Former Indian and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Robin Uthappa criticized the franchise for allowing New Zealand star Rachin Ravindra to practice at their academy ahead of the Test series against India.
Ravindra was part of the CSK squad in IPL 2024 and the franchise allowed him to practice at their academy in order to get familiar to the Indian conditions. Uthappa was highly critical of CSK’s decision and said that a line should be drawn by the teams when the country’s interest is at stake.
“Rachin Ravindra came here and practised at the CSK Academy. CSK is a beautiful franchise that will always look after its franchise players but a line has to be drawn where the interest of the country comes ahead of your franchise players, especially when he is a foreign player and comes and plays against our country,” Uthappa said on his YouTube channel.
“I am not surprised that CSK always go over and above for their players but somewhere in that kindness, maybe I am not saying the right thing, I absolutely love CSK, but when it comes to the country, there should be a line somewhere where we do not cross that line,” Uthappa added.
Ravindra was a part of the squad which triumphed over India and won the series by 3-0. This was New Zealand’s first-ever Test victory by a series whitewash away from home.
