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Chennai Super Kings in 2015

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the eighth season in succession by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Chennai Super Kings
2015 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMahendra Singh Dhoni
Overseas playerBrendon McCullum
Faf du Plessis
Michael Hussey
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Smith
Samuel Badree
Andrew Tye
Kyle Abbott
Matt Henry
Ground(s)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
IPLRunner's up
CLT20TBD
Most runsBrendon McCullum (436)[1]
Most wicketsDwayne Bravo (26)[2]
Most catchesDwayne Bravo (13)
Ravindra Jadeja (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsMahendra Singh Dhoni (11)[4]
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The Super Kings reached the final of the 2015 IPL where they lost to Mumbai Indians.

IPL auction 2015Edit

Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2015 auction:[5]

Name Nat IPL
Matches 		Capped /
uncapped 		Base Price
in ₹ (in
lakhs)[6]		 Auctioned
price in ₹
(in lakhs)
Michael Hussey   55 Capped 150 150
Irfan Pathan   98 Capped 150 150
Rahul Sharma   44 Capped 30 30
Kyle Abbott   0 Capped 30 30
Andrew Tye   0 Uncapped 20 20
Pratyush Singh   0 Uncapped 10 10
Ankush Bains   0 Uncapped 10 10
Eklavya Dwivedi   0 Uncapped 10 10

SquadEdit

  • Players with international caps before the 2015 IPL season are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who was unavailable for the season.
No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina   (1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹95 million (US$1.1 million) Vice-captain
12 Mithun Manhas   (1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
13 Faf du Plessis   (1984-07-13)13 July 1984 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹47.5 million (US$550,000) Overseas
42 Brendon McCullum   (1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹32.5 million (US$370,000) Overseas
48 Michael Hussey   (1975-05-27)27 May 1975 (aged 39) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2015 ₹15 million (US$170,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith   (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹3 million (US$34,000)
8 Ravindra Jadeja   (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹75 million (US$860,000)
47 Dwayne Bravo   (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹40 million (US$460,000) Overseas
50 Dwayne Smith   (1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹45 million (US$520,000) Overseas
56 Irfan Pathan   (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 30) Left- Left-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹15 million (US$170,000)
68 Andrew Tye   (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹2 million (US$23,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
1 Eklavya Dwivedi   (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 26) Right-handed 2015 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni   (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹125 million (US$1.4 million) Captain
9 Ankush Bains   (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 19) Right-handed 2015 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
Bowlers
6 Pawan Negi   (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
15 Ishwar Pandey   (1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹15 million (US$170,000)
18 Mohit Sharma   (1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹30 million (US$340,000)
19 Pratyush Singh   (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
21 Matt Henry   (1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 ₹3 million (US$34,000) Overseas
22 Ronit More   (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2014 ₹1 million (US$11,000)
27 Rahul Sharma   (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 ₹3 million (US$34,000)
64 Ashish Nehra   (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 35) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹20 million (US$230,000)
77 Samuel Badree   (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹3 million (US$34,000) Overseas
87 Kyle Abbott   (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 ₹3 million (US$34,000) Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin   (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹55 million (US$630,000)

IPLEdit

StandingsEdit

Chennai Super Kings finished first in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.709
2 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.043
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 14 7 5 2 16 1.037
4 Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 5 2 16 0.062
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 6 1 15 0.253
6 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 7 7 0 14 −0.239
7 Delhi Daredevils 14 5 8 1 11 −0.049
8 Kings XI Punjab 14 3 11 0 6 −1.436
Source: [7]
  • Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to the Qualifier
  •   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

ResultsEdit

League MatchesEdit

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
9 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
150/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
149/9 (20 overs)
Dwayne Smith 34 (31)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/30 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 73* (55)
Ashish Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
11 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
209/4 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
164/6 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 100* (56)
Trent Boult 1/34 (4 overs)
David Warner 53 (42)
Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
17 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
183/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
189/4 (16.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 64 (30)
Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 62 (30)
Harbhajan Singh 2/44 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
19 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
156/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
157/2 (18.2 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 62* (36)
Chris Morris 1/19 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 76* (55)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/29 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (RR)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
181/8 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
154/8 (20 overs)
Suresh Raina 62 (32)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/40 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 51 (42)
Ashish Nehra 4/10 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
95/9 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 66 (44)
Axar Patel 1/35 (4 overs)
Murali Vijay 34 (32)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
28 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
132/9 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 39 (17)
Dwayne Bravo 3/22 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
30 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
165/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
169/3 (19.5 overs)
Brendon McCullum 32 (12)
Brad Hogg 4/29 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 80* (58)
Mohit Sharma 1/22 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (KKR)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
2 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
192/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20 overs)
David Warner 61 (28)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (22)
Moises Henriques 2/20 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 22 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: David Warner (SRH)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
4 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
148/9 (20 overs)
v
Suresh Raina 52 (46)
Mitchell Starc 3/24 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 48 (44)
Ashish Nehra 3/19 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
8 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
159/4 (19.2 overs)
Parthiv Patel 45 (32)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/17 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (MI)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
10 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
157/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
145/9 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 81 (61)
Chris Morris 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 28 (30)
Ravindra Jadeja 4/11 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA)and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
12 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
119/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
120/4 (16.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 29 (23)
Zaheer Khan 2/