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The 2023 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. They are one of ten teams that competed in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The side have won the IPL title four times. This team qualified for the final of IPL 2023 for the 10th time. Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL Title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain affected 2023 Indian Premier League final.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Ages are given as if 31 March 2023, the date of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Captain
7	MS Dhoni	India	(1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Wicket-keeper
Batters
9	Ambati Rayudu	India	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018
21	Ajinkya Rahane	India	(1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2023
88	Devon Conway	New Zealand	(1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	Overseas Wicket-keeper
30	Subhranshu Senapati	India	(1996-12-30)30 December 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
31	Ruturaj Gaikwad	India	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2019
66	Shaik Rasheed	India	(2004-09-24)24 September 2004 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm Leg spin	2023
All-rounders
18	Moeen Ali	England	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Overseas
8	Ravindra Jadeja	India	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm slow orthodox	2018
29	Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa	(1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	Overseas
55	Ben Stokes	England	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	Overseas
74	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	(1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm slow orthodox	2018	Overseas
25	Shivam Dube	India	(1993-06-26)26 June 1993 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
19	Ajay Mandal	India	(1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm slow orthodox	2023
28	Bhagath Varma	India	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm Off-break	2021
10	Rajvardhan Hangargekar	India	(2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
27	Nishant Sindhu	India	(2004-04-09)9 April 2004 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Left-arm slow orthodox	2023
Spin bowlers
46	Prashant Solanki	India	(2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2022
61	Maheesh Theekshana	Sri Lanka	(2000-08-01)1 August 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	Overseas
Pace bowlers
58	Sisanda Magala	South Africa	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2023	Overseas
90	Deepak Chahar	India	(1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018
12	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	(1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast	2023	Overseas
24	Tushar Deshpande	India	(1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
33	Mukesh Choudhary	India	(1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022
17	Simarjeet Singh	India	(1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
26	Akash Singh	India	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2023
81	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka	(2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	Overseas

Administration and support staff

• Source: Chennai Super Kings

Matches

League stage

The schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023.

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Tushar Deshpande for Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) and Sai Sudharsan for Kane Williamson (Gujarat Titans) were the first Impact Players to be used in the IPL.

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• The match was shifted from May 4 to May 3 due to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation elections.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Raghav Goyal (Mumbai Indians) made his T20 debut.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history.

Final

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was scheduled to be held on 28 May, but was pushed to 29 May owing to rain. It ended on 30 May at 01:35 IST, thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final.
• Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
• By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equalled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5).

Statistics

Most runs

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Most wickets

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Notes

1. It was the first IPL in history which had a reserved day and the game held on it

References

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• Chennai Super Kings seasons
• 2023 Indian Premier League