Chennai Super Kings 2024 is an Indian professional cricket team. It plays in the eight-team
Indian Premier League (IPL) and was established in 2008. CSK plays its home games at Chennai’s M.
A.(Chidambaram) Stadium. CSK is owned by Chennai-based holding company India Cements.
CSK has won a record 5 IPL titles, shared with Mumbai Indians, played in 10 finals and qualified for the
playoffs 12 times in the 14 seasons it has played, the most of any team. MS Dhoni has captained the
team since its inception and Stephen Fleming is currently the head coach. CSK was India’s 1st unicorn
sports enterprise in January 2022.
They were banned from playing in the IPL from July 2015 for two years due to their owners’ involvement
in the 2013 betting case. They won their first title in their comeback season in 2018. They also won the
2010 and 2014 Champs League Twenty20. As of 2022, they are the second-most-valuable IPL franchise.

 

History: -[CSK]

In September 2007 the BCCI announced the launch of the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) to be
held in 2008. The BCCI revealed the owners of 8 city-based IPL franchises in January 2008. Chennai was
sold to India Cements in October 2008 for a price of $91 million. It was the fourth-most expensive
franchise in the league after Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad, and India Cements held the franchise
rights for a period of 10 years. The Chennai Super Kings are owned by N.Srinivasan, the former Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the International Cricket Council (ICC). On 22 January 2015, the
franchisee of CSK cricket Ltd was transferred to an independent entity after Supreme
Court ruled against the BCCI‘s proposal to allow board officials to hold commercial interests in IPL and
ICC T20s.

Season First:- Chennai Super Kings (2008-2009)

In January 2008, during the first player auctions of the inaugural season of the IPL, the Chennai franchise
acquired a number of present-day world class cricketers including MS dhoni, Matthew
Hayden, Stephen Fleming, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Michael Hussey. Dhoni ended up being the most
expensive player of the auction as the Chennai franchise purchased him for USD 1.5 million. The CSK  named Dhoni as their captain and appointed Kepler wessels as their head coach. The Super Kings played their first match on 19 April 2008 at Mohali, where they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 33 runs. The Super Kings posted a total of 240/5 in the 20 overs, the highest total in the tournament. The Super Kings finished the league stage with 8 wins from 14 matches and finished 3rd in the points table. The Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab in the semifinal by 9 wickets. In the final, the Super Kings lost by 3 wickets to Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai. The CSK were batting first and posted a total of 163/5. The final was decided by the last delivery of the match. They also qualified for the Champions League T20 alongside Rajasthan. However, the tournament was cancelled due to the Mumbai attacks in 2008. The Super Kings and Rajasthan were each compensated $5 million.  Fleming retired from all-format cricket after the first IPL season and Wessels took over as coach for the CSK for the following season, which was scheduled to take place in South Africa.
The Chennai Super Kings made a big investment in Andrew Flintoff in the 2009 season. At the auction, Flintoff was the highest paid cricketer in the IPL along with Kevin Pietersen, who was bought by Bangalore for
the same price. However, he only played 3 matches for the Super Kings due to a knee injury which ruled
him out for the season. Hussey also opted out of the IPL for the 2009 season in order to focus on the
Ashes. The CSK finished second in the league table with 17 points after 14 matches. At the semifinal stage, they had a good chance of making it to the final for the second time in a row, but they lost to
Royal Challengers by six wickets. On the other hand, opener Matthew Hayden was awarded the Orange
Cap, which is the most prestigious trophy in the T20 format, for leading the season in terms of runs with
572 in 12 innings, 5 fifties and a strike rate of 145.

