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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is the franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which has been playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008. They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018). In the final, they beat Kolkata Knight Riders to win their fourth IPL title.

Background

Chennai Super Kings kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on 20 January after that they traded inRobin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals and looking ready for Auction at 18 February with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.

Slots left : 6 (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).

Retained Players : MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (Vc), Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa(Traded).

Released Players : Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson(Retired).

Auctioned Players : Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.

Supportive Players : Hardus Viljoen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana added for training camp.

COVID-19 impact

On 3 May 2021 three non-playing members of the team tested positive for COVID-19, including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
13	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	(1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹1.6 crore (US$192,000)	Overseas
9	Ambati Rayudu	India	(1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)
3	Suresh Raina	India	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)	Vice Captain
25	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
31	Ruturaj Gaikwad	India	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
16	Chezhian Hari Nishanth	India	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
47	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	(1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹6.4 crore (US$767,000)	Overseas
10	Moeen Ali	England	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm Off-break	2021	₹7 crore (US$840,000)	Overseas
79	Krishnappa Gowtham	India	(1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm Off-break	2021	₹9.25 crore (US$1.1 million)
8	Ravindra Jadeja	India	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹7 crore (US$839,000)
74	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas
58	Sam Curran	England	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2020	₹5.5 crore (US$659,000)	Overseas
27	Bhagath Varma	India	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm Off-break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
7	MS Dhoni	India	(1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)	Captain
77	Robin Uthappa	India	(1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹3 crore (US$359,456.70)
18	Narayan Jagadeesan	India	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed		2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin Bowlers
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas
36	Karn Sharma	India	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹5 crore (US$599,000)
96	R Sai Kishore	India	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace Bowlers
5	Jason Behrendorff	Australia	(1990-04-20) 20 April 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas, Replacement for Josh Hazlewood
38	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
54	Shardul Thakur	India	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.6 crore (US$312,000)
90	Deepak Chahar	India	(1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹80 lakh (US$96,000)
24	KM Asif	India	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹40 lakh (US$48,000)
22	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas
46	Harishankar Reddy	India	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Source:CSK Players

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (Front) Shirt sponsor (Back) Chest Branding SEVEN Myntra India Cements Gulf Oil Source:www.chennaisuperkings.com

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Results by match

League table

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.

Matches

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.

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

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
• David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first player to hit fifty fifties in the IPL, and fourth to score 10,000 runs in T20s.

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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

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

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

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

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

Final

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

Statistics

Most runs

• Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap award as the player who scored the highest number of runs in the tournament
• Source: Cricinfo

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Awards and achievements

The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team:

References

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