The performance of 5-time champion team Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025 has been very ordinary so far. They have lost 4 matches in a row. Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, they had to face a humiliating defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders on 11 April. Since then, a post by Dale Steyn has gone viral, in which he said that some players are not worthy of IPL. They should not be in this league. It is being claimed that through this, Steyn has targeted Dhoni along with some players of Chennai Super Kings. But what is the truth of this? Let us tell you.

Did Steyn target CSK and Dhoni?

Dale Steyn's viral post is on 11 April. He had said these things even before the match between Chennai and Kolkata. Apart from this, he has not written the name of any team or player in his post. However, after losing to Kolkata, fans are linking it to Chennai Super Kings and Dhoni. Because CSK's batsmen and bowlers have been a complete flop this season. On one hand, while other teams have batted fiercely in the powerplay, Chennai has started slowly and failed to score big.

In the middle order, apart from Vijay Shankar, and Shivam Dubey, Dhoni also failed to leave his mark in the end. Dhoni has not been able to finish any match with a win for his team like before. Apart from this, despite having veteran bowlers like Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, the team's bowling has been ordinary. This is the reason why fans are linking Steyn's post to CSK. However, some fans named other players like Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma who have been flops this season.

It is difficult for CSK to go to the playoffs.

In the points table of IPL 2025, CSK's team is currently at number 9 with 1 win and 2 points in 6 matches. Its net run rate is minus 1.554. However, even after this poor performance, it is not out of the playoff race. But reaching the playoffs is going to be nothing less than a miracle for CSK. Let us tell you, in the league stage of IPL, all the teams play 14-14 matches, so CSK still has 8 matches left.

If the team performs well in these remaining matches, only then can it make a comeback in the season. It has been seen in earlier seasons that teams winning 7 or 8 matches on average qualify for the playoffs. According to this, Chennai will have to win at least 6 or 7 matches out of the remaining 8 matches. Therefore, it seems difficult for them to reach the playoffs at the moment.