Venkateshwaran made the demands while seeking grants for the Sports and Youth Welfare Department in the Assembly on Tuesday. Later, while speaking to the media, the MLA said he just reflected the public sentiment in the Assembly.

S P Venkateshwaran claimed, though it is branded as a Tamil Nadu team, CSK lacked talented players from the state in the current IPL edition.

“They are making profits from our people through advertisements projecting it as a Tamil Nadu team. But there are no talented players from our State (in the team),” he said.

Meanwhile, Rajastan Royals defeated CSK by 3 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the M A Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

With agency inputs.