This article will discuss on the 5-time champion and the team with the most IPL finals Chennai Super Kings.
Like Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) managed to maintain their core by retaining key players at the retention stage.
Chennai Super Kings Retained Players List:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs. 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs. 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs. 12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs. 18 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs. 4 crore).
With an initial purse of Rs 120 crore available to each franchise before retentions, Chennai Super Kings spent Rs 65 crore to retain five players, including the “uncapped” Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Rs 4 crore.
Chennai Super Kings Purse Remaining:
Rs. 65 crore During the auction, while other franchise went for big ticket players, Chennai went for their tried and tested auction model. This time around, however, they invested a lot on youngsters especially local ones from the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
One of the highlights of the auction was the return of local boy Ravichandran Ashwin almost after a 10-year gap.
Known for a spin heavy team, Chennai Super Kings tried to have a balance with their pace squad by taking 8-9 pace bowlers in the side. This was unheard in Chennai Super Kings history.
Chennai Super Kings still remains a spin heavy squad especially when they play at the Chepauk Stadium which has always been their strength with a maverick ex (India and Chennai Super Kings) Captain behind the stumps guiding the spinners to excel.
To add depth, they also secured Afghanistan’s promising spinner Noor Ahmed.
One of the best spin attack ever assembled by any IPL team!💫💥 pic.twitter.com/2XsW4VG3Rl
— Hustler (@HustlerCSK) December 4, 2024
While there were rumours of Rishab Pant being targeted by Chennai Super Kings, a limited purse restricted this action.
Ruturaj Gaikwad will continue to captain the CHENNAI SUPER KINGS team for the 2025 season.
Players bought in the Auction :
Devon Conway (6.25 Cr), Rahul Tripathi (3.40 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (4 Cr), R Ashwin ( ₹9.75 Cr), Noor Ahmed (10 Cr), Khaleel Ahmed (4.8 Cr), Anshul Kamboj (3.40 Cr), Vijay Shankar (1.2 Cr), Sam Curran (2.40 Cr), Deepak Hooda (1.70 Cr), Shaik Rasheed (30 L), Mukesh Choudhary (30 L), Gurjanpreet Singh (2.20 Cr), Aaron Hardie (1.25 Cr), Nathan Ellis (2 Cr), Jamie Overton (1.5 Cr), Vansh Bedi (55 L), Andre Siddarth (30 L)
Chennai Super King’s Predicted XI for IPL 2025:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (c)
- Devon Conway
- Rachin Ravindran
- Rahul Tripathi
- Shivam Dube
- Sam Curran
- Ravindra Jadeja
- MS Dhoni
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Khalil Ahmed
- Noor Ahmad (IP) / Mukesh Choudhary (IP)
Hits
- Their Retention strategy helped maintain the core. Retaining MS Dhoni as an uncapped player with the rule corrections was a lucky break for the 5-time champion
- Chennai Super Kings invested well in domestic players.
- Young players from the domestic premier leagues have been targeted with future in mind.
- Noor Ahmed from Afghanistan was the highlight of Chennai Super Kings buys as he will play the mystery bowler and will be in the playing eleven for all home games.
- Chennai Super Kings has backups for every bowler.
- Chennai Super Kings has now a good away team both in bowling and batting department.
Misses
- Absence of Deepak Chahar will be a big miss.
- No big hitters to manage the last 5 overs.
- Too big of a squad with most players to warm the bench.
- Too many left-hand players.
- Even with the big squad they have a weak inexperienced pace bowling attack.
- MS Dhoni as a batsman will be a weak link if he continues to be a 5-10 ball batsman.
- No good wicket keeper substitute.
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 Full Squad:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 Cr), Ravindra Jadeja (18 Cr), Matheesha Pathirana (13 Cr), Shivam Dube (12 Cr), MS Dhoni (4 Cr), Devon Conway (6.25 Cr), Rahul Tripathi (3.40 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (4 Cr), R Ashwin ( ₹9.75 Cr), Noor Ahmed (10 Cr), Khaleel Ahmed (4.8 Cr), Anshul Kamboj (3.40 Cr), Vijay Shankar (1.2 Cr), Sam Curran (2.40 Cr), Deepak Hooda (1.70 Cr), Shaik Rasheed (30 L), Mukesh Choudhary (30 L), Gurjanpreet Singh (2.20 Cr), Aaron Hardie (1.25 Cr), Nathan Ellis (2 Cr), Jamie Overton (1.5 Cr), Vansh Bedi (55 L), Andre Siddarth (30 L)
Player to look out for
- Indian Player – Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Foreign Player – Noor Ahmed
Super Sports View and IPL predictions
Chennai Super Kings has the team to lift their 6th Title making them the most successful team in IPL.
MS Dhoni’s lack of match practice might be a negative. Will he allow Ruturaj to handle the team with his style or will it have Dhoni’s influence.
The team is full of allrounders which will help the team in away games.
Chennai Super Kings with a good balanced side has the ability to play well as a team. The team may struggle in the pace department and replacements are inexperienced.
Prediction
With their squad SuperSports predicts Chennai Super Kings to manage to be in the playoff position. We give the squad 8/10
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