After Chennai Super Kings (CSK) decided not to bid for Suresh Raina in the IPL mega auction yesterday, a section of CSK fans was very, very unhappy and the fans decided to trend “Chinnathala” on Twitter today.
Chinna Thala was the nickname of Suresh Raina given fondly by the fans as he was the vice-captain of the team for a long period of time and Chinna Thala is a Tamil word that actually means second to the leader.
Raina’s fans are angry at the moment because they wanted the franchise to bid for the left-hander out of respect for what he has done for the team over the years as he has been their most successful batsman ever.
CSK had a purse of 2.95 crore INR left at the end of the auction and Raina’s base price was 2 crore INR. So, it was possible for them to pick Raina at his base price rather than any youngster if they wanted to do it out of respect, but it just seemed as if they didn’t want to pick Raina at all.
The franchises were given a chance to submit 5-7 names in the last round of the accelerated auction, but CSK didn’t submit the name of Raina. They rather submitted the name of 3 youngsters and bought all 3 of them, but Raina’s name didn’t come up.
Fans of Suresh Raina are hurt and disappointed with CSK
The fans of Suresh Raina who have supported CSK over the years were hurt and disappointed by the lack of a gesture of respect from the franchise.
The CSK CEO later said that the team composition had to depend on the current form and the decision to pick the players was based on form. However, the CEO reiterated that Raina has been a very consistent batsman for CSK for more than a decade.
Here are some of the tweets that were circulating on Twitter today in the support of Suresh Raina with the hashtag “Chinnathala” –
Thanks Chinna Thala for the Good Memories 🥺💛
.#ChennaiSuperKings #CSK #Raina #ChinnaThala #SureshRaina #Farewell pic.twitter.com/Sc6EoibX43Advertisement— Tanny Edits (@Tannny24) February 13, 2022
Your Always Our #MRIPL @ImRaina 🥺💔💛🙇 #ChinnaThala #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/pT5w7XjxFC
Advertisement— MC (@Freaky_Boy07) February 13, 2022
Mr.IPL🔥 @ImRaina#ChinnaThala
Advertisement— Binu D Bloods ⚡💛 ʙᴇᴀsᴛ 💛⚡ (@binu_bloods) February 13, 2022
Miss u ❤️#Raina #ChinnaThala #MrIPL pic.twitter.com/VzLPBTB1bC
— Rajat Gupta (@RajatGu84616834) February 13, 2022
Dhoni bhai Take back our chinna Thala..we are not happy to see our Suresh Raina like unsold 🥺🥺🥺#MrIPL #ChinnaThala #CSK pic.twitter.com/6iiTEuu87K
— Bejjarapu Manideep (@BejjarapuManid1) February 14, 2022
For one last time ! 🥺…. Thank You #ChinnaThala 💔 for all the memories 😭 #SureshRaina pic.twitter.com/eAQTh1KBX9
— AK FAN 🙂 (@AjithAK_Fan) February 14, 2022
This Man and his legacy in IPL💔#ChinnaThala #Raina #MrIPL
pic.twitter.com/sdlMIJoX6J— Sai Kumar Appu (@tammineedi_sai) February 14, 2022
Miss u thala we want u back next year
Your always csk
You have won all csk fans hearts 💕 💞 💛
😫😫😫😥😥#SureshRaina #Chinnathala #Suresh_Raina pic.twitter.com/IRh0teMmhR— Bhaskar_tha_Rascal (@Bhaskar_tha_Ras) February 13, 2022
You did so much for CSK Thalaivaaa 💯❤️
#SureshRaina #Raina #ChinnaThala pic.twitter.com/E43H2aj7CV— Vɪᴊᴀʏ (@naVijay6676) February 14, 2022
This is beast 🔥🔥
Miss u #Chinnathala #Raina #MrIPL @ChennaiIPL worst ra… #Auction#IPLMegaAuction2022 #IPLAuction2022 pic.twitter.com/W6GAgZ7CCm— Sakthi Venkatesh (@SakthiV92813216) February 13, 2022
