Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag reckons Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Anshul Kamboj lacked support from the other end after the franchise’s season came to a close. CSK were knocked out of the tournament after they suffered an 89-run loss against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Kamboj was one of the biggest positives for CSK this season with the ball. Kamboj scalped 21 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 25.23 and an economy rate of 10.52.

In the last match of the season for CSK, Kamboj returned with expensive figures of 1-56 in his four overs.

“Whatever playing XI they have played has not worked at all, their batting order has not worked. I think they will have to rethink their strategy and combination. They will also find some new bowling options, because it cannot be that only 2 bowlers are performing. Kamboj, no doubt, has taken the most wickets, but he was left alone without support. If he had a partner with him, then things might have been different. The other bowlers did not contribute, and Overton and Khaleel got injured as well,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

Sehwag added that CSK will need to revamp their top order as their openers didn’t give them blistering starts in the Powerplay overs.

“I think they have to keep such batters in the top order like RR have, like Suryavanshi and Jaiswal, or like PBKS have in Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. If you look at both Samson and Ruturaj, they are not such explosive batters that they can finish in the game in the powerplay,” Sehwag opined.

“They must have made a maximum of 70 runs in the powerplay this season, otherwise their powerplays are quite normal, the 50-60 runs one. If you let your middle order come in early, which is already not scoring runs, then it only becomes tougher. They will have to see what changes they can make in the top three,” he added.

CSK will look to come back strongly in the next season.