Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2019 Indian Premier League and were the defending champions, having won the 2018 Indian Premier League.
Background Player retention, transfers and auction
In November 2018, the Super Kings announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Narayan Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar and Chaitanya Bishnoi.
On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Super Kings signed two additional players, Mohit Sharma & Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Preseason On 20 March 2019, the franchise announced that they would donate the proceeds from the tickets sales of their opening match of the season to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama attack.
A five part docu-drama on the Super Kings called Roar of the Lion was released on Hotstar on 20 March 2019.
Team analysis The Indian Express wrote in its team preview that the Super Kings were among the favorites to win this season. Two of three editors at the National predicted the Super Kings to retain the title in 2019. According to Firstpost, the Super Kings will "bank on its batting strength to win games, like the previous year." News18 listed the experienced players and spinners suited for the Super Kings as the team strengths, while saying "the pace department is something which will make CSK slightly vulnerable." Sportstar pointed out that the average age of the squad at the end of the auction was 33.5 and remarked that the team will "once again bank on the experience of its Indian and international stars to make an instant impact."
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen1 Murali Vijay Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 3 Suresh Raina Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Vice-captain9 Ambati Rayudu Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 13 Faf du Plessis Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas66 Dhruv Shorey Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 81 Kedar Jadhav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 31 Ruturaj Gaikwad Right-handed 2019 All-rounders8 Ravindra Jadeja Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 10 Chaitanya Bishnoi Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 33 Shane Watson Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas36 Karn Sharma Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 47 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas72 David Willey Left-handed Left-arm fast 2018 Overseas74 Mitchell Santner Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Overseas Wicket-keepers7 MS Dhoni Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Captain77 Sam Billings Right-handed 2018 Overseas17Narayan Jagadeesan Right-handed 2018 Bowlers18 Mohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 22 Lungi Ngidi Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas23 Monu Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 24 KM Asif Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 27 Harbhajan Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 30 Scott Kuggeleijn Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 Overseas54 Shardul Thakur Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 90 Deepak Chahar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 99 Imran Tahir Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas
Coaching and support staff Head coach – Stephen Fleming Batting coach – Michael Hussey Bowling coach – Lakshmipathy Balaji Bowling consultant – Eric Simons Supportive Player – Shantanu Bhardwaj Physical trainer – Greg King Physio – Tommy Simsek Team manager – Russell Radhakrishnan Team doctor – Madhu Source: Chennai Super Kings Couching and Supporting Staff List.
League table
Results
League stage
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics Most runs No.NameMatchesInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s04s6s1 MS Dhoni 15 12 7 416 84* 83.20 309 134.62 0 3 0 22 232 Shane Watson 17 17 0 398 96 23.41 312 127.56 0 3 3 42 203 Faf du Plessis 12 12 1 396 96 36.00 321 123.36 0 2 0 36 154 Suresh Raina 17 17 1 383 59 23.93 314 121.97 0 3 1 45 95 Ambati Rayudu 17 17 5 282 57 23.50 303 93.06 0 1 2 20 7 Source:Cricinfo
Most wickets No.NameMatchesInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAve.Econ.SR4W5W1 Imran Tahir 17 17 64.2 1 431 26 4/12 16.57 6.69 14.8 2 02 Deepak Chahar 17 17 64.3 2 482 22 3/20 21.90 7.47 17.5 0 03 Harbhajan Singh 11 11 44.0 1 312 16 3/20 19.50 7.05 16.5 0 04 Ravindra Jadeja 16 16 54.0 1 308 15 3/9 22.86 6.35 21.6 0 05 Dwayne Bravo 12 12 41.1 0 330 11 3/33 30.00 8.01 22.4 0 0 Imran Tahir won the Purple Cap as the bowler who took the most wickets in the competition Source:Cricinfo
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref. 1 Harbhajan Singh Royal Challengers Bangalore Won By 7 wickets 3/20 (4 overs) 2 Shane Watson Delhi Capitals Won By 6 wickets 44 runs off 26 balls 3 MS Dhoni Rajasthan Royals Won By 8 runs 75* runs in 46 balls 4 Harbhajan Singh Kings XI Punjab Won By 22 runs 2/17 (4 overs) 5 Deepak Chahar Kolkata Knight Riders Won By 7 Wickets 3/20 (4 overs) 6 MS Dhoni Rajasthan Royals Won By 4 Wickets 58 runs in 43 balls 7 Imran Tahir Kolkata Knight Riders Won By 5 Wickets 4/27 (4 overs) 8 Shane Watson Sunrisers Hyderabad Won By 6 Wickets 96 runs in 53 balls 9 MS Dhoni Delhi Capitals Won By 80 runs 44 runs in 22 balls 10 Faf du Plessis Delhi Capitals Won By 6 Wickets 50 runs in 39 balls
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