Former India opener Virender Sehwag has taken a dig at Chennai Super Kings' faltering IPL 2020 campaign, saying that some of the batsmen in the team think of the franchise as a "government job" in which remuneration is assured irrespective of performance. The 2011-World Cup winner was very critical of Dhoni's team, following their defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The dashing batsman also slammed Kedar Jadhav for playing dot balls which mounted pressure on the other batsman. Sehwag criticised Jadhav, who laboured to 7 off 12 balls and attracted plenty of criticism on social media, calling him a “Useless decoration” in Hindi and used sarcasm as a method to call him the real “Man of the Match” on his Facebook series “Viru Ki Baithak.” Jadhav walked out to bat at the fall of MS Dhoni’s wicket, ahead of the Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo, a move that was defended by CSK coach Stephen Fleming.
“At the time, we thought that Kedar could play the spinner well and dominate, while Jadeja was there to come and finish. But in the end, there was too much work to do and we fell short,” Fleming said at the press-match conference.“We’ve got so much batting resources. Kedar is a late middle to late batter for India. We could have gone a whole lot of different ways. Today Kedar had some balls but that didn’t work out. You always put players in different areas and that’s just when you have so much batting talent to choose from. It’s one of the things we look at, but it’s all in hindsight. ”CSK’s defeat was their fourth of the season, which pushed them down the points-table, where they currently acquire the sixth position. CSK added just 14 runs from 11-14 overs, a period when they lost both Watson and an in-form Ambati Rayudu. Last week, the MS Dhoni-led side had lost a close-fought match to SunRisers Hyderabad by seven runs after a top-order collapse. They will take on Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday.
