Chennai Super Kings in 2020

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They will be one of the eight teams to compete in the 2020 Indian Premier League.[1][2] The Super Kings have lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018), and have the best win percentage among all teams in the IPL (61.28).[3] They hold the records of most appearances in the playoffs (ten) and the Final (eight) of the IPL. They are the only IPL team to qualify for the playoff stage in each edition of their appearance in the league. The team is currently being captain by MS Dhoni with Stephen Fleming as team coach, Michael Hussey as batting coach and Lakshmipathy Balaji in Team as bowling coach.

Chennai Super Kings
2020 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMS Dhoni
Ground(s)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
← 2019
After the auction in 2020, Chawla became the fifth spinner in the team alongside South Africa's Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja

Background

Player retention
Main article: List of 2020 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The Chennai Super Kings retained 19 players and released five players.[4] CSK have not traded any player in 2020.[5]

Retained players: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo.

Released players: Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and Chaitanya Bishnoi.

Auction

Chennai Super kings entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of 14.6 crores INR. CSK got its first buy of the auction in Sam Curran with Rs. 5.50 crore. Josh Hazlewood was also sold to CSK at his base price of Rs. 2 crore & CSK also heavily bidded for Piyush Chawla where they got him for Rs. 6.75 crore from base price of Rs. 1 crore. Aside from these three, CSK purchased Tamil Nadu spinner, R Sai Kishore.

Players bought: Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.

Team Analysis

ESPNcricinfo' wrote "In the auction 2020, CSK got what they wanted. The team wisely chose Sam Curran and Josh Hazlewood for the Chennai pitch. Although some may say that Piyush Chawla was not included in the team, the franchise may have wanted more experience in the team and there would have been a better balance of Chawla as an alternative to Imran Tahir. Except for the lack of a left-arm fast bowler, the team does not have much problem."[6]

Indian Premier League

Preseason

On 2 march 2020, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium situated in Chepauk facilitated a large number of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans as any semblance of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina among others players kept preparing for the upcoming period of Indian Premier League (IPL).[7][8]

Offseason

The schedule for the league stage of this season were released on 15 February with the Chennai Super Kings playing their first match against the Mumbai Indians on 29 March 2020, away from home at mumbai.[9]

On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[10] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[11] with the tournament postponed further.[12] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[13]

On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[14] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[15] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[16] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[17]

In an interview, Dhoni said on the StarSports show[18],

CSK has helped me improve in every way, whether as a human being or as a cricketer. My CSK has also helped me learn how to handle difficult situations on the field and off the field. Whenever I live in Chennai or anywhere in the South, everyone calls me by the name of Thala, no one calls me in my name. Whenever someone calls me Thala, he shows his love and respect for me.

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary
Notes
Batsmen
3Suresh Raina (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹11 crore (US$1.5 million)Vice-captain
81Kedar Jadhav (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹7.8 crore (US$1.1 million)
33Shane Watson (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018₹4 crore (US$561,000)Overseas
9Ambati Rayudu (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹2.2 crore (US$308,000)
1Murali Vijay (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹2 crore (US$280,000)
13Faf du Plessis (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹1.6 crore (US$224,000)Overseas
N/ARuturaj Gaikwad (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
All-rounders
74Mitchell Santner (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018₹50 lakh (US$70,000)Overseas
N/ASam Curran (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2020₹5.5 crore (US$771,000)Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7MS Dhoni (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981Right-handedRight-arm medium2018₹15 crore (US$2.1 million)Captain
18Narayan Jagadeesan (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995Right-handed2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Spin Bowlers
8Ravindra Jadeja (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018₹7 crore (US$981,000)
36Karn Sharma (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987Left-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹5 crore (US$701,000)
99Imran Tahir (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹1 crore (US$140,000)Overseas
27Harbhajan Singh (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹2 crore (US$280,000)
N/APiyush Chawla (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988Left-handedRight-arm leg break2020₹6.75 crore (US$946,000)
N/A R Sai Kishore (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2020₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Pace Bowlers
47Dwayne Bravo (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018₹6.4 crore (US$897,000)Overseas
54Shardul Thakur (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018₹2.6 crore (US$365,000)
90Deepak Chahar (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018₹80 lakh (US$112,000)
22Lungi Ngidi (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast2018₹50 lakh (US$70,000)Overseas
24KM Asif (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018₹40 lakh (US$56,000)
23Monu Kumar (1994-11-05) 5 November 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
N/AJosh Hazlewood (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020₹2 crore (US$280,000)Overseas

    Administration and support staff
    Position Name
    Owner N. Srinivasan, Rupa Gurunath, Gurunath Meiyappan(India Cements)
    CEO Kasinath Viswanathan
    Team manager Russell Radhakrishnan
    Brand ambassador Vijay, Nayanthara, Laxmi Rai
    Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
    Head coach Stephen Fleming
    Batting coach Michael Hussey
    Bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji
    Bowling consultant Eric Simons
    Fielding coach Rajiv Kumar
    Throwdown specialist Narasimhan V
    Physio Tommy Simsek
    Physical trainer Greg King
    High Performance analyst Lakshmi Narayanan
    Team doctor Madhu Thottappillil
    Logistics manager Sanjay Natarajan
    Source:

    Kit manufacturers and sponsors

    Teams and standings

    League table
    Team
    		 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
    Chennai Super Kings 0000000.000
    Delhi Capitals 0000000.000
    Kings XI Punjab 0000000.000
    Kolkata Knight Riders 0000000.000
    Mumbai Indians 0000000.000
    Rajasthan Royals 0000000.000
    Royal Challengers Bangalore 0000000.000
    Sunrisers Hyderabad 0000000.000
    Source: ESPNCricinfo Last updated: 17 Feb 2020 [19]

    League stage
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