Previous New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris feels the chance of Chennai Super Kings arriving at the end of the season games is finished. The three-time IPL champions have had an uncommon slow time of year in IPL 2020, losing seven games out of 10 to be at present put at the lower part of the focuses table.

Indeed, even numerically, CSK is hanging in by a string. Regardless of whether they win their staying four matches, MS Dhoni's group will be on 14 focuses, yet with Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers as of now on 14 focuses and Mumbai Indians on 12, these three groups are probably going to make it to the last four.

“Short answer and it hurts me to say this, I don’t think so. I think they are the one side who are out of this tournament right now,” Styris, who played for 2009 champions Deccan Chargers, said in an interview.

“You could tell by Stephen Fleming’s press conference the last match. He believes the life cycle of this team is gone. We have been talking about it for 3 years, an aging, old team. When that is the case, the performances, at some stage, were supposed to fall off the cliff as age catches up. I think this year is the year,” Styris explained.

“I think they did well to get as far as they did last year. But there are so many match-winners in that CSK side who are a little bit older or not quite finding form. I can’t see them turning it around. Apart from Faf du Plessis, with his consistent performances, and Deepak Chahar, there are not much else.”