In 2010- CSK

In 2010, Chennai Super Kings had a bad start to the season, winning only 2 out of 7 matches. However, they won 4 out of their next 5 games in the season, largely thanks to the contributions of Vijay and Raina. After
losing at home to Daredevils in the second match of the season, the CSK had a must-win game against Kings XI Punjab in Dharamsala. They won by 6 wickets, chasing down a target of 193 with 2 balls
to spare as skipper MS Dhoni top-scored with an unbeaten 54 off 29 balls. With 7 wins out of 14 matches,
Chennai ended up 3rd with a better net run rate than the other 3 teams who finished on 14 points each.
In the semi-final, the Super Kings posted a modest total of 142/7 off 20 overs against Deccan Chargers,
who were led by Doug Bollinger’s 4/13 in 4 overs. The Chargers were then bundled out for 104. The CSK won by 38 runs to qualify for the final. In the final, they faced Mumbai Indians at home ground, who were one of the favourites in the tournament. Super Kings won by 22 runs to become the first ever team to win their first IPL title after the CSK qualified for the Champions League T20 in South Africa on the basis of their performance in the tournament. The Super Kings made 168/5 after 12 overs in reply to Mumbai Indians’ 68/3, thanks to the 57-ball 57-run partnership between Raina (35) and skipper Rohit Sharma (36). The Super Kings’ spin duo of Ashwin and Pandya conceded just 41 runs off the 8 overs they bowled in the match. The CSK were put in Group A of the Champions League along with the champions of the T20 leagues from Australia (Australia), South Africa (South Africa), New Zealand (New Zealand) and Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka). The Super Kings had triumphed in three matches and lost one Super Over to the Victoria Bushrangers in the group stage. The Chennai Super Kings defeated their IPL rivals in the semi final at Durban by 52 runs, with Raina scoring an unbeaten 94 from 48 balls. In the final, they defeated the Chevrolet Warriors at Johannesburg for the first time in the history of the IPL, with Vijay scoring an unbeaten 58 and Ashwin leading the wicket-takers with 8 wickets. Both Vijay and Ashwin were awarded the Golden Bat, which is given to the player who scores the most runs throughout the tournament. The season ended with the retirement of Matthew Hayden.

In 2011- CSK

The Chennai Super Kings were among the ten teams that participated in the 2011 edition of the Indian
Premier League. This was the fourth consecutive IPL season in which the CSK had been
captained by the Indian skipper MS Dhoni. The team had triumphed in both the 2010 IPL and the 2010
ICC Champions League Twenty20. In the 2011 edition of the IPL, the Super Kings won their third title in a
row, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title. The team also won all matches played at
their home venue in Chennai, thus setting a new IPL record of being the first to win all home games in a
single season. The CSK qualified directly for the main action of the 2011 Champions League T20, however, they were unable to maintain the same level of consistency and exited the tournament in the
group stage.

In 2012- CSK

CSK (short for Chennai Super Kings) is an Indian professional cricket team. It is based in Chennai and
plays in the IPL (Indian Premier League). CSK was one of nine teams that took part in the 2012 edition of
the IPL. The team lost in the final to Kolkata Knights Riders at Chennai. This meant that CSK qualified for the prestigious 2012 Champions League T20, where they did not make it past the group stages. For the fifth consecutive season, CSK was captained by the Indian skipper. MS Dhoni led the team to win the IPL titles in 2010 and 2011.

In 2013- CSK

CSK (short for Chennai Super Kings) is an Indian professional cricket team. It is based in Chennai and
plays in the IPL. CSK was one of nine teams that participated in the 2013 edition of the IPL. For the 6th
consecutive season, CSK was captained by the Indian skipper MS Dhoni.

In 2014- CSK

CSK (Chennai Super Kings) is an Indian professional cricket team that plays in the IPL. It was one
of eight teams that participated in the 2014 edition of the tournament. For the 7th consecutive season,
CSK was captained by the Indian skipper MS Dhoni. The CSK made it to the play-off stage of the IPL in 2014, and then qualified for the inaugural edition of the ICC Champions League T20. In the second edition of the tournament, CSK won their 2nd Champions League title by thrashing the defending
champions, Kolkata Knights, 8 wickets to one in the final.

In 2015- CSK

CSK ( Chennai Super Kings) is an Indian cricket team that plays in the IPL. It was one of eight
teams that took part in the 2015 edition of the tournament. For the eighth consecutive season, MS
Dhoni captained the team. CSK made it to the final of IPL 2015, where they were defeated by Mumbai
Indians.

