CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) SQUAD ANALYSIS:
1) IPL PERFORMANCE OVER THE YEARS
(i) Results
2008 - 2nd
2009 - 3rd
2010 - Champions
2011 - Champions
2012 - 2nd
2013 - 2nd
2014 - 3rd
2015 - 3rd
2016 - Not Played
2017 - Not Played
2018 - Champions
2019 - 2nd
2020 - 7th
2021 - Champions
2022 - 9th
2023 - Champions
(ii) Overall Win Percentage
249 - 146w/101l/2nr (58.63%)
(iii) Head To Head Win Percentage
DC - 29 - 19w/10l (65.52%)
GT - 5 - 2w/3l (40%)
KKR - 30 - 19w/11l (63.33%)
LSG - 3 - 1w/1l/1nr (50%)
MI - 38 - 17w/21l (44.74%)
PBKS - 29 - 16w/13l (55.17%)
RR - 29 - 15w/14l (51.72%)
RCB - 32 - 21w/10l/1nr (67.74%)
SRH - 20 - 15w/5l (75%)
(iv) Home Ground Stats
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - 68 - 46w/22l (67.65%)
2) PLAYERS IN-CHARGE FOR 2024
(i) Captain - MS Dhoni
(ii) Vice Captain - Ravindra Jadeja (Not Officially Announced)
(iii) Head Coach - Stephen Fleming
(iv) Batting Coach - Michael Hussey
(v) Bowling Coach - Dwayne Bravo
3) OVERSEAS PLAYERS
(i) Devon Conway (ruled out till May)
(ii) Daryl Mitchell
(iii) Maheesh Theekshana
(iv) Mitchell Santner
(v) Moeen Ali
(vi) Rachin Ravindra
(vii) Mustafizur Rahman
(viii) Matheesha Pathirana
4) SQUAD INFO WITH RECENT PERFORMANCES
Probable XI (including Impact Player)
1) Ruturaj Gaikwad - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 96, 4*, 4, 5, 10, 32, 123*, 58, 0, 12, 102*
2) Rachin Ravindra - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 59, 68, 29r 3w, 20r 1w, 240r 2w, 12r 0w, 2r 1w, 1, 3r 0w, 8, 45r 0w, 0r 1w
3) Ajinkya Rahane - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 3, 0, 22, 1, 56*, 8, 9, 0, 16, 0, 1, 7, 78, 12
4) Shivam Dube - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 121*, 72r 2w, 0w, 4r 3w, 117r 0w, 51r 1w, 1, 1r 0w, 63r 1w, 60r 1e, 41r 2w, 4w, 45, 8r 1w
5) Daryl Mitchell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 38, 34, 11*, 72*, 8, 17, 61, 57*, 1, 18*
6) Moeen Ali - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3r 2w, 12r 0w, 23r 0w, 6r 0w, 0r 0w, 2w, 53r 4w, 30r 0w, 1w, 26r 0w
7) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C/WK) - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 1, 5*, 2*, 20, 2*, 13*, 2*
8) Ravindra Jadeja - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 12r 4w, 4r 1w, 112r 2w, 5w, 87r 3w, 2r 2w, 0, 4r 2w, 19r 0w, 9r 0w, 0w, 2w, 29r 5w
9) Deepak Chahar - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 6w, 66r 0w, 0r 2w, 27r 3w, 13r 1w, 26r 2w, 1r 2w, 1w, 2w
10) Shardul Thakur - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 109r 2w, 17r 1w, 10r 0w, 2r 6w, 4w, 11r 0w, 31, 24r 1w, 76r 1w, 0w, 13r 1w, 39r 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w
11) Tushar Deshpande - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 89r 3w, 2w, 123r 0w, 18r 1w, 2w, 5w, 23r 0w, 1w, 18r 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 3w
12) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w
BENCH
13) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 7r 2w, 2w, 2r 3w, 3w, 4r 0w, 0w, 4r 1w, 25r 0w, 49r 0w, 18r 4w
14) Mustafizur Rahman - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w
15) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 9r 0w, 4w, 0w, 9r 1w
16) Rajvardhan Hangargekar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 11r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 24r 1w, 13r 2w, 11r 2w
17) Avanish Rao Aravelly - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 10, 0*, 17, 12*, 22, 23, 18*, 14, 13*
18) Sameer Rizvi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 14, 28*, 2, 2, 7, 26, 61*, 43, 13, 10
19) Simarjeet Singh - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 4w, 12r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 19r 0w, 10r 2w
20) Mukesh Chowdhury - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
21) Prashant Solanki - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 6r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w
22) Ajay Mandal - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2r 1w, 51r 0w, 21r 0w, 5w, 63r 2w, 2w, 0r 0w, 4r 1w, 4r 0w, 10r 2w, 0r 3w, 15r 1w, 43r 0w, 0w
23) Shaik Rasheed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0, 36r 0w, 0, 85, 91r 0w, 4r 0w, 9, 40, 3r 1w, 66, 32, 0, 31, 0
24) Nishant Sindhu - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 131r 1w, 2r 4w, 26r 0w, 3w, 0r 0w, 1r 2w, 24r 2w, 70r 0w, 119r 1w, 7r 1w, 24r 5w, 1, 29r 0w, 8r 1w, 27r 1w
25) Devon Conway - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 63, 0, 17, 1, 29, 23, 7, 20, 0, 2, 11, 2
Safe C/VC Choices
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja
5) STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
A) STRENGTHS
(i) An experienced batting unit - When you see this lineup, you see a lot of experienced players in Conway, Rachin, Mitchell, Moeen, Jadeja and MSD. Gaikwad has also been a huge asset at the top of the order for them in the previous seasons, and ofcourse brings experience as a capped player now. Even playing Rahane and Dube in the XI, like the previous season, also gives a lot of experience in this format of the game, and their new found aggression as seen in the last season would always be an asset to the team in the middle order. They have a well balanced and a well sorted batting unit, especially one that can calmly push through pressure situations, and no wonder they are currently the defending champions.
