IPL 2020: Meet the Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings start off the IPL with a major handicap, having lost two of their experienced players in Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh.

A couple of their players also tested positive for COVID-19 after their arrival in the UAE thereby delaying the starting of their practice sessions.

But there is no denying the fact that the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led outfit still have enough firepower to go all the way and claim their fourth IPL title.

CSK are one of the most consistent teams in IPL history, having made it to the final eight times out of 10 appearances, including their two-year ban in 2016 and 2017.

CSK last won the title in 2018, finishing runners up last year to Mumbai Indians.

The team has several players in their late 30s including Dhoni, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo along with 41-year-old Imran Tahir, but they have a proven record when it comes to T20 cricket.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will be the player to watch out for as the left-hander is capable of winning games with both bat and ball, while the pace attack also looks healthy with the likes of Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood and Sam Curran.

Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Karn Sharma, Monu Kumar, R Sai Kishore, K M Asif.

Rajneesh Gupta presents Chennai Super Kings's record in the IPL over the years:

Result summary in each edition

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Abd	Win%	W/L Ratio	Position
2008	16	9	7	0	0	0	56.25	1.28	2nd
2009	15	8	6	0	0	1	57.14	1.33	4th
2010	16	9	6	1	0	0	56.25	1.50	1st
2011	16	11	5	0	0	0	68.75	2.20	1st
2012	19	10	8	0	1	0	55.55	1.25	2nd
2013	18	12	6	0	0	0	66.66	2.00	2nd
2014	16	10	6	0	0	0	62.50	1.66	3rd
2015	17	10	7	0	0	0	58.82	1.42	2nd
2016	Suspended					Suspended
2017	Suspended					Suspended
2018	16	11	5	0	0	0	68.75	2.20	1st
2019	17	10	7	0	0	0	58.82	1.43	2nd

Note: In 2009, Chennai Super Kings's match against the Kolkata Knight Riders was abandoned without s toss (included in the above tally for reference purpose)

Result summary for each opponent

Vs	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio
Deccan Chargers	10	6	4	0	0	60.00	1.50
Delhi Capitals	21	15	6	0	0	71.42	2.50
Kings XI Punjab	21	12	8	1	0	57.14	1.50
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	1	1	0	0	50.00	1.00
Kolkata Knight Riders	20	13	7	0	0	65.00	1.85
Mumbai Indians	28	11	17	0	0	39.28	0.64
Pune Warriors India	6	4	2	0	0	66.66	2.00
Rajasthan Royals	21	14	7	0	0	66.66	2.00
Royal Challengers Bangalore	24	15	8	0	1	62.50	1.87
Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	9	3	0	0	75.00	3.00

In 2010, Chennai Super Kings lost to Kings XI Punjab in the Super Over after a tie.

Highest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
246/5	20	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	2010	Won
240/5	20	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	2008	Won
223/3	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2013	Won
222/5	20	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	2012	Won
211/4	20	Delhi Daredevils	Pune	2018	Won
209/4	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	2015	Won
208/5	20	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	2008	Won
208/5+	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	2012	Won

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Lowest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
79	15.2	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2013	Lost
109	19	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	2008	Lost
109	17.4	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	2019	Lost
110/8	20	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	2012	Lost
112	19.5	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	2012	Lost
112/8	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	2008	Lost
112/9	20	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	2010	Lost

Highest individual innings

Score	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
127	Murali Vijay	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	2010
117*	Shane Watson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai	2018
116*	Mike Hussey	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	2008
113	Murali Vijay	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	2012
106	Shane Watson	Rajasthan Royals	Pune	2018
100*	Suresh Raina	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai	2013
100*	Brendon McCullum	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	2015
100*	Ambati Rayudu	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Pune	2018

Leading Batsmen

Batsmen	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
Suresh Raina	164	160	24	4,527	100*	33.28	137.39	1	32
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	160	143	56	3,858	84*	44.34	140.03	0	21
Mike Hussey	50	49	7	1,768	116*	42.09	123.63	1	13
Murali Vijay	67	67	4	1,676	127	26.60	126.77	2	7
Faf du Plessis	63	57	5	1,639	96	31.51	126.75	0	10
S Badrinath	95	67	20	1,441	71*	30.65	118.89	0	11
Matthew Hayden	32	32	2	1,107	93	36.90	137.51	0	8

Best Bowling

Bowling	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
5/16	Ravindra Jadeja	Deccan Chargers	Visakhapatnam	2012
5-24	Lakshmipathy Balaji	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai	2008
4/10	Ashish Nehra	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	2015
4/10	Lungi Ngidi	Kings XI Punjab	Pune	2018
4/11	Ravindra Jadeja	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	2015
4/12	Ravindra Jadeja	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	2014
4/12	Imran Tahir	Delhi Capitals	Chennai	2019

Leading Bowlers

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Average	Runs Per Over	Best	4W
Dwayne Bravo	89	104	23.12	8.37	4-42	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	97	90	24.22	6.45	3/16	0
Ravindra Jadeja	102	81	24.87	7.45	5/16	4
Albie Morkel	78	76	27.07	8.09	4/32	1
Mohit Sharma	48	58	22.17	7.81	4/14	1
Shadab Jakati	50	45	26.20	7.74	4/22	2
M Muralitharan	40	40	24.85	6.37	3/11	0