In 2018- CSK

Chennai Super Kings ahead of players mega auction retain MS Dhoni, SRH, RAVINDRAJ, FAB, Dwayne
Bravo, Faf Du Plessis, RTM, etc. The return of CSK to IPL was greeted with euphoria and fanfare, with
over 10,000 people attending practice sessions at M.A.Chidambaram stadium in Chennai ahead of the
tournament opener. Three out of the five hundred runs scored in the IPL 2018 season belonged to CSK
players: 100* by Amrita Rayudu, 106* by Shane Watson, and 117* by skipper Ravichandran Ashwin. The
CSK also became the 1st team to beat an opposition team (Hyderabad) 4 times in a season.

In 2019- CSK

The Chennai Super Kings qualified for the Playoffs for the first time in 2019 and made it to the IPL final for the 8th time in the history of the league. Batting first, the Super Kings allowed the Mumbai Indians to score
149/8 off their 20 overs in the final. The Super Kings could only make 148/7 in reply, losing the title to
Mumbai. The CSK star bowler for the season, Imran Tahir, took 26 wickets to win the Purple Cap for taking the most wickets.

In 2020- CSK

In the run-up to the 2020 IPL season, CSK signed Sam Curran for ₹5,5,000,000. Josh Hazlewood for
₹2,000,000 Piyush chawla for ₹6,75,000 R. Sai kishore for ₹20,000 The IPL 2020 was postponed and
moved to the UAE, but CSK faced a few setbacks before the commencement of the season. Ruturaj
gahal and Deepak chahar tested positive and were ruled out of the tournament. Suresh raina, the
team’s star batsman, along with spinner harbhajan singh had withdrawn from the IPL due to personal
reasons. Shane watson announced his retirement after the end of CSK’s campaign. CSK released several
of its bad performers from last season, including skipper skipper skipper MS Dhoni batsman and wicketkeeper-batsman. Before the player auctions of the 2021 IPL season, the team released skipper Kedar jadhav and batsman Murali.

In 2021- CSK

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made a couple of big buys during the 2021 auctions. First, they acquired Testwicket-keeper batsman Cheteshya Pujara at Rs 50 lakh in the introductory auction. Second, they paid
whopping Rs 9,25 crore for the spinner, making him the highest-priced uncapped Indian acquisition in
the history of the IPL. Thirdly, they bought the English allrounder, Moeen Ali, at Rs 7 crore in the same
auction. Fourthly, they brought in some other uncapped Indian players, including skipper Ravichandran
Ashwin, wicket-keeper-batsman Bhagat Varma and off-spinner Chezhyan Harinishant, all at Rs 20 lakh in
the introductory auctions. Fifthly, they also made a trade for a Rajasthan Royalty player, Robin uthappa,
to CSK. Sixthly, in Qualifier 1 of the tournament, CSK thrashed Delhi Capitals by eight wickets to storm
into the finals. Finally, in the final, CSK put on an all-out performance to secure their fourth IPL title.

In 2022- CSK

January 2022 saw Chennai super kings become India’s first unicorn sports venture. CSK announced the launch of New Jersey for the IPL 2022 on 24 March, just 2 days before the commencement of the season. After MS Dhoni announced his retirement from the captaincy of CSK, on 30 April, it was announced that
Ravinderra Jadeja would take over the captaincy of the team. On the other hand, MS Dhoni resumed the
captaincy. Under the captaincy of Jadeja, CSK started off poorly losing 6 out of 8 matches. After losing to
the Mumbai Indians on the opening day, CSK was eliminated from the playoff race for only the 2nd time
in the history of the IPL.

