India, April 8 -- Chennai Super Kings have found themselves under the spotlight after a poor start to their Indian Premier League 2026 campaign. Many fans and pundits believe that the right team balance could be the answer for this young CSK side under captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to return to winning ways. Amid these struggles, Ravichandran Ashwin gave his verdict on CSK's squad.

Ashwin began with, "Akeal will be fit and I feel he should play. He is an experienced bowler, something that the side lacks now.

"Prashant Veer can be used as a left-arm spinner, but he too lacks experience and maybe some confidence with the ball. From what I know, Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma had an extended training session at the nets and the former seemed i...