(ii) A balanced combination - They have all possible combinations available in their Playing XI itself. An offbreak bowler, a couple of left arm orthodox bowlers, and a set of experienced right arm seamers, and in case Mustafizur/Mukesh play, then a left arm seam option as well, so MSD could easily rotate bowlers depending on the matchups against the opposition batsmen, which could be a crucial thing for him. They also have enough left handed and right handed batsmen in their batting order to continue their Left-Right combination and send any batsman depending on the situation to continue the momentum and to put pressure on the fielding side.
(iii) 5-Time Champions - Not only are they the defending champions having one with almost a similar squad last year, they have won the IPL trophy 5 times, and have reached the playoffs 7 other times, a total of 12 times in 14 seasons that they've played in. They are the most experienced and most sought after unit, under the most experienced former Indian captain. They know how to handle tough situations and not take losses as a demotivating factor.
B) WEAKNESSES
(iv) An inexperienced bench of Indians - In case of any injuries to their ideal combination of playing XI, they would have to resort to inexperienced uncapped Indian players, and none of them can match the experience every player in the Playing XI individually brings to the team. They can all be match winners in their own way, but they still need to prove themselves in the IPL, provided they get the opportunity to play.
6) NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SQUAD FROM IPL 2023
(i) Daryl Mitchell - Played for the Rajasthan Royals earlier and unfortunately wasn't able to make a mark in the IPL yet, but having scored two centuries in the 2023 World Cup and both against India, got him back into the radar at the Auction. He scored a total of 552 runs at an average of 69 in 9 games, and also showed that he could bowl at crucial stages and be a partnership breaker. He has been one of the most sought after and reliable batter for New Zealand over the last couple of years and shall be looking forward to making a mark at the IPL as well.
(ii) Rachin Ravindra - Debut season for him in the IPL after an exceptional season at the 2023 World Cup held in India. He scored 578 runs with 3 fifties and 3 centuries in 10 games at an average of 64.22, and picked up 5 wickets as well. He also scored 68(35) in the recent 1st T20I against Australia as well. He has been a key all rounder for Welllington in everg format too. His exceptional all round abilities, and his performance on Indian wickets made him a key pick at the Auction and in the absence of Conway, he could be a well sorted top order batsman alongside Gaikwad and Rahane.
(iii) Shardul Thakur - It's a homecoming for him after a break of 3 years. He played in CSK from 2018-21, wherein he played a total of 48 Matches and picked up 55 wickets for CSK. He is coming on the back of a century in his Ranji Trophy Semis batting at No.9, and has also been chipping with wickets at regular intervals in every format of the game that he's been playing recently. He came into the Indian side thanks to his stint at CSK and he'd be glad to be back under MSD in Yellow.
(iv) Mustafizur Rahman - The only overseas player to have ever won the Emerging Player Award back in 2016 for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Has played for 3 franchises earlier and now the one of the only two left arm seam options in this team. He's been an experienced player for Bangladesh and has enough variations to be a quality wicket taking death bowler.
(v) Sameer Rizvi - An aggressive batsman from Uttar Pradesh has played 11 T20 games domestically and has scored 295 runs at an average of 49.2 and a strike rate of 135. He also scored 312(266) in the Col CK Nayudu Trophy against Saurashtra a week back. His 49 ball 104 in the UP T20 League is what set him apart as a finisher and in the reckoning at the Auction.
(vi) Avanish Rao Aravelly - The wicket keeper batsman from the recent U19 Indian World Cup squad. He was given the role of a lower order finisher in that squad, and although only scored 84 runs in 7 innings, he had the 7th highest strike rate in the edition, even though it was a mere 110.53.
7) STATS FROM OVER THE YEARS (as part of any team before this)
(i) Top Run Scorers
-> MS Dhoni - Runs (5082), Avg (38.79) - 250M/218I
-> Ajinkya Rahane - Runs (4400), Avg (30.99) - 172M/159I
-> Ravindra Jadeja - Runs (2692), Avg (26.39) - 226M/173I
-> Ruturaj Gaikwad - Runs (1797), Avg (39.07) - 52M/51I
-> Shivam Dube - Runs (1106), Avg (28.36) - 51M/47I
-> Moeen Ali - Runs (1034), Avg (22.48) - 59M/52I
-> Devon Conway - Runs (924), Avg (48.63) - 23M/22I
(ii) Top Wicket Takers
-> Ravindra Jadeja - Wickets (152), SR (23.34) - 226M/197I
-> Shardul Thakur - Wickets (89), SR (18.83) - 86M/83I
-> Deepak Chahar - Wickets (72), SR (21.22) - 73M/73I
-> Mustafizur Rahman - Wickets (47), SR (23.23) - 48M/48I
-> Moeen Ali - Wickets (33), SR (21.52) - 59M/48I
8) PREDICTIONS FOR THIS SEASON
(i) Top Run Scorer
Ruturaj Gaikwad
(ii) Top Wicket Taker
Deepak Chahar
(iii) Most Valuable Player
Ravindra Jadeja
(iv) Points Table Position
Top 4
10) C/VC Choices
Safe - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja
GL - Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande
Differential Pick - Rachin Ravindra
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