Know your IPL Team: Chennai Super Kings

Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Chennai Super Kings and much more.

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings celebrate winning the 11th edition of IPL earlier this year. Photograph: BCCI

Captain and coach: MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming

Total players: 25

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, M Vijay

Middle-order batsmen: Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, N Jagadeesan

Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Monu Kumar, David Willey

Wrist spinners: Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir

Finger spinners: Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner

Fast bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Sharma

Result Summary In Each Edition

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio	Position
2008	16	9	7	0	0	56.25	1.28	2nd
2009	15	8	6	0	1	57.14	1.33	4th
2010	16	9	6	1	0	56.25	1.50	1st
2011	16	11	5	0	0	68.75	2.20	1st
2012	19	10	8	0	1	55.55	1.25	2nd
2013	18	12	6	0	0	66.66	2.00	2nd
2014	16	10	6	0	0	62.50	1.66	3rd
2015	17	10	7	0	0	58.82	1.42	2nd
2016	Suspended
2017	Suspended
2018	16	11	5	0	0	68.75	2.20	1st

Result Summary vs Each Oponent

Vs	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio
Deccan Chargers	10	6	4	0	0	60.00	1.50
Delhi Daredevils	18	12	6	0	0	66.66	2.00
Kings XI Punjab	19	11	7	1	0	57.89	1.57
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	1	1	0	0	50.00	1.00
Kolkata Knight Riders	19	11	7	0	1	61.11	1.57
Mumbai Indians	24	11	13	0	0	45.83	0.84
Pune Warriors	6	4	2	0	0	66.66	2.00
Rajasthan Royals	19	12	7	0	0	63.15	1.71
Royal Challengers Bangalore	22	14	7	0	1	66.66	2.00
Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	8	2	0	0	80.00	4.00

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

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
207-5	19.4	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2018	Won
205-5	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	2011	Won
205-4	20	Kings XI Punjab	Abu Dhabi	2014	Lost
205-5	19.5	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	2018	Won

Lowest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
79	15.2	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai WS	2013	Lost
109	19	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	2008	Lost
112	19.5	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	2012	Lost
110-8	20	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	2012	Lost
112-8	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	2008	Lost
112-9	20	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	2010	Lost
114-4	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2011	Lost
116-9	20	Kings XI Punjab	Durban	2009	Won
119-6	20	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	2015	Lost
120-7	20	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala	2012	Lost

Highest Individual Innings

Score	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
127	M Vijay	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	2010
117*	SR Watson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai	2018
116*	MEK Hussey	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	2008
113	M Vijay	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	2012
106	SR Watson	Rajasthan Royals	Pune	2018
100*	SK Raina	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai	2013
100*	BB McCullum	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Chennai	2015
100*	AT Rayudu	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Pune	2018

Leading Batsmen

Player	Mat	Runs	Hs	Ave	SR	100	50
SK Raina	147	4144	100*	34.53	138.96	1	29
MS Dhoni	145	3442	79*	41.97	140.71	0	18
MEK Hussey	50	1768	116*	42.09	123.63	1	13
M Vijay	65	1612	127	26.42	127.83	2	7
S Badrinath	95	1441	71*	30.65	118.89	0	11
F du Plessis	51	1243	73	30.31	127.88	0	7
ML Hayden	32	1107	93	36.90	137.51	0	8

Best Bowling

Bowling	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
5-16	RA Jadeja	Deccan Chargers	Visakhapatnam	2012
5-24	L Balaji	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai	2008
4-10	A Nehra	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2015
4-10	LT Ngidi	Kings XI Punjab	Pune	2018
4-11	RA Jadeja	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	2015
4-12	RA Jadeja	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	2014
4-13	DE Bollinger	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai DYP	2010
4-14	MM Sharma	Mumbai Indians	Dubai	2014
4-21	M Ntini	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2008
4-21	L Balaji	Rajasthan Royals	Centurion	2009

Leading Bowlers

Player	Mts	Wkts	Avg	RPO	4W
DJ Bravo	77	93	22.31	8.43	1
R Ashwin	97	90	24.22	6.45	0
JA Morkel	78	76	27.07	8.09	1
RA Jadeja	86	66	25.33	7.73	4
MM Sharma	47	57	22.08	7.79	1
SB Jakati	50	45	26.22	7.75	2
M Muralitharan	40	40	24.85	6.37	0
DE Bollinger	27	37	18.72	7.21	1
L Balaji	29	31	26.09	8.63	2
A Nehra	20	30	19.70	7.67	1