
Team Information
IPL WIN :- 2010, 2011, 2018
Captain – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Team Owner – N. Srinivasan (India Cements)
Vice Captain – Suresh Raina
Jersey – Yellow (Prominent) + Blue + Orange
Theme Song – Whistle Podu
Major Rival(s) – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians
City – Chennai, India
Founded – 2008; 12 years ago
Home ground – M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Chennai super kings (CSK) SQUAD
| Player | Role | Price |
| Ambati Rayudu (R) | Batsman | 2.20 crore |
| Monu Kumar (R) | Batsman | 20 lakhs |
| Murali Vijay (R) | Batsman | 2 crore |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (R) | Batsman | 20 lakhs |
| MS Dhoni (R) | Wicket Keeper | 15 crore |
| Jagadeesan Narayan (R) | Wicket Keeper | 20 lakhs |
| K M Asif (R) | All-Rounder | 40 lakhs |
| Dwayne Bravo (R) | All-Rounder | 6.40 crore |
| Faf du Plessis (R) | All-Rounder | 1.60 crore |
| Karn Sharma (R) | All-Rounder | 5 crore |
| Kedar Jadhav (R) | All-Rounder | 7.80 crore |
| Ravindra jadeja (R) | All-Rounder | 7 crore |
| Shane Watson (R) | All-Rounder | 4 crore |
| Sam Curran | All-Rounder | 5.50 crore |
| Deepak Chahar (R) | Bowler | 80 lakhs |
| Imran Tahir (R) | Bowler | 1 crore |
| Lungisani Ngidi (R) | Bowler | 50 lakhs |
| Mitchell Santner (R) | Bowler | 50 lakhs |
| Shardul Thakur (R) | Bowler | 2.60 crore |
| Piyush Chawla | Bowler | 6.75 crore |
| Josh Hazlewood | Bowler | 2 crore |
| R. Sai Kishore | Bowler | 20 lakhs |
History
2008: The Chennai Super Kings had a lot of prominent players such Michael Hussey and Muttiah Muralitharan along with the skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The team entered the finals but was defeated by Rajasthan Royals.
2009: The Chennai Super Kings failed to enter the finals as they faced a defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the semifinals, who had their best performance that season.
2010: The Chennai Super Kings won their first title in 2010, after they beat Mumbai Indians to win the match.
2011: The team retained its title, and won two IPL tournaments in a row and became the first team to do so.
2012: The Super Kings reached the finals once again, but a hat-trick title was prevented by the Kolkata Knight Riders who won their first title that season.
2013: With another journey to the final, the CSK were stopped this time by Mumbai Indians who claimed their first IPL Title.
2014: After a long time, the Chennai Super Kings failed to reach the finals but had a great season in the CLT20.
2015: Once again, the Chennai Super Kings lost a final to the Mumbai Indians.
2016: The team was suspended.
2017: The team was suspended.
2018: The team returned to the league and won its third IPL title.
2019: Chennai Super Kings reached the finals, but failed to win their fourth title.
Administration and Support Staff
Team Director: Subramanian Palaniappan
Team & Cricket Operations Manager: R Russell
Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
Batting Coach: Michael Hussey
Bowling Coach: Lakshmipathy Balaji
Fielding Coach: Rajiv Kumar
Bowling Talent Development and Analytics: Lakshmi Narayanan
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Gregory King
Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
CSK – Batting Stats
Most Runs: Suresh Raina (5369 runs)
Most Centuries: Suresh Raina (2 centuries)
Most Fifties: Suresh Raina (37 fifties)
Fastest Fifty: Suresh Raina (16 balls)
Fastest Century: Murali Vijay (46 balls)
Best Batting Average: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (42.20)
Best Strike Rate: Shane Watson (139.53)
Most Sixes: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (209 sixes)
Most Fours: Suresh Raina (493 fours)
Highest Individual Score: Murali Vijay (127 runs)
Highest Batting Partnerships by Wicket: Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey (159 runs)
CSK – Bowling Stats
Most Wickets: Harbhajan Singh (150 wickets)
Best Economy: Rahul Sharma (7.02)
Best Bowling Figures: Ravindra Jadeja (5/16)
Best Bowling Average: Doug Bollinger (18.72)
Most Maidens: Harbhajan Singh (6 maiden overs)
Most Runs Conceded: Mohit Sharma (58 runs in 4 overs)
Most 4 Wickets: Ravindra Jadeja (3)
Most Hat-tricks: Shane Watson, Makhaya Ntini and Lakshmipathy Balaji (1 each)
Most Dot Balls: Harbhajan Singh (1249 balls)
CSK – Team Stats
Highest Team Total: 246/5 (against Rajasthan Royals on 3 April 2010 at Chennai)
Lowest Team Total: 79 (against Mumbai Indians on 5 May 2013 at Mumbai)