In 2023- Chennai Super Kings

After falling to 9th place in the group phase of the IPL 2022, Chennai super kings had high expectations for the IPL 2023 auction. CSK acquired Ben Stokes in the Rs. 16.25 crore phase of the auction, along with Kyle Jamiesone in the Rs. 1 crore phase, and test skipper Ajinkya Rahul in the Rs. 5 crore phase. However, the bowling unit lacked experience with the addition of the New Zealander Adam Milne, and Chris Jordan was also released by the franchise. Dwayne Bravo, who had been the all-time Purple Cap holder in the IPL, had
retired and signed on as the team’s bowling coach. CSK faced further challenges at the start of the
season when their main pace-bowling pair of Deepak Chopra and Ben Stokes were ruled out with injury
for 6 matches each, and the latter had to sit out for almost the whole season due to a sore heel. The
newly-hired pacer, Kyle Jamiesone, was ruled out with a knee injury before the season even began, and
was replaced by the South African pace-bowling specialist Sisianda Magala. Chennai Super Kings
completed the group stage with a total of 17 points and 8 victories and qualified for the first qualifying
round ahead of the Lucknow Super Giants, who had the same points but lower net run-rate. CSK went
on to win the qualifier at home against the table-toppers Gujarat Titans, thus qualifying for their 10th
final in 14 years. In the final played in Ahmedabad, CSK defeated the defending champions, Gujarat
Titans, by 5 wickets, (DLS Method), to claim their 5th IPL title. Before the final match, the veteran
batsman, who had been with the side since 2018, had announced his retirement from the IPL.

 

Players- CSK

MS Dhoni, who captained the Indian ODI and T20I teams in 2008, joined the Chennai super kings in the 2008 players’ auction for a price of Rs. 1.5 million. At one point, he was the highest-paid player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) till 2009 when he was signed by the Mumbai Indians for Rs. 1.55 million as an all-rounder. MS Dhoni has been the most successful captain of the CSK, guiding them to ten final appearances, of which they have won five.
Suresh Raina was the Vice-Captain of the team between 2008 and 2015. He holds several IPL records,
including the most caps, the most runs and the most catches. Michael Hussey is the CSK‘ leading
run-getter with the highest batting average. The Australian batsman was the first CSK player to score a hundred in the tournament. Hussey assumed the captaincy of the team after Matthew Hayden
retired in 2010 and took over as the opening batsman. He was also the team’s top run-getter in 2011
and 2013. Former Indian batsman Vijay was the first Indian player to score two hundreds in the
tournament between 2009 and 2013. CSK’ spin bowler Ashwin has a 3rd best economy rate of
6.53 in the tournament and is the team’s 3rd leading wicket taker.

CSK IPL 2024 SQUAD

Batters:- Ruturaj Gaikwad (IND), Ajinkya Rahane (IND), Sameer Rizvi Shaik Rasheed (IND).

Wicketkeepers:- MS Dhoni (IND), Avanish Rao Aravally (IND), Devon Conway (NZ)

All-rounders:-  Shivam Dube (IND), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (IND), Moeen Ali (ENG), Ravindra Jadeja (IND), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ajay Mandal (IND), Nishant Sindhu (IND), Rachin Ravindra (NZ), Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell (NZ).

Bowlers:-  Tushar Deshpande (IND), Matheesha Pathirana (SL),Deepak Chahar (IND), Simarjeet Singh (IND), Prashant Solanki (IND), Maheesh Theekshana (SL),Mukesh Choudhary (IND), Mustafizur Rahman (BAN).

CSK players IPL 2024 auction:-

Rachin Ravindra {Rs. 1.8 crore}, Shardul Thakur {Rs. 4 crore}, Daryl Mitchell {Rs. 14 crore}, Sameer Rizvi {Rs. 8.40 crore}, Mustafizur Rahman {Rs. 2 crore}, Avanish Rao Aravelly {Rs. 20 lakh}.

