Indian Premier League cricket team season
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise cricket team based in Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India, plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League . It was revealed that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would lead the team for the ninth season in succession, while Michael Hussey is in his first season as the team's batting coach.
Kings retained their former skipper MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and all rounder Ravindra Jadeja from their IPL 2015 squad for 33 crores before 2018 player auction .[ 2]
The home matches of the Chennai Super Kings were under threat following the 2018 Cauvery water dispute and about 4000 security personnel were deployed in wake of the homecoming match for CSK against the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 10, 2018, at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Pune would be the new temporary home ground for CSK for the remainder of the tournament following the ongoing protests in the state which couldn't be controlled by the security officials.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
In March 2019, a webseries titled Roar of The Lion (documentary) [ 9] [ 10]
IPL auction 2018
Watson was the highest Overseas Buy for CSK Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2018 auction :*Kedar Jadhav
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold .
No.
Name
Nationality
Birth date
Batting style
Bowling style
Year signed
Salary
Notes
Batsmen
3
Suresh Raina India (1986-11-27 ) 27 November 1986 (age 38) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 11 crore
9
Ambati Rayudu India (1985-09-23 ) 23 September 1985 (age 39) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 2.2 crore
13
Faf du Plessis South Africa (1984-07-13 ) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 1.6 croreOverseas
66
Dhruv Shorey India (1992-06-05 ) 5 June 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 20 lakh
81
Kedar Jadhav India (1985-03-26 ) 26 March 1985 (age 39) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 7.8 crore
888
Murali Vijay India (1984-04-01 ) 1 April 1984 (age 40) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 2 crore
All-rounders
5
Kshitiz Sharma India (1990-04-21 ) 21 April 1990 (age 34) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2018
₹ 20 lakh
8
Ravindra Jadeja India (1988-12-06 ) 6 December 1988 (age 36) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
₹ 7 crore
33
Shane Watson Australia (1981-06-17 ) 17 June 1981 (age 43) Right-handed
Right-arm fast medium
2018
₹ 4 croreOverseas
36
Karn Sharma India (1987-10-23 ) 23 October 1987 (age 37) Left-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 5 crore
47
Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07 ) 7 October 1983 (age 41) Right-handed
Right-arm medium fast
2018
₹ 6.4 croreOverseas
72
David Willey England (1990-02-28 ) 28 February 1990 (age 34) Left-handed
Left-arm fast
2018
₹ 2 croreOverseas
Wicket-keepers
7
MS Dhoni India (1981-07-07 ) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2018
₹ 15 croreCaptain
18
Narayan Jagadeesan India (1995-12-24 ) 24 December 1995 (age 29) Right-handed
2018
₹ 20 lakh
77
Sam Billings England (1991-06-15 ) 15 June 1991 (age 33) Right-handed
2018
₹ 1 croreOverseas
Bowlers
10
Chaitanya Bishnoi India (1994-08-25 ) 25 August 1994 (age 30) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
₹ 20 lakh
11
Mark Wood England (1990-01-11 ) 11 January 1990 (age 35) Right-handed
Right-arm fast
2018
₹ 1.5 croreOverseas
22
Lungi Ngidi South Africa (1996-03-29 ) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed
Right-arm fast
2018
₹ 50 lakhOverseas
23
Monu Kumar India (1994-11-05 ) 5 November 1994 (age 30) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2018
₹ 20 lakh
24
KM Asif India (1993-07-24 ) 24 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed
Right-arm fast medium
2018
₹ 40 lakh
27
Harbhajan Singh India (1980-07-03 ) 3 July 1980 (age 44) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 2 crore
34
Kanishk Seth India (1997-11-04 ) 4 November 1997 (age 27) Right-handed
Left-arm medium
2018
₹ 20 lakh
54
Shardul Thakur India (1991-10-16 ) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed
Right-arm medium fast
2018
₹ 2.6 crore
74
Mitchell Santner New Zealand (1992-02-05 ) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
₹ 50 lakhOverseas
90
Deepak Chahar India (1992-08-07 ) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm medium fast
2018
₹ 80 lakh
99
Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-27 ) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 1 croreOverseas
Administration and support staff
Season overview
Standings
The four top ranked teams qualify for the
playoffs .
Results by match
Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ground A H A H A A H H A H A H A H Result W W L W W W L W L W L W L W Position 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source:
Fixtures A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures
League stage
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings recorded their 100th T20 victory.[ 16]
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs, Kings XI Punjab were eliminated and Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
Most wickets
References
Ownership Home ground Captains Coaches Honours
Seasons Rivalries Related topics See also † denotes a stand-in captain
