The 2024 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League franchise . They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They were the defending champions, having won their 5th IPL title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain-affected 2023 Indian Premier League final. The Chennai Super Kings drew an average home attendance of 36,442 in the IPL in 2024.
Ahead of the 2024 season, MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. After their 7th loss on 18 May 2024, Chennai was eliminated from the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished the League stage at the 5th place with 7 wins and 7 losses, garnering 14 points.
The team slightly improved on their home form winning 5 out of 7 in the league stage as compared to 4 in the previous year's title winning campaign. However, CSK's lack of away successes prevented the team from qualifying for the playoff by the barest of margins via NRR.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold. denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Captain31 Ruturaj Gaikwad Right-handed – 2019 Batters21Ajinkya Rahane Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2023 66 Shaik Rasheed Right-handed Right-arm Leg spin 2023 1 Sameer Rizvi Right-handed – 2024 Wicket-keepers7 MS Dhoni Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 88 Devon Conway Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Overseas; Withdrawn2 Aravelly Avanish Rao Left-handed – 2024 All-rounders18 Moeen Ali Left-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas; Withdrawn25 Shivam Dube Left-handed Right-arm medium 2022 10 Rajvardhan Hangargekar Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2022 8 Ravindra Jadeja Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2018 19 Ajay Mandal Left-handedLeft-arm slow orthodox2023 75 Daryl Mitchell Right-handed Right-arm medium 2024 Overseas17 Rachin Ravindra Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2024 74 Mitchell Santner Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox 2018 Overseas27 Nishant Sindhu Left-handedLeft-arm slow orthodox2023 Pace bowlers9Deepak Chahar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Withdrawn33 Mukesh Choudhary Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 2022 24 Tushar Deshpande Left-handedRight-arm medium 2022 81Matheesha Pathirana Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 Overseas; Withdrawn90Mustafizur Rahman Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2024 Overseas; Withdrawn98 Simarjeet Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 54Shardul ThakurRight-handedRight-arm fast medium 2024 11Richard GleesonRight-handedRight-arm fast medium 2024 Overseas; Replacement Spin bowlers46 Prashant Solanki Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2022 61Maheesh Theekshana Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Overseas Source: ESPNcricinfo
Administration and support staff PositionNameCEOKasinath ViswanathanTeam managerRussell RadhakrishnanHead coachStephen FlemingBatting coachMichael HusseyBowling coachDwayne BravoFielding coachRajiv Kumar
Sponsors Kit manufacturer: SEVEN Main shirt sponsor: TVS Eurogrip Back shirt sponsor: Etihad Airways Chest branding: Gulf Oil
League stage
Points table
League progression
Fixtures and results
Statistics Most runs RunsPlayerInningsHighest scoreBatting average 583 Ruturaj Gaikwad 14 108not out 53.00 396 Shivam Dube 14 66 not out 36.00 318 Daryl Mitchell 13 63 28.90 267 Ravindra Jadeja 11 57 not out 44.50 242 Ajinkya Rahane 12 45 20.16 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets WicketsPlayerInningsOversRuns concededBest bowlingBowling average 17 Tushar Deshpande 13 48 424 4/27 24.94 14 Mustafizur Rahman 9 34.2 318 4/29 22.71 13 Matheesha Pathirana 6 22 169 4/28 13.00 8 Ravindra Jadeja 14 47 369 3/18 46.12 5 Simarjeet Singh 4 12 121 3/26 24.20 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Notes
References
External links
on IPLT20 Website