CSK need to do 'soul-searching' to reflect on auction - Fleming

Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming says they need to do a lot of "soul-searching" and reflect on where they went wrong at the Indian Premier League mega auction.

The five-time champions are bottom of the 10-team table with two wins from nine games and have lost their past four home matches.

Afghanistan leg-spinner Noor Ahmad and seamer Khaleel Ahmed have impressed but their only batter in the top 30 run-scorers is Shivam Dube, who was retained from 2024.

"It's hard to say we got it completely right with the performances that we've had," said Fleming.

"We have been looking over that in detail, just around our style of play and also looking at how the game is evolving.

"It is not easy, that is why we're proud of our record to date to be consistent for so long and it doesn't take much for it to go another way. Other teams have got better and that is the point of the auction but we just haven't been able to get it right.

"That has to be an area where we need to reflect and say 'it hasn't been as good as it could have been' or it hasn't worked out how we wanted.

"But, it is also not a perfect science, the auction is a very fluid beast. It is like buying 25 houses so you can come away from it mentally, and sometimes, physically exhausted.

"There's a lot of responsibility and soul-searching and that certainly starts at the top with me."