The spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has stopped a panellist from stop when the topic came up during a live broadcast on his YouTube Channel.
This comes after the off-spinner had announced that his channel would not cover the Chennai Super Kings match in the IPL 2025 season. Ashwin has been more active on YouTube after his retirement.
It has also sparked controversy, especially around discussions involving his IPL team, Chennai Super Kings, which have drawn attention and criticism.
CSK head coach Stephen Fleming also spoke about the YouTube Channel.
In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Ravichandran Ashwin reviewed the latest IPL 2025 but skipped over Chennai Super Kings’ recent games.
During the discussion, a panelist mentioned MS Dhoni alongside other captains. Ashwin silenced the panelist when MS Dhoni’s name came up.
“I’m so happy that you won the match. Ashwin, the only thing is that you’ve led the team a lot. The team that you’ve led has won the TNPL. What I feel is that leadership is very, very important. That leader is someone like Sanju, someone like Shreyas Iyer, someone like Thala Dhoni,” the panellist said.
Reacting to the panellist’s comments, Ashwin said, “Sshhh. Ssshhhh.”
“No, you shouldn’t be the one talking. I can talk. I’m an audience member,” the panellist tried to clarify.
Ravichandran’s YouTube channel came under controversy after former South Africa and RCB analyst Prasanna Agoram questioned CSK’s choice to play Noor Ahmad despite already having experienced spinners like Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
The discussion has sparked controversy, which forced Ashwin to stop covering Chennai Super Kings content for the remaining of the IPL 2025.
“Given the nature of the discussions on this forum over the last week, we want to be mindful of how things can be interpreted and have chosen to step away from covering CSK games, both previews and reviews, for the rest of this season,” Ashwin said in a note.
CSK has benched Ashwin from their playing 11 due to his poor form. The 38-year old had taken just five wickets in six matches with an average of 39.60 and an economy rate around 10.
Chennai Super Kings have two wins in the seven games they played so far in the season. However, they are currently at the bottom of the IPL 2025 Points table. CSK will play their next game against Mumbai Indians on April 20 at Wankhede Stadium.
