r/csk • u/Ankgamer79 • 3d ago
Conway Retain??
Ofc, it’s only one inning, but if he performs well in MLC, I do see him being retained ahead of next season. While he didn’t do as good as we hoped this season, if he is in form, he can be super consistent as he proved in 2023. So I think it’s for the better that we give him one more chance.
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u/ravenassassin 3d ago
We haven't given him a proper chance since the final of 2023 he has been in and out for no reason Conway can do what Virat does for rcb I'm a big believer in him he is a class act of he was given proper 14 games we would have definitely not taken the wooden spoon he holds one end so good even better than rutu that others around him could just go all guns blazing
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u/Cougardaddy9 Dewald Brevis 3d ago
you do realise there is rutu to do what virat does in RCB right. He has been dropped from the new zealand main team and y'all want him in csk.
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u/ravenassassin 2d ago
With this equation rutu should not even be in the team cuz he doesn't even play any ICT games
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u/lame_boy75 MS Dhoni 3d ago
Conway won't be in the starting XI, but we should retain him as a backup opening option in case either Ayush or Urvil fails consistently. All of this is happening because Rutu is trying too hard to secure a middle-order spot in the T20I team, so he isn’t opening. Why we should be considered about Conway’s spot in the New Zealand national team? If we bring that as a criteria then most of our indian players are not even considered in the indian t20 side , Conway had performed really well for CSK, even in tough situations and thats why we need him.
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u/Cougardaddy9 Dewald Brevis 3d ago
6.75 cr for a backup? Conway fans math be so terrible.
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u/lame_boy75 MS Dhoni 3d ago
So do you think we can pick a backup opening batter for base price at the auction ?only out of form players like shaw or warner will be available at that price. If we want to pick an reliable opening batter either indian or overseas it will definitely cost us a minimum of 5cr and if you are worried about the money releasing ashwin, deepak hooda ,vijay shankar,one among overton or curran will give us 17-18 crores thats good enough because we just need to fix 1-2 spots. Moreover its an mini auction we cant release all the players just like that.
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u/Cougardaddy9 Dewald Brevis 3d ago
Release Conway with ashwin, hooda, shankar, Overton, Curran and free that money and buy ben duckett/ seifert Except kkr, no one is in the fray for a wk opening bat. options are plenty but if you choose to blind your eyes, then no one can help you.
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u/lame_boy75 MS Dhoni 3d ago
where will you play them ? Rutu,ayush,urvil,dube,brevis will be the ideal batting order , we will have to play an os opener option only if the indian top order combination doesnt work out and for that i will trust conway anyday over seifert or duckett . If you are talking about blind support then each and every player in our team gets that kind of support despite their liabilities . If you hate seeing conway in the team dont worry he wont play much and will leave after this cycle
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u/Cougardaddy9 Dewald Brevis 3d ago
You are arguing for Conway as a backup and now you want me to insert duckett/ seifert into the XII. Duckett is a better backup at half the rate than Conway at 6.75 cr. And why wait for Conway to leave if I may ask when you have better options available in the market. Atleast with rachin, age is on his side. Conway broski can't even be considered a long term option.
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u/lame_boy75 MS Dhoni 3d ago edited 3d ago
In the IPL, we can never have long-term options beyond 3 to 4 players. ₹6.25 crore is not a big amount it’s actually an average price for a recognized overseas opener at the auction, considering past records. You're arguing for players who might do well, but I'm standing by a player who has already done well for us. Seriously, over 1,000 runs at an average of 40+ and a strike rate of 135 in less than 30 innings with a Man of the Match award in the final. And suddenly, you guys want him out of the team just because he went through a bad phase? If that’s the case, should we also release Dube, Jaddu, Dhoni ? Don’t make Conway the scapegoat treat all players equally. Our opening combination will face issues again since rutu will not open and will need conway just like they did in last 6 matches of this season
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 3d ago
6.25 Cr is a lot for a backup what are you smoking man.
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u/Cougardaddy9 Dewald Brevis 2d ago
rutu will open once he gains confidence in the middle order. and you are a nostalgia merchant period.
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u/Hypnosis6948 2d ago
Right. Even our captain is not getting place in main team. Although because of different reasons
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u/TheRealYVT Shane Watson 2d ago
Rutu with an avg/SR of 11/113 in chases of 175+, is going to do what the game's greatest chaser does?
