was one factor that I noticed, which I believed was in unhealthy style. The opposite one which I noticed had been the followers preventing with one another. I noticed girls being heckled, which felt unsavory, to be very sincere. We noticed that even in Chennai final 12 months, once more, uncalled for. It is not on in anyway,” stated Uthappa on his YouTube channel.“It has gotten fairly intense. They’re holding up jerseys, white T-shirts marked with black strains, stating the 2 years that CSK had been banned for. They’ve form of written MS’ quantity on it, and Thala beneath it, depicting that they had been in jail for 2 years, or no matter. It is getting a bit past sport which issues me. As a result of on the finish of the day, it is a sport,” he added.
RCB took a major step in direction of securing an IPL playoff spot, whereas defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had been eradicated from rivalry after persistent rain washed out their conflict on Saturday, forcing each groups to share factors.With 17 factors from 12 matches, RCB now sit atop the factors desk, forward of second-placed Gujarat Titans (16 factors). A win in both of their remaining two fixtures might be sufficient to substantiate their place within the playoffs.RCB are set to host the already-eliminated Sunrisers Hyderabad on Might 23, adopted by an away sport in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Might 27.
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