This one line by a member of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coaching squad shows where the franchise is at present. The team is placed sixth in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and still has an outside chance to make it to the play-offs. But bowling coach Eric Simons had a rather unique take on the now expected regular query about the availability of the face of the franchise for Tuesday’s game against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. “He’s not with us but he’s improving. He will be ready when he’s ready. He knows when he’s ready to play,” Simons said at the press conference on Monday. But the manner in which the South African, a senior figure in the coaching team, washed his hands off the one question which has dominated team composition through the whole season told its own story, despite Dhoni not taking the field in any game as his return keeps getting pushed back. It tells something about the narrative following the franchise that the prospects of the team …