Sunil Gavaskar showed no hesitation in calling Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians ‘stubborn’ in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Winners of the IPL five teams each, both CSK and Mumbai Indians are in the bottom half of the IPL 2025 points table with a total of three wins among them.
While CSK have won just one out of their six games so far, Mumbai Indians just recorded their second win in the same number of matches, against over Delhi Capitals on Sunday. Meanwhile, CSK will not have regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad after he was ruled out of the tournament with an elbow injury. Former skipper MS Dhoni has been given the charge for the remainder of the tournament.
Sunil Gavaskar, who is doing commentary in IPL 2025, blamed both teams’ batting strategy for their respective positions in the tournament. “Both teams have shown a stubbornness to change the batting order that is not producing runs for them,” Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
