Pacer Deepak Chahar “actually wanted” Chennai Super Kings to cease bidding for him after it had hurtled previous Rs 13 crore in the course of the IPL public sale as he was afraid that it could are available in the best way of constructing a powerful staff.
Bought again by his previous franchise for a staggering Rs 14 crore, making him the costliest Indian bowler at an IPL public sale, Chahar mentioned he could not think about’ enjoying for any staff aside from CSK.
“I wanted to play for CSK because I haven’t imagined myself playing in other color than yellow,” Chahar instructed Star Sports.
“At one point, I thought it (the bid price) was too much. As a CSK player, I also want to build a good team. So after they spent 13 crore, I actually wanted the bidding to stop so I can go to CSK quickly and then we can buy some other players (with the money saved),” he added.
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Part of the Indian white-ball staff at present, Chahar mentioned in 2018, he was instructed by franchise proprietor N Srinivasan that “you will play in yellow always”. Since then, Chahar mentioned, he had by no means introduced up the subject of retention with the staff administration or its talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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“I’ve never spoken about all this to Mahi bhai (captain MS Dhoni) or CSK management,” Chahar mentioned.
“In 2018, I had met Srinivasan sir, and he has said, ‘you will play in yellow always’. So I took his word that day and since then I have never spoken about retention. I knew CSK would bid (for me).”
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As the two-day mega public sale progressed, he mentioned the Indian gamers engaged within the ongoing restricted overs sequence towards the West Indies saved themselves up to date on information from Bengaluru, the place they had been going below the hammer.
“We (India’s T20I squad) were traveling from Ahmedabad to Kolkata, and the whole team was watching the auction. Everyone was saying kitna ho gaya (what’s the bid price?) and all that.”
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The 29-year-old Chahar will signify the Super Kings for a fifth season in a row, having been purchased by the franchise earlier than IPL 2018 for Rs 80 lakh.
Chahar’s solely remorse now’s that he may by no means play alongside his cousin Rahul Chahar. They did share the dressing room at erstwhile Rising Pune Supergiant, however by no means performed collectively.
“In Pune, I played first game, he played second, I played third, and he played fourth, but we never played together. I was thinking this auction we might play together, but may be some other time. I’ll ask Rahul to come from Punjab for next year,” he mentioned laughing.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
