Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa recently voiced criticism toward the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise for allowing New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra to train at their academy in Chennai ahead of the Test series against India. Ravindra used the CSK academy to prepare for Indian conditions before New Zealand’s one-off Test against Afghanistan in Greater Noida. Also Read: Ian Chappell Makes Bold Claim on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma For BGT 2024-25 This decision proved to be a good move for Rachin Ravindra, as he emerged as New Zealand’s top run-scorer in their 3-0 series victory over the hosts. The left-handed batter amassed 256 runs across three Tests at an impressive average of 51.20, including a century. Robin Uthappa on his YouTube channel said: "Rachin Ravindra came here and practiced at the CSK Academy. CSK is a beautiful franchise that will always look after its franchise players but a line has to be drawn where the interest of the country comes ahead of your franchise players, especially when he is a foreign player and comes and plays against our country.” He further said: "I am not surprised that CSK always go over and above for their players but somewhere in that kindness, maybe I am not saying the right thing, I absolutely love CSK, but when it comes to the country, there should be a line somewhere where we do not cross that line." It is worth mentioning that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) released Rachin Ravindra before the mega-auction and retained only five players for the IPL 2025. Although CSK have one RTM (Right-to-match) remaining on their side, they might use him in the mega-auction to retain him.