Chennai Super Kings in 2019

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Chennai Super Kings
| image = [[File:Chennai Super Kings colours.svg|50px]]
| season = [[2019 Indian Premier League|2019]]
| captain = [[MS Dhoni]]
| coach = [[Stephen Fleming]]
| ground = [[M.A.Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| comp1 = [[2019 Indian Premier League|IPL League]]
| comp1 result = Runners-up
| most runs = [[MS Dhoni]] (416)
| most wickets = [[Imran Tahir]] (26)
| prevseason = [[Chennai Super Kings in 2018|2018]]
| nextseason = [[Chennai Super Kings in 2020|2020]]
}}

The [[Chennai Super Kings]] (CSK) are a franchise cricket team based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, which plays in the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the [[2019 Indian Premier League]].

==Background==
===Player retention, transfers and auction===
[[File:Suresh Raina grace the 'Salaam Sachin' conclave.jpg|thumb|250x250px|[[Suresh Raina]] became the first batsman to score 5,000 runs in the IPL in the opening match of IPL 2019]]
[[File:Dhoni at Reebok event.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Dhoni captained the team for the 10th successive season of the franchise]]
{{Main|List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes}}
In November 2018, the Super Kings announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], [[Suresh Raina]], [[Faf du Plessis]], [[Murali Vijay]], [[Ravindra Jadeja]], [[Sam Billings]], [[Mitchell Santner]], [[David Willey (cricketer)|David Willey]], [[Dwayne Bravo]], [[Shane Watson]], [[Lungi Ngidi]], [[Imran Tahir]], [[Kedar Jadhav]], [[Ambati Rayudu]], [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Deepak Chahar]], [[KM Asif]], [[Karn Sharma]], [[Dhruv Shorey]], [[Narayan Jagadeesan]], [[Shardul Thakur]], [[Monu Kumar]] and [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=IPL 2019: Full list of retained players and purse remaining for each team|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-2019-full-list-players-retained-released-purse-remaining-1389979-2018-11-16|website=India today|author= |date=16 November 2018 |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IPL auction 2019: Who's retained, who's released? Here's list for all teams|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/sports/ipl-auction-2019-who-is-retained-and-released-here-s-list-for-all-teams-118121800166_1.html|website=Business Standard|author= |date=21 November 2018 |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref>

On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Super Kings signed up two players viz., [[Mohit Sharma]] and [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] and Shantanu Bhardwaj as Supportive Player in training camp.

===Preseason===
On 20 March 2019, the franchise announced that they would donate the proceeds from the tickets sales of their opening match of the season to the families of the CRPF personnel killed in the [[2019 Pulwama attack|Pulwama attack]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CSK to donate first IPL proceeds to Pulwama martyrs’ families |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/csk-to-donate-first-ipl-ticket-proceeds-to-pulwama-martyrs-families/article26597640.ece |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>

A five part docu-drama on the Super Kings called ''[[Roar of The Lion (web series)|Roar of the Lion]]'' was released on [[Hotstar]] on 20 March 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roar of the Lion Episode 1: MS Dhoni’s stardom and ban on Chennai Super Kings |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/roar-of-the-lion-episode-1-review-ms-dhoni-csk-5634783/ |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

