Reacting for the first time since senior hitter Suresh Raina decided to withdraw from the 2020 IPL and flew back to India citing “ personal reasons ”, Chennai Super Kings owner and former BCCI president N Srinivasan said Sunday that the southpaw will regret his decision. and I would like to return.
“The season has not started yet and Raina will certainly realize what she is losing and certainly all the money (a salary of 11 million rupees per season) that she is going to lose,” Srinivasan told Outlook.
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Srinivasan’s strict comments came after Raina’s sudden decision to fail the IPL shook the already agitated CSK, with two of its cricketers and a few other members testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of the 13th edition. of the IPL that is scheduled to take place. in the United Arab Emirates.
The CSK owner said that if someone was unhappy, he would not force anyone to stay behind.
“My thought is that if you are reluctant or unhappy, come back. I don’t force anyone to do anything … sometimes success gets into your head, “he also said.
The report added that Raina was upset with the hotel room he received from CSK management in Dubai since landing with the team on August 21. Raina’s room reportedly did not have ‘proper balconies’, making him feel claustrophobic in the strict bio-safe environment.
The southpaw who announced his retirement from international cricket minutes after MS Dhoni on August 15, wanted a room similar to that of CSK captain MS Dhoni.
“Cricketers are like prima donnas… like temperamental actors from the old days. The Chennai Super Kings have always been like a family and all the older players have learned to coexist, ”said Srinivasan.
While various reports suggest that Raina may have returned home due to the death of her paternal uncle, some others claimed that CSK squad members who tested positive for Covid made him unsure about his own health.
However, the exact reason is still unknown. Raina is CSK’s tallest race winner and has appeared in all ten IPL seasons that the franchise has been a part of. Raina is also the second highest scorer in IPL, behind only India captain Virat Kohli.
The southpaw has been instrumental in CSK’s successful IPL careers, making his break from management all the more surprising.
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