After buying the former CSK Spinner Ashwin in the IPL Mega Auction for this year, the Chennai Super Kings released a homecoming video of him, welcoming him on the board. In the upcoming season, IPL 2025, Ravichandran Ashwin will be seen in a Yellow Army Jersey.
Releasing a heartfelt video on 27 February, Chennai Super Kings will once again complete their playing Probable XI with Ashwin on the field and will fulfill the dreams of the Yellow Army.
CSK IPL 2025: Homecoming video of R Ashwin
Captioning the video on “x”, Chennai Super Kings wrote-” Ashwin Anbuden Yellove Homecoming On Time… Oh the feels
🤴 Ashwin
🏡 Anbuden
💛 YelloveHomecoming On Time… Oh the feels 🥹✨ #WhistlePodu #DenComing #Yellove pic.twitter.com/7SIP7cLXvk
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 27, 2025
Having bought for 9.75cr, CSK will see him playing once again for the team. Starting back in 2009, Ashwin started his IPL journey with CSK and stayed with them till 2015.
The video shared by the team on all its social media handles shows the growing journey of the spinner while playing at the Chepauk and showing his comeback once again to the same grounds where it all started.
After his time with CSK, the legend has played with many franchises like the Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, and Delhi Capitals and now has returned to his home team. For the upcoming 18th season, he will once again be seen pairing up with his old-time partner, MS Dhoni, and this would allow him to relive the old gold memories.
Chennai Super Kings full squad for IPL 2025:
Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
Wicketkeeper: MS Dhoni
Batsmen: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Sheikh Rashid, Devon Conway
All-rounders: Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Ramakrishna Ghosh
Bowlers: Ravichandran Ashwin, Mathisha Pathirana, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapaneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Noor Ahmed, Shreyas Gopal
Young Talent: Andre Siddarth
Bidding War at IPL Mega Auction 2024
When the star appeared at the mega auction, franchises were in a wartime situation to take him in their franchise. CSK won an intense bidding war against the Rajasthan Royals to bring R Ashwin back. They started bidding at his base price of ₹2 crore, facing competition from LSG and RCB. Rajasthan Royals joined later, matching CSK repeatedly. Ultimately, the battle was won by CSK, who bought the star for ₹9.75 crore.
