Why R Ashwin’s YouTube channel will not analyse Chennai Super Kings games anymore – Firstpost

Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel will not preview or review his team
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) games for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Ashwin runs a highly popular channel on YouTube where he previews and reviews matches.

His channel was also analysing the CSK game, however, Ashwin did not take part in it.

Recently the YouTube channel received a lot of criticism after one of the guests, Prasanna Agoram, criticised CSK for picking Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad in the team despite having Ashwin and Jadeja in the squad. Agoram had been a former data analyst with South Africa and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) teams.

The video has since been removed from the channel.

No more CSK games on Ashwin’s YouTube channel

The admin of Ashwin’s channel has said that it will not cover CSK games anymore.

“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,” a note from the admin of Ashwin’s channel read.

“We value the diversity of perspectives that come through on our shows and remain committed to ensuring the conversation stays true to the integrity and purpose of the platform we’ve established. The views expressed by our guests do not reflect Ashwin’s personal opinions.”

CSK coach Stephen Fleming was recently asked about the controversy after Chennai lost to Delhi Capitals. However, he was not aware of the development.

“I have no idea,” Fleming said. “I didn’t even know he [Ashwin] had a channel, so I don’t follow that stuff. That’s irrelevant.”