===Team analysis===
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote in its team preview that the Super Kings are among the favorites to win this season.<ref>{{cite news |title=IPL 2019 CSK Preview: Chennai Super Kings among favorites to win this year again |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/chennai-super-kings-csk-preview-squad-strength-weakness-5632053/ |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> Two of three editors at ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|the National]]'' predicted the Super Kings to retain the title in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rashid Khan set to shine as Chennai Super Kings look good to retain title: Indian Premier League 2019 predictions |url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/cricket/rashid-khan-set-to-shine-as-chennai-super-kings-look-good-to-retain-title-indian-premier-league-2019-predictions-1.840344 |first1=Chitrabhanu|last1=Kadalayil|first2=Kumar|last2=Shyam|first3=Rajesh|last3=Korde|date=23 March 2019|accessdate=9 July 2020 |work=The National}}</ref> According to ''[[Firstpost]]'', the Super Kings will "bank on its batting strength to win games, like the previous year."<ref>{{cite news |title=IPL 2019: MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings will feel the pressure of following up last year's dream run |url=https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/ipl-2019-ms-dhoni-led-chennai-super-kings-will-feel-the-pressure-of-following-up-last-years-dream-run-6223071.html |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=Firstpost}}</ref> ''[[News18]]'' listed the experienced players and spinners suited for the Super Kings as the team strengths, while saying "the pace department is something which will make CSK slightly vulnerable."<ref>{{cite news |title=IPL 2019: CSK in Need of Dhoni Touch to Mount Successful Title Defence |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/videos/ipl-2019-watch-anil-kumble-previews-defending-champions-csk-2070183.html |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=News18}}</ref> ''[[Sportstar]]'' pointed out that the average age of the squad at the end of the auction was 33.5 and remarked that the team will "once again bank on the experience of its Indian and international stars to make an instant impact."<ref>{{cite news |title=IPL 2019: CSK bidding for a record fourth title |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/ipl-2019-chennai-super-kings-dhoni-raina-rayudu-csk-chepauk/article26577689.ece |accessdate=10 May 2019 |work=Sportstar}}</ref>

== Squad ==
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
* {{color box|border=darkgray|#EEE8AA|<nowiki>*</nowiki>}} denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* {{color box|border=darkgray|#FFCCCC|<nowiki>*</nowiki>}} denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:90%;"
|-
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| No.
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Nat
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Birth date
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Batting style
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Signed year
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Salary
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| {{navbar-header|Notes|Chennai Super Kings Roster}}
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batsmen
|-
|1|| '''[[Murali Vijay]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1984|4|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c|-3}} ||
|-
|3|| '''[[Suresh Raina]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1986|11|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|11|c|1}} || Vice-captain
|-
|9|| '''[[Ambati Rayudu]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1985|9|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2.2|c|-3}}||
|-
|13|| '''[[Faf du Plessis]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|RSA}} || {{birth date and age|1984|7|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.6|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|66|| [[Dhruv Shorey]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1992|6|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-style="background:#fbb"
|81|| '''[[Kedar Jadhav]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1985|3|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7.8|c|1}} ||
|-
|{{NA}}|| [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1997|01|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
|8|| '''[[Ravindra Jadeja]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1988|12|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7|c|-3}} ||
|-
|10|| [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1994|8|25|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|33|| '''[[Shane Watson]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|AUS}} || {{birth date and age|1981|6|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|36|| '''[[Karn Sharma]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5|c|-3}} ||
|-
|47|| '''[[Dwayne Bravo]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|TRI}} || {{birth date and age|1983|10|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|6.4|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-style="background:#fbb"
|72|| '''[[David Willey (cricketer)|David Willey]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1990|2|28|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|74|| '''[[Mitchell Santner]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|NZ}} || {{birth date and age|1992|2|5|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
|7|| '''[[MS Dhoni]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1981|7|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|15|c|1}}|| [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-style="background:#fbb"
|77|| '''[[Sam Billings]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1991|6|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1|c|-3}}|| Overseas
|-
|{{NA}}||[[Narayan Jagadeesan]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|IND}} || 24 April 1994

(Age25)
| Right-handed || || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;" |{{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Bowlers
|-
|18|| '''[[Mohit Sharma]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1988|09|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5|c|-3}} ||
|- style="background:#fbb"
|22|| '''[[Lungi Ngidi]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|RSA}} || {{birth date and age|1996|3|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|23|| [[Monu Kumar]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1994|11|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|24|| [[KM Asif]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|7|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|40|l|-3}} ||
|-
|27|| '''[[Harbhajan Singh]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1980|7|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c|-3}} ||
|-
|30|| '''[[Scott Kuggeleijn]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|NZ}} || {{birth date and age|1992|1|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| || Overseas
|-
|54|| '''[[Shardul Thakur]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|10|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2.6|c|-3}} ||
|-
|90|| '''[[Deepak Chahar]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1992|8|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|80|l|-3}} ||
|-
|99|| '''[[Imran Tahir]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|RSA}} || {{birth date and age|1979|3|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1|c|-3}} || Overseas
|}

