The last season was the worst for CSK, the most successful team in IPL history. This team, which has won five IPL titles and reached the playoffs twelve times, could win only 4 matches last time. He had to face defeat five times in his home ground Chepauk. Due to the injury of captain Gaikwad, MS Dhoni took command of the team, but he could not instill the enthusiasm which was visible in the team for the last several seasons.
Chennai Super Kings is ready once again to forget the last season, this time CSK has bet on new players. The team has got a strong player in the trade in the form of Sanju Samson, but had to leave Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Chennai has played a big bet by spending Rs 14.20-14.20 crore on Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma in the mini auction, but both these players are still uncapped.
Former CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Batsman: Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Sanju Sassaman, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Karthik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan
Allrounder: Shivam Dubey, Prashant Veer, Jamie Overton, Ramkrishan Ghosh, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Jake Faulk, Anshul Kamboj,
bowler : Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjapaneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal.
Schedule of Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
Ruturaj Gaikwad: The strongest players of the team and the second most experienced players after Dhoni, were not able to contribute much in the last season due to injury, this time they will be kept an eye on.
Sanju Samson: Looked in great form in the recent T-20 World Cup, could not do very well for Rajasthan in the last season, but in the rest of the season, he batted lethally and had the power to win matches single-handedly.
Noor Ahmed: Flexibility in bowling, took 24 wickets in the last season, after Jadeja’s departure, now he will have more responsibility, Noor has proved dangerous many times at Chepauk so far.
Prashant Veer: He will take the field for Chennai for the first time, the team has expressed confidence in him and has spent Rs 14.20 crore from its own pocket.
MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s presence in CSK in itself is enough to put the opposing team under pressure.
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