After they spent 13 crore on me, I actually wanted the bidding to stop: Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar "actually wanted" Chennai Super Kings to stop bidding for him after it had hurtled past Rs 13 crore during the IPL auction as he was afraid that it may come in the way of building a strong team. Bought back by his old franchise for a staggering Rs 14 crore, making him the most expensive Indian bowler at an IPL auction, Chahar said he couldn't imagine' playing for any team apart from CSK. "I wanted to play for CSK because I haven't imagined myself playing in other colour than yellow," Chahar told Star Sports.

"At one point, I thought it (the bid price) was too much. As a CSK player, I also want to build a good team. So after they spent 13 crore, I actually wanted the bidding to stop so I can go to CSK quickly and then we can buy some other players (with the money saved)," he added. A part of the Indian white-ball team currently, Chahar said in 2018, he was told by franchise owner N Srinivasan that "you will play in yellow always". Since then, Chahar said, he had never brought up the topic of retention with the team management or its talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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India all-rounder Deepak Chahar, who was among the top picks on Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction Day 1, said he always wanted to play for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

"I've never spoken about all this to Mahi bhai (captain MS Dhoni) or CSK management," Chahar said. "In 2018, I had met Srinivasan sir, and he has said, 'you will play in yellow always'. So I took his word that day and since then I have never spoken about retention. I knew CSK would bid (for me)." As the two-day mega auction progressed, he said the Indian players engaged in the ongoing limited overs