{{notelist}}

== Coaching and support staff ==
* Head coach – {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Stephen Fleming]]
* Batting coach – {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Hussey]]
* Bowling coach – {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
* Bowling consultant – {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Eric Simons]]
* Physical trainer – {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Greg King (cricketer)|Greg King]]
* Physio – {{flagicon|AUS}} Tommy Simsek
* High Performance analyst – {{flagicon|IND}} Lakshmi Narayanan
* Team manager – {{flagicon|IND}} Russell Radhakrishnan
* Team doctor – {{flagicon|IND}} Madhu
* Logistics manager – {{flagicon|IND}} Sanjay Natarajan

Ref<ref>{{cite web |title=CSK - Team |url=http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/module/news/html/team-page.html |publisher=chennaisuperkings.com |accessdate=24 March 2019}}</ref>

==League table==
{{2019 Indian Premier League Points table|team=CSK}}

===Results===

====League stage====
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
{{2019 IPL match 1}}
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{{2019 IPL match 5}}
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{{2019 IPL match 12}}
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{{2019 IPL match 15}}
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{{2019 IPL match 18}}
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{{2019 IPL match 23}}
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{{2019 IPL match 25}}

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{{2019 IPL match 29}}
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{{2019 IPL match 33}}
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{{2019 IPL match 39}}
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{{2019 IPL match 41}}
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{{2019 IPL match 44}}
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{{2019 IPL match 50}}
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{{2019 IPL match 55}}

