Indian cricket team
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is the franchise cricket team based in Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India, which has been playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008 . They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League . The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010 , 2011 and 2018 ). In the final , they beat Kolkata Knight Riders to win their fourth IPL title.[ 1]
Background
Chennai Super Kings kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on 20 January after that they traded in[ 2] Robin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals and looking ready for Auction at 18 February with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.
Slots left : 6 (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).
Retained Players : MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (Vc), Faf du Plessis , Ravindra Jadeja , Mitchell Santner , Lungi Ngidi , Ambati Rayudu , Narayan Jagadeeshan , KM Asif , Shardul Thakur , Imran Tahir , Ruturaj Gaikwad , Deepak Chahar , Karn Sharma , Dwayne Bravo , Sam Curran , Josh Hazlewood , Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore , Robin Uthappa (Traded).[ 3] [ 4]
Released Players : Murali Vijay , Piyush Chawla , Kedar Jadhav , Harbhajan Singh , Monu Kumar , Shane Watson (Retired).[ 5]
Auctioned Players : Moeen Ali , Cheteshwar Pujara , Krishnappa Gowtham , Hari Nishanth , Bhagath Varma , Harishankar Reddy .[citation needed
Supportive Players : Hardus Viljoen , Fazalhaq Farooqi , Noor Ahmad , Matheesha Pathirana , Maheesh Theekshana added for training camp.[ 6]
COVID-19 impact
On 3 May 2021 three non-playing members of the team tested positive for COVID-19 , including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold .
No.
Name
Nationality
Birth date
Batting style
Bowling style
Year signed
Salary
Notes
Batsmen
13
Faf du Plessis South Africa (1984-07-13 ) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 1.6 croreOverseas
9
Ambati Rayudu India (1985-09-23 ) 23 September 1985 (age 39) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 2.2 crore
3
Suresh Raina India (1986-11-27 ) 27 November 1986 (age 38) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 11 croreVice Captain
25
Cheteshwar Pujara India (1988-01-25 ) 25 January 1988 (age 36) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2021
₹ 50 lakh
31
Ruturaj Gaikwad India (1997-01-31 ) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2019
₹ 20 lakh
16
Chezhian Hari Nishanth India (1996-08-16 ) 16 August 1996 (age 28) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakh
All-rounders
47
Dwayne Bravo West Indies (1983-10-07 ) 7 October 1983 (age 41) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2018
₹ 6.4 croreOverseas
10
Moeen Ali England (1987-06-18 ) 18 June 1987 (age 37) Left-handed
Right-arm Off-break
2021
₹ 7 croreOverseas
79
Krishnappa Gowtham India (1988-10-20 ) 20 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed
Right-arm Off-break
2021
₹ 9.25 crore
8
Ravindra Jadeja India (1988-12-06 ) 6 December 1988 (age 36) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
₹ 7 crore
74
Mitchell Santner New Zealand (1992-02-05 ) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
₹ 50 lakhOverseas
58
Sam Curran England (1998-06-03 ) 3 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed
Left-arm fast-medium
2020
₹ 5.5 croreOverseas
27
Bhagath Varma India (1998-09-21 ) 21 September 1998 (age 26) Right-handed
Right-arm Off-break
2021
₹ 20 lakh
Wicket-keepers
7
MS Dhoni India (1981-07-07 ) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed
Right-arm medium-fast
2018
₹ 15 croreCaptain
77
Robin Uthappa India (1985-11-11 ) 11 November 1985 (age 39) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 3 crore
18
Narayan Jagadeesan India (1995-12-24 ) 24 December 1995 (age 29) Right-handed
2018
₹ 20 lakh
Spin Bowlers
99
Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-27 ) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 1 croreOverseas
36
Karn Sharma India (1987-10-23 ) 23 October 1987 (age 37) Left-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 5 crore
96
R Sai Kishore India (1996-11-06 ) 6 November 1996 (age 28) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
₹ 20 lakh
Pace Bowlers
5
Jason Behrendorff Australia (1990-04-20 ) 20 April 1990 (age 34) Right-handed
Left-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 1 croreOverseas, Replacement for Josh Hazlewood[ 7]
38
Josh Hazlewood Australia (1991-01-08 ) 8 January 1991 (age 34) Left-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2020
₹ 2 croreOverseas[ 8]
54
Shardul Thakur India (1991-10-16 ) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2018
₹ 2.6 crore
90
Deepak Chahar India (1992-08-07 ) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2018
₹ 80 lakh
24
KM Asif India (1993-07-24 ) 24 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2018
₹ 40 lakh
22
Lungi Ngidi South Africa (1996-03-29 ) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed
Right-arm fast
2018
₹ 50 lakhOverseas
46
Harishankar Reddy India (1998-06-02 ) 2 June 1998 (age 26) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 20 lakh
Source:CSK Players
Administration and support staff
Teams and standings
Results by match
Source: FixturesW = WinL = LossNR = No Result
League table
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the
playoffs .
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[ 10]
Matches
Delhi Capitals 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.
MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.[ 11]
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.[ 12]
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first player to hit fifty fifties in the IPL, and fourth to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[ 13]
Mumbai Indians 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.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.[ 14]
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[ 15]
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
No.
Name
Match
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave.
BF
SR
100s
50s
0
4s
6s
1
Ruturaj Gaikwad 16
16
2
635
101*
45.35
466
136.26
1
4
0
64
23
2
Faf du Plessis 16
16
2
633
95*
45.21
458
138.20
0
6
2
60
23
3
Moeen Ali 15
15
1
357
58
25.50
260
137.30
0
1
2
31
19
4
Ambati Rayudu 16
13
4
257
72*
28.55
170
151.17
0
2
1
16
17
5
Ravindra Jadeja 16
12
9
227
62*
75.66
156
145.51
0
1
0
19
9
Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap award as the player who scored the highest number of runs in the tournament
Source: Cricinfo[ 16]
Most wickets
No.
Name
Match
Inns
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
BBI
Ave.
Econ.
SR
4W
5W
1
Shardul Thakur 16
16
59.5
1
527
21
3/28
25.09
8.80
17.0
0
0
2
Dwayne Bravo 11
11
33.4
0
263
14
3/24
18.78
7.81
14.4
0
0
3
Deepak Chahar 15
15
54.0
1
451
14
4/13
32.21
8.35
23.1
2
0
4
Ravindra Jadeja 16
16
49.0
1
346
13
3/13
26.61
7.06
22.6
0
0
5
Josh Hazlewood 9
9
35.0
0
293
11
3/24
26.63
8.37
19.0
0
0
Source: ESPNcricinfo [ 17]
Awards and achievements
The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team:
References
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