CSK Captains:-

Player	Nationality	From	To	Captainship	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win Rate	Best Result
M.S. Dhoni	India	2008	Present	235	142	90	1	0	60.42%	W(2010,2011,2018,2021,2023)
Suresh Raina	India	2010	2019	6	2	3	1	0	33.33%	Stand-In
Ravindra Jadeja	India	2022	2022	8	2	6	0	0	25%	9/10 (First half only in 2022)

Chennai Super Kings logo, Name, crest:-

Chennai Super Kings was named after the rulers of Tamil empire. The term ‘super’ is commonly used in
southern India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. The team name is derived from India Cements’ brand
‘Coromandel King’. The logo of CSK is orange with a roaring lion’s head in the background. The team name is rendered in blue. The crown above the team’s name is similar to that of the Coromandel King brand. The roaring lion logo is a reflection of the team name, as the lion is the King of the jungle. The details of the logo signify various qualities such as: Youngness Vibrance Solid performance orientation Fiery spirit
The primary colour of the jersey is yellow, with blue stripes on either side and orange stripes in the
middle. The roaring lion logo is placed in the middle of the shirt, below the main sponsor’s logo. The
basic design of the jersey hasn’t changed since the first season, with the only changes being the
sponsorship placement. Until 2014, the team’s kits were manufactured by Reebok until 2015, and then
Australian Apparel & Sports Gear manufacturer, Spartan, manufactured the team’s kits until 2018. Since
the team’s return in 2018, it has been produced by Seven.

Chennai Super Kings Song Theme:-

The theme song of the team is the song “whistle podu”, which was designed by duo Aravind-Shankar.
The song was first released on YouTube in 2008 but became popular during the 2009 IPL season and
then became the team’s theme song. The video of this song is based on a street dance form called
dappanguttu. Dappanguttu is a popular street dance form in Tamil Nadu and is also used in Tamil
cinema as a folk dance. The chennai Super Kings players’ whistling recordings were used for the music video.

CSK Most Runs:-

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Matches	Period
1	4,687	Suresh Raina	171	176	2008-2021
2	4,508	MS Dhoni	191	220	2008-2023
3	2,721	Faf du Plessis	86	92	2012-2021
4	1,932	Ambati Rayudu	80	90	2018-2023
5	1,768	Ruturaj Gaikwad	51	52	2020-2023

CSK Most Wickets:-

 

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Period
1	140	Dwayne Bravo	113	116	3,147	2011-2022
2	125	Ravindra Jadeja	145	158	3,234	2012-2023
3	90	Ravichandran Ashwin	94	97	2,180	2009-2015
4	76	Albie Morkel	75	78	2,054	2008-2013
5	71	Deepak Chahar	68	68	1,788	2018-2023

CSK Home ground:-

 

Home record
	Matches	Losses	Wins	NR	Success Rate
In CLT20	4	3	1	0	25%
In IPL	64	19	45	0	70.31%
Overall	68	22	46	0	67.65%

 

 

 

 

 

The Chennai Super Kings’ home ground is the historical M.A.Chidambaram stadium (Chepauk) in Chennai, which was named after the former BCCI president M.A. Chandrabharam. This stadium is one of India’s oldest continuously used stadiums. The stadium belongs to the Tamil Nadu cricket Association and as of 2013 has a capacity of 50 thousand. The stadium underwent a massive renovation in 2010 for the hosting of some of the games of the 2011 BCCI Cricket World Cup.[88] The capacity of the stadium increased from 36 thousand to 50 thousand. Three new stands were constructed during the renovation. CSK have won 70.91% of their matches at this venue which is also known as ‘Fortress chepauk’ or ‘Lions’ den’.[88] In the 2011 IPL season, Chennai Super Kings won all home matches (8 matches) and also won the tournament at home by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. This made CSK the 1st team in IPL history to win all home games in a single season and also the 1st team to win at home in the tournament.
Due to issues with the Government of Tamil Nadu, CSK played all home games at Ranchi in 2014.
In 2018, CSK only managed to play one home game against KKR in Chennai as members of some fringe
political parties staged protests in front of the stadium and in several areas of the city demanding that
the IPL matches be shifted out of Chennai until the establishment of Cauvery management board as
ordered by Supreme Court. The Chennai police claimed that they were unable to provide sufficient
security personnel for the remaining six CSK home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium
in Pune despite tight security arrangements for the game against KKR.

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