==== Playoffs ====

;Qualifier 1
{{2019 IPL match 57}}
;Qualifier 2
{{2019 IPL match 59}}

==== Final ====
{{main|2019 Indian Premier League Final}}
{{2019 IPL match 60}}

==Statistics==
===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Inns
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|NO
! style="width:6%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Runs
! style="width:5%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|HS
! style="width:6%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Ave.
! style="width:5%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|BF
! style="width:5%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|100s
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|50s
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|0
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|4s
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|6s
|-
|-
|1|| [[MS Dhoni]] || 15 || 12 || 7 || '''416 ''' || 84* || 83.20 || 309 || 134.62 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 22 || 23
|-
|2|| [[Shane Watson]] || 17 || 17 || 0 || '''398''' || 96 || 23.41 || 312 || 127.56 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 42 || 20
|-
|3|| [[Faf du Plessis]] || 12 || 12 || 1 || '''396 ''' || 96 || 36.00 || 321 || 123.36 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 36 || 15
|-
|4|| [[Suresh Raina]] || 17 || 17 || 1 || '''383 ''' || 59 || 23.93 || 314 || 121.97 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 45 || 9
|-
|5|| [[Ambati Rayudu]] || 17 || 17 || 5 || '''282 ''' || 57 || 23.50 || 303 || 93.06 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 20 || 7
|-
|}
*<small> Last updated: 12 May 2019</small>
* '''Source:'''Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2019;team=4343;type=year|title=CSK Most Runs in IPL 2019|publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Inns
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Overs
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Maidens
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Runs
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Wickets
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|BBI
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Ave.
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|Econ.
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|4W
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:Black;"|5W
|-style="background:darkviolet;"
|1|| '''[[Imran Tahir]]''' || 17 || 17 || 64.2 || 1 || 431 || '''26''' || 4/12 || 16.57 || 6.69 || 14.8 || 2 || 0
|-
|2|| [[Deepak Chahar]] || 17 || 17 || 64.3 || 2 || 482 || '''22''' || 3/20 || 21.90 || 7.47 || 17.5 || 0 || 0
|-
|3|| [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 11|| 11 || 44.0 || 1 || 312 || '''16''' || 3/20 || 19.50 || 7.05 || 16.5 || 0 || 0
|-
|4|| [[Ravindra Jadeja]] || 16 || 16 || 54.0 || 1 || 308 || '''15''' || 3/9 || 22.86 || 6.35 || 21.6 || 0 || 0
|-
|5|| [[Dwayne Bravo]] || 12 || 12 || 41.1 || 0 || 330 || '''11''' || 3/33 || 30.00 || 8.01 || 22.4 || 0 || 0
|-
|}
''{{Color box|darkviolet|border=darkgray}} [[Purple Cap]] Holder.''
*<small> Last updated: 12 May 2019</small>
* '''Source:'''Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2019;team=4343;type=year|title=CSK Most Wickets in IPL 2019|publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
===Awards===
; Man of the Match
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|No.
! style="width:2%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Date
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Player
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Opponent
! style="width:4%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Result
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Contribution
! style="width:1%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|Ref.
|-
| 1 || {{dts|1=2019|2=3|3=23}} ||[[Harbhajan Singh]] || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] ||Won By 7 wickets ||3/20 (4 overs) || <ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Challengers Bangalore look to break five-year duck against Chennai Super Kings|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1175356 |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || {{dts|1=2019|2=3|3=26}} ||[[Shane Watson]] || [[Delhi Capitals]] ||Won By 6 wickets ||44 runs off 26 balls|| <ref>{{cite news |title=IPL 2019, Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings at Feroz Shah Kotla Highlights - As It Happened|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/ipl-2019-delhi-capitals-vs-chennai-super-kings-at-feroz-shah-kotla-highlights-as-it-happened-2078419.html |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=news18}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || {{dts|1=2019|2=3|3=31}} ||[[MS Dhoni]] || [[Rajasthan Royals]] ||Won By 8 runs || 75* runs in 46 balls|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Vintage MS Dhoni turns the tables as Rajasthan Royals fall to third defeat|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1175367|accessdate=31 March 2019 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || {{dts|1=2019|2=4|3=06}} ||[[Harbhajan Singh]] || [[Kings XI Punjab]] ||Won By 22 runs || 2/17 (4 overs)|| <ref>{{cite news |title=CSK claim victory despite Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul fifties|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178393|accessdate=6 April 2019 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || {{dts|1=2019|2=4|3=09}} ||[[Deepak Chahar]] || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] ||Won By 7 Wickets|| 3/20 (4 overs)|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Chahar, spinners maintain CSK's perfect home record|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178398 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 6 || {{dts|1=2019|2=4|3=11}} ||[[MS Dhoni]] || [[Rajasthan Royals]] ||Won By 4 Wickets|| 58 runs in 43 balls|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Santner's last-ball six seals dramatic win after Dhoni, Rayudu fifties|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178400 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || {{dts|1=2019|2=4|3=14}} ||[[Imran Tahir]] || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] ||Won By 5 Wickets|| 4/27 (4 overs)|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Chennai Super Kings consolidate their position at the top|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178404 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || {{dts|1=2019|2=4|3=23}} ||[[Shane Watson]] || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] ||Won By 6 Wickets|| 96 runs in 53 balls|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Shane Watson's 96 helps CSK maintain their spotless home record|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178416|work=ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| 9 || {{dts|1=2019|2=5|3=1}} ||[[MS Dhoni]] || [[Delhi Capitals]] ||Won By 80 runs|| 44 runs in 22 balls|| <ref>{{cite news |title=Dhoni, Jadeja and Tahir send Capitals on a tailspin|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1178425|work=ESPN}}</ref>
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| 10 || {{dts|1=2019|2=5|3=10}} ||[[Faf du Plessis]] || [[Delhi Capitals]] ||Won By 6 Wickets|| 50 runs in 39 balls|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1181767/chennai-super-kings-vs-delhi-capitals-qualifier-2-indian-premier-league-2019|title=Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Indian Premier League, Qualifier 2 Match Summary, Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref>
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