2023 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings
2023 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMahendra Singh Dhoni
Ground(s)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Indian Premier LeagueChampions (5th titles)
Most runsDevon Conway (672)
Most wicketsTushar Deshpande (21)
Most catchesRuturaj Gaikwad (17)
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The 2023 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. They are one of ten teams that competed in the 2023 Indian Premier League.[1] The side have won the IPL title four times. This team qualified for the final of IPL 2023 for the 10th time. Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL Title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain affected 2023 Indian Premier League final.

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Ages are given as if 31 March 2023, the date of the first match of the season
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Captain
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Wicket-keeper
Batters
9 Ambati Rayudu  India (1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 37) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018
21 Ajinkya Rahane  India (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2023
88 Devon Conway  New Zealand (1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 31) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Overseas
Wicket-keeper
30 Subhranshu Senapati  India (1996-12-30)30 December 1996 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022
31 Ruturaj Gaikwad  India (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019
66 Shaik Rasheed  India (2004-09-24)24 September 2004 (aged 18) Right-handed Right-arm Leg spin 2023
All-rounders
18 Moeen Ali  England (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 34) Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2018
29 Dwaine Pretorius  South Africa (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Overseas
55 Ben Stokes  England (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 31) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2023 Overseas
74 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 31) Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2018 Overseas
25 Shivam Dube  India (1993-06-26)26 June 1993 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022
19 Ajay Mandal  India (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 27) Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2023
28 Bhagath Varma  India (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm Off-break 2021
10 Rajvardhan Hangargekar  India (2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022
27 Nishant Sindhu  India (2004-04-09)9 April 2004 (aged 18) Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2023
Spin bowlers
46 Prashant Solanki  India (2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2022
61 Maheesh Theekshana  Sri Lanka (2000-08-01)1 August 2000 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Overseas
Pace bowlers
58 Sisanda Magala  South Africa (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2023 Overseas
90 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
12 Kyle Jamieson  New Zealand (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm Fast 2023 Overseas
24 Tushar Deshpande  India (1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022
33 Mukesh Choudhary  India (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022
17 Simarjeet Singh  India (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022
26 Akash Singh  India (2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 20) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2023
81 Matheesha Pathirana  Sri Lanka (2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 Overseas

Administration and support staff

Position Name
CEO Kasinath Viswanathan
Team manager Russell Radhakrishnan
Consultant Sundar Raman
Head coach Stephen Fleming
Batting coach Michael Hussey
Bowling coach Dwayne Bravo
Fielding coach Rajiv Kumar
  • Source: Chennai Super Kings[2]

Matches

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

The schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023.[3]

Match 1
31 March 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
178/7 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans (H)
182/5 (19.2 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 92 (50)
Rashid Khan 2/26 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 63 (36)
Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/36 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
Match 6
3 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
217/7 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
205/7 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 57 (31)
Ravi Bishnoi 3/28 (4 overs)
Kyle Mayers 53 (22)
Moeen Ali 4/26 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 12
8 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
157/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
159/3 (18.1 overs)
Ishan Kishan 32 (21)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/20 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 61 (27)
Kumar Kartikeya 1/24 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 17
12 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
175/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
172/6 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 52 (36)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/21 (4 overs)
Devon Conway 50 (38)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/25 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 24
17 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
226/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
218/8 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 83 (45)
Wanindu Hasaranga 1/21 (2 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 76 (36)
Tushar Deshpande 3/45 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Match 29
21 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
134/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
138/3 (18.4 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 34 (26)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs)
Devon Conway 77* (57)
Mayank Markande 2/23 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 33
23 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
235/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
186/8 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 71* (29)
Kulwant Khejroliya 2/44 (3 overs)
Jason Roy 61 (26)
Maheesh Theekshana 2/32 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 49 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Match 37
27 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
202/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 77 (43)
Tushar Deshpande 2/42 (4 overs)
Shivam Dube 52 (33)
Adam Zampa 3/22 (3 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 32 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 41
30 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
200/4 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
201/6 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 92* (52)
Sikandar Raza 1/31 (3 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 42 (24)
Tushar Deshpande 3/49 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 45
3 May 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Lucknow Super Giants
125/7 (19.2 overs)
v
Ayush Badoni 59* (33)
Moeen Ali 2/13 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • The match was shifted from May 4 to May 3 due to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation elections.[4]
Match 49
6 May 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
139/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
140/4 (17.4 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 64 (51)
Matheesha Pathirana 3/15 (4 overs)
Devon Conway 44 (42)
Piyush Chawla 2/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Raghav Goyal (Mumbai Indians) made his T20 debut.
Match 55
10 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
167/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
140/8 (20 overs)
Shivam Dube 25 (12)
Mitchell Marsh 3/18 (3 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 35 (37)
Matheesha Pathirana 3/37 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 61
14 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
144/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
147/4 (18.3 overs)
Shivam Dubey 48* (34)
Sunil Narine 2/15 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 57* (44)
Deepak Chahar 3/27 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 67
20 May 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
223/3 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
146/9 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 87 (52)
Chetan Sakariya 1/36 (4 overs)
David Warner 86 (58)
Deepak Chahar 3/22 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 77 runs
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

Playoffs

Qualifier 1


23 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
172/7 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans
157 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 60 (44)
Mohammed Shami 2/28 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 42 (38)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/18 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 15 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history.[5]

Final

Main article: 2023 Indian Premier League final

29 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
214/4 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
171/5 (15 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 96 (47)
Matheesha Pathirana 2/44 (4 overs)
Devon Conway 47 (25)
Mohit Sharma 3/36 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets (DLS method)
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was scheduled to be held on 28 May, but was pushed to 29 May owing to rain. It ended on 30 May at 01:35 IST, thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final.[a][6][7]
  • Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
  • By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equalled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5).[8]

Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Devon Conway 16 15 2 672 92* 51.69 481 139.70 0 6 1 77 18
2 Ruturaj Gaikwad 1 590 92 42.14 400 147.50 4 0 46 30
3 Shivam Dube 14 3 418 52 38.00 264 158.33 3 12 35
4 Ajinkya Rahane 14 11 1 326 71* 32.60 189 172.48 2 24 16
5 Ravindra Jadeja 16 12 4 190 25* 23.75 133 142.85 0 11 9

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Tushar Deshpande 16 16 56.5 0 564 21 3/45 26.85 9.95 16.23 0 0
2 Ravindra Jadeja 57.0 431 20 3/20 21.55 7.56 17.10
3 Matheesha Pathirana 12 12 46.2 376 19 3/15 19.52 8.00 14.63
4 Deepak Chahar 10 10 34.0 297 13 3/22 22.84 8.73 15.69
5 Maheesh Theekshana 13 13 49.0 392 11 2/23 35.63 8.00 26.72

Notes

  1. ^ It was the first IPL in history which had a reserved day and the game held on it

References

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