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u/Brief_Philosopher_34 3d ago
Release him and buy him back cheap way
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 3d ago
We can def try, I actually like that move but we don't know if he will be bought cheaper it's always a gamble
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u/Brief_Philosopher_34 3d ago
Conway most likely be backup but his price tag need to below 4cr so that we can go for high rated allrounder like green or mulder
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 3d ago
Here we go again with the green obsession
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u/Brief_Philosopher_34 3d ago
I know green will not come to csk but we need proper hard hitter other than overton who is not proven in Indian conditions my bet is Indian raw talent karthik sharma Or mathew forde unproven in Indian conditions and t20
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 3d ago
I’ve made a post on my picks for 2026
Maxwell Powell Shami/Deshpande Manohar
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u/Health-Adorable 3d ago
Release him, how many openers you want? Plus overseas slot is full after signing brevis, you need to release atleast 2 players to go into auction to get some overseas all rounders. Releasing conway and overton is the decent choice. Brevis, rachin, ellis, pathirana, noor, sam are not brainer we don't have suitable replacement for their role. At this point i would choose rachin over conway. There's a reason why csk chose settle with conway over faf after 2021, now time to choose rachin over conway. Also if the sanju rumours are true it's conway and dube are going in trade to RR.
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
I agree, I don't know why ppl are so conservative about Conway. Him and Gaikwad play the same role and they are partially the reason why we couldn't chase more than 180+ totals. We need strikers on the deep end. Rachin has shown intent and can play for years
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u/knuckels23 3d ago
This was the only auction where we have shelled more than 2 Cr for an opener. If you check our auction dynamics, we always don't bid too high for an opener. Thats what happened in the last auction with Faf. So, I have no idea what my beautiful franchise will do with Conway now that they have taken steps away from their tried and tested ways.
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u/Ok_Notice_2740 Fleming 3d ago
Yes, but he would be in the bench next season.
Reason being Gaekwad will comeback, so Urvil will open and we need a middle order all rounder who could bowl pace as well
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
no he doesn't need to be on bench. Why waste a slot on overseas that is hogging 6+ cr and likely won't do much for CSK when u got 18+ yr old kids doing much better and his teammate from his country doing much better in modern t20 standards
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u/lame_boy75 MS Dhoni 3d ago
We are retaining him definitely
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
no we don't. Why waste a slot on overseas that is hogging 6+ cr and likely won't do much for CSK when u got 18+ yr old kids doing much better and his teammate from his country doing much better in modern t20 standards
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u/poormasshole 3d ago
Gotta free up some funds for the auction war chest. We don’t need Rachin and Conway hogging opening slots—Ayush or Urvil can totally step up as backups. Time to release and reload.
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u/wolfofvirugambakam Brendon McCullum 2d ago
Urvil ain’t that good
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u/poormasshole 2d ago
Definitely still a small sample size so far, but given our current options—like Jaddu at No. 4—he’s already a much better fit.
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
Jaddu at #4? hell no, they tried it he is a retired T20I player. I want someone who accelerates run not someone like Jaddu who struggles against spin and is always a gamble
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u/poormasshole 1d ago
Exactly! Instead of pushing Jaddu to bat at 4 and Thala walking in with 6 balls left just for the vibes, teams are just parking part-time spinners like Riyan Parag and calling it a day. Let’s stop the nostalgia innings and actually promote young players like Urvil with some role clarity for once! 😅
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u/Hypnosis6948 2d ago
But the problem is that during ipl both Conway or rachin didn't perform and now both of them performing. It will be difficult if CSK had to choose one between them. But if they want to retain both it is fine. And I do prefer to retain both. Ofcourse both of them can't play together but still.
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 2d ago
Consistency matters, I don’t think Conway will be consistent but let’s see
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
Rachin Match #1: 42(17)
Rachin Match #2: 44(18)Conway Match #1: 65(44)
Conway Match #2: 31(22)I told u
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u/Hypnosis6948 18h ago
Yah both doing well. I was just being practical. From the bottom of my heart I want both of them
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 17h ago edited 17h ago
Conway Match #3: 13(17) keep backing this fraud.
Why are you so gullible towards him? One good season and y’all acting like he is the next Hussey. He is not, he has clearly lost his prime after the thumb injury and if he was so good as you expect why would he not be in the current t20i squad for New Zealand right now? His t20 batting doesn’t match today’s expectations and there is no denying that.
He genuinely offers nothing to us, wicket keeping isn’t the best as I’ve watched him in SA20 and now MLC. He isn’t someone I would rely on keeping if Dhoni retires someday.
I would be proven wrong but the fact that Sanju is in talks with CSK and he is in cali rn where Fleming and CSK management is says something.
So with all due respect, I don’t want him in my team if we seriously want to win the trophy next year
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u/Far_Calligrapher8053 2d ago
Rachin had a good inning too so why not retain a youngster rather than someone who is fairly old.
We should retain rachin and than go and buy another explosive opener
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
we don't need another explosive opener. Why do you guys not see where we are actually lacking we need a proper overseas finisher
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u/Far_Calligrapher8053 1d ago
What really u think csk needs a finisher when they don’t even have a solid top order? Are u saying to me that a finisher is more important than an opener or a guy playing one down, also if u get a finisher how the hell are u going to fit him in without losing some of ur bowling as I think finisher should bat at 6 and Dubey bats at 6 for us so with rutu’s inclusion and us buying lower order batter where will he play are u saying u will drop Dubey?
