English all-rounder Moeen Ali never asked the Chennai Super Kings management to remove the alcohol brand logo from his jersey and it was a decision that was taken cautiously by the management itself.
Squashing the rumours doing rounds that Ali asked the management a personal favour, CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan told IANS, "There has been no request made by Moeen to CSK to remove any logo."
The England all-rounder was roped in by the CSK franchise in this year’s IPL mini-auction for Rs. 7 crores and is going to be one of the mainstays of the team going into the IPL.
The MS Dhoni-led side plays its first game against last year’s finalists Delhi Capitals on 10th April at the Wankhede Stadium.
Ali, 33 has been a renowned T20 player having represented various teams in various T20 leagues. In IPL too, he represented RCB for three seasons, scoring 309 runs and taking 10 wickets in 19 games. He was released by the franchise just ahead of this season.
In total, the Birmingham born player has played 167 T20s, scoring 3513 runs and taking 110 wickets in them. Ali has two centuries and 19 fifties in the format with a five-wicket haul to go with it.