Harbhajan Singh Points What Makes Chennai Super Kings Different From Other Franchises

Mumbai: Harbhajan Singh, who has played for many franchises in IPL including CSK, revealed what makes the Chennai-based franchise different from the rest. The senior off-spinner, who was roped in by CSK in 2018, said that CSK is one of the only teams that takes care of the expenses of all the family members traveling with the players and the team.

“I observed a new culture when I joined CSK. Over there, the franchise takes care of the tickets, travel, stay, food and everything for the player’s family. Not just for one person, but even if 10 people from your family want to come, the franchise is ready to bear the expenses in that case too. The other teams don’t do that. In other teams, even if you have your partner with you, then you would have to pay for her,” he said on Sportskeeda.

Harbhajan also said that in case an extra room is needed then CSK do not deduct money from the players fees like other teams.

“If you need an extra room in the hotel, then you would have to deduct the amount from your salary. This isn’t the case with CSK. They’d book tickets even if someone has to come from Australia and rooms are given to them. A player gets attached to the franchise when he sees that they are doing so much for him and his family.”

Meanwhile, CSK have lost their opening two games in the IPL and would hope to bounce back to winning ways soon.