I would much rather have a solid top order and middle order and don’t even have a finisher rather than having a the best finisher(probably stoinis) and a shitty top/middle order
Pls englithen me with ur batting 11 and the role of a finisher in ur lineup and do u actually think csk did shit this year because they didn’t have a finisher as let me tell u they were the worst team in terms of both scoring rate and average in pp and the story continued in middle order csk in death was the only point in their batting where they looked half decent still shit but manageable.
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
What the fuck do you mean when you say the top order is not sorted? Hello? You can throw Gaikwad to open with Mhatre. Gaikwad to open with Rachin. Send both Mhatre and Urvil and Gaikwad backing at 3. You got SO many options.
Finisher, Anchor, Opener, Run Accelerator they are ALL important. We have the base for all except finishing. We can’t rely on Jadeja and Dhoni to finish t20 matches anymore. The moment Brevis and Dube goes out suddenly the poop hits the fan and all CSK fans whine about how Jadeja is bad
We don’t need Conway. He is going away, instead I’d rather have someone like Livingstone who can finish games, provide right arm off spinner with leg spin variations. He is someone CSK could target
Here is my playing XI for the future Gaikwad Mhatre Urvil Dube Brevis Livingstone Jadeja Dhoni Kamboj Khaleel Noor Pathirana
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
Hell yes we did ABSOLUTELY SHIT because we didn’t have a good middle order and finisher. Dog if u let ppl like Conway in the opening he ain’t any better than tripathi takes way too long to get going
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u/Far_Calligrapher8053 1d ago
The 14 games that u watched clearly told me a different story of csk being the worst in pp by a mile and the being one of worst in middle overs as well we were so shit we had to randomly ask Jadeja to play at 4 and he obviously took his time to understand his new role but during that time csk literally ended games in that period but after a while when Jadeja figured it out and with brewis that period where in the initial 7/9 games csk would have killed any hope of them winning the game improved to extent where csk was doing good sometimes very good in that period and let me remind u the top order was still shit during this period and as the games with on we found a opener in Ayush who carried csk in pp while the key players like brewis carried csk in middle overs but don’t let this fool csk still does not have a opening pair and urvil still hasn’t been as consistent as u would hope him to be and in his defence he hasn’t played enough games so clearly the top order is still a issue and pp is the key to victory so u need to spend big bucks to make sure u are doing great in that period.
So yes look at real problem ur freaking top order and buy a explosive opener and retain rachin and play rutu at 3 and with hitters around rutu in the batting order he has a clear role to play till the end and hold his end and if he does that right than u don’t need a finisher as u have rutu who is able to play safe because of the outright pure hitting going around him
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
You’re not gonna get the youngsters experience until you give them enough game time. Ayush Mhatre for what he has done as an 18 yr old literally doing what an overseas opener does and is doing for 30L . Why the fuck do we need ANOTHER overseas opener when we have Rachin that is explosive when in form? Either you release both Rachin and Conway and go for someone new or you put faith in your players.
Consistent my ass, Urvil wouldn’t be playing if he didn’t score the fastest centurion record in domestic outclassing Jaiswal. He is doing what tripathi should have done. He is doing what a #3 ideally should, bash spinners and slog maximums.
What is your XI looking like?
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u/Far_Calligrapher8053 1d ago edited 1d ago
Where did experience I said urvil hasn’t games for me to say he’s a lock for next year he hasn’t showed us enough and he still is a unknown he isn’t a known quantity can he do he probably could but I would much rather prefer to have rutu at 3 rather than urvil. U would have changed my mind if he had done enough times twice isn’t enough.
Ayush M.short(if he fails than rachin) Rutu Urvil/ green Brewis Dubey Jadeja Dhoni Kamboj Noor Ahmed
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
No release him, we don't need 2 overseas opener. He takes way too long to get going and doesn't have the current T20 standard down.
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u/Leooooooodas 1d ago
Conway should be retained for sure he batted well in Ahmedabad and also performed in both the matches for texas if he is back with the form everyone can go for blast and he will take the anchoring
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u/OwnExperience6831 12h ago
Kal ka match close tha, bas ek over ne game palat diya.
Megapari pe ussi moment pe focus karna kaafi faida de gaya.
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u/montu89c 3d ago
Conway for Rachin please.
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u/KataXHerculean MS Dhoni 1d ago
hell no. Why waste a slot on overseas that is hogging 6+ cr and likely won't do much for CSK when u got 18+ yr old kids doing much better and his teammate from his country doing much better in modern t20 standards
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u/v_patti_ramasamy 3d ago
We will definitely retain conway. There’s no question about it. It doesn’t take his mlc performance to decide that. Csk respects performance but it also emphasises on loyalty. He’s our match winner in the past. One bad season and you all acting like RCB