India's off-spinner R Ashwin opened up on the possibilities of coming back to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise for upcoming IPL seasons. Ashwin has played for CSK till IPL 2015 since the inaugural season, and he had to part ways after the franchise was banned for a couple of years. 

A fan questioned Ashwin on his return to CSK during a show named '40 Shades of Ash' on his YouTube channel. He admitted that the franchise is close to his heart and he would love to come back home, but it's not in his hands.

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"CSK is a franchise close to my heart, for me, CSK is like a school. That is where I joined Pre KG, LKG, UKG, primary school, then I did my middle school, and then starting high school and completing 10th standard board exams, I moved to a different school. 

"I did my 11th and 12th a couple of, a couple of years, outside. Then I did a couple of years of Junior College. But after completing everything, obviously one has to come home right? So even I would love to come back home, but it all depends on the auction dynamics," he explained.

Ashwin played for Rising Pune Supergiant after the supension of CSK for two years, in 2016 and 2017. He later led Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018 and 2019, before getting traded to Delhi Capitals for another couple of seasons. 

Now, Delhi have released Ashwin for the IPL 2022 mega-auction pool. There will be two new IPL teams in the upcoming auction and he explained the auction dynamics.

"But I understand the fact that the auction dynamics is a different ball game. There are 10 teams, coming up with 10 different strategies. They will all think differently. We don't know which team's core playing XI we will fit into. So let's see what happens at the auction. 

"But as a professional, wherever I go, the mindset is simple, any franchise is trusting you and spending so much money to avail your services, for them I'd give my entire life and put in all efforts and not let them down," he concluded.

(Inputs from R Ashwin's YouTube channel)