'He has got a useless strike rate...' - Former India batter lashes out at Ravindra Jadeja after CSK's defeat against SRH

Chennai Super Kings lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of 5 wickets in the 43rd game of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025). With this loss, CSK’s hopes of qualification to the tournament’s knockout stage have also been dented in the tournament’s current season.

CSK were bundled out at the score of 154 runs in 19.5 overs in the first innings, owing to the failure of batters except for the young batters, Dewald Brevis and Ayush Mhatre.

Meanwhile, the former India batter Virender Sehwag has come up with a strong criticism of the star CSK all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja after CSK’s defeat against SRH at their home ground in Chennai.

“At least try to stay out there” – Virender Sehwag on Ravindra Jadeja 

Sehwag slammed Jadeja for his poor strike rate while batting for CSK in the first innings against SRH. He scored 21 runs off 17 balls, with only one four and a six, with a poor strike rate of 123.52. Notably, he came to bat at number four for CSK, which was a very crucial position to accelerate the score.

“Wasn't I saying that I feel like going home midway through the tournament. CSK's batters are also perhaps thinking that way. Their batters are wondering when they will get back home. When will the tournament end? At least one of them should have taken responsibility. Jadeja has got a useless strike rate, but at least try to stay out there till the 15th or 18th over. The rest of the batters can then play around him,” said Sehwag on Cricbuzz.

“I can't understand what Sam Curran is doing at No.3 in this line-up. He has played up the order for sure; he has batted No.4 in ILT20, and he has played that role intelligently. But, in this line-up, when you have Brevis, play him at No.3. The Dube can come in next, followed by Jadeja, Sam Curran, and Deepak Hooda. They are missing Ruturaj Gaikwad in this line-up; he used to consistently make runs in Chennai,” he added later.