2025 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings
2025 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainRuturaj Gaikwad
Ground(s)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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The 2025 season will be the 16th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). CSK is one of the ten teams slated to compete in the 2025 Indian Premier League. The team finished in fifth place in the previous season.[1]

Pre-season

Further information: List of 2025 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2025 season would be the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. In July 2024, the IPL Governing Council announced that a mega auction would be conducted ahead of the 2025 season.[2] In September 2024, it was announced that the bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Dwayne Bravo would join Kolkata Knight Riders in a mentorship role.[3]

Player retention

The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad. Any Indian capped player who wasn't named in the starting XI in international cricket (Test, ODI, T20I) in the preceding five calendar years or did not have a central contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India was considered as an uncapped player for the auction.[4][5][6][7] The retention cap included a maximum of five capped players (Indian and overseas players) and two uncapped players.[8] The franchises submitted their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[9][10] Chennai Super Kings (CSK) retained five players including captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, former captains M S Dhoni, and Ravindra Jadeja. The team also retained Shivam Dube and Matheesha Pathirana while releasing the others.[11]

Auction

The auction was scheduled on 24 and 25 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[13] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14 million), and the franchises were deducted a specific amount from the auction purse for every retained player.[14] CSK had a purse of ₹55 crore (US$6.4 million) before the auction after mandatory deductions against the retained players.[15] Franchises who did not retain the maximum number of players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction.[16] CSK had one RTM card available to be used against a capped or uncapped player.[15]

A total of 1,574 players registered for the auction,[17] of which 574 players were shortlisted to feature in the auction.[18] CSK bought 20 players in the auction which included ten capped players and six overseas players. The franchise used its RTM card to buy back Rachin Ravindra for ₹4 crore (US$470,000).[19] The Super Kings spent ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) to buy Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad and ₹9.75 crore (US$1.1 million) on Indian all rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, who had previously played for the team till 2015.[20] The team also bought back Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Sam Curran, and Shaik Rasheed, who had played for the franchise in the earlier seasons.[19][12]

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who was unavailable for the season.
Chennai Super Kings squad[19]
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batters
31 Ruturaj Gaikwad  India (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) Captain
66 Shaik Rasheed  India (2004-09-24) 24 September 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2023 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
52 Rahul Tripathi  India (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 ₹3.4 crore (US$400,000)
28 Andre Siddarth  India (2006-08-28) 28 August 2006 (age 18) Right-handed – 2025 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹4 crore (US$470,000)
88 Devon Conway  New Zealand (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022 ₹6.25 crore (US$730,000) Overseas
23 Vansh Bedi  India (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22) Right-handed – 2025 ₹55 lakh (US$64,000)
All-rounders
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million)
25 Shivam Dube  India (1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022 ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)
17 Rachin Ravindra  New Zealand (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2024 ₹4 crore (US$470,000) Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin  India (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 ₹9.75 crore (US$1.1 million)
47 Anshul Kamboj  India (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹3.4 crore (US$400,000)
58 Sam Curran  England (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹2.4 crore (US$280,000) Overseas
57 Deepak Hooda  India (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 ₹1.7 crore (US$200,000)
10 Jamie Overton  England (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2025 ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) Overseas
59 Vijay Shankar  India (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)
1 Ramakrishna Ghosh  India (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Spin bowlers
15 Noor Ahmad  Afghanistan (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20) Right-handed Left-arm wrist-spin 2025 ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) Overseas
19 Shreyas Gopal  India (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2025 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
81 Matheesha Pathirana  Sri Lanka (2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 ₹13 crore (US$1.5 million) Overseas
33 Mukesh Choudhary  India (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
71 Khaleel Ahmed  India (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹4.8 crore (US$560,000)
9 Gurjapneet Singh  India (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹2.2 crore (US$260,000)
72 Nathan Ellis  Australia (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2025 ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Overseas
51 Kamlesh Nagarkoti  India (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2025 ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)


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
Bowling consultant Eric Simons
Fielding coach Rajiv Kumar
Physio Tommy Simsek
Physical trainer Greg King
Team doctor Madhu Thottappillil
Source: Official website[21]
Support staff changes[3]
Position Outgoing Incoming Ref.
Bowling coach Dwayne Bravo TBA

Sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding
Etihad Airways[22][23] FedEx[24][25]

League stage

Points table

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 A/B Chennai Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 A/B Delhi Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 A/B Gujarat Titans 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 A/B Kolkata Knight Riders 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 A/B Lucknow Super Giants 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 A/B Mumbai Indians 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 A/B Punjab Kings 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 A/B Rajasthan Royals 0 0 0 0 0 —
9 A/B Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 —
10 A/B Sunrisers Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 14 March 2025. Source: [citation needed]

League progression

League progression
Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Q1/E Q2 F
Chennai Super Kings
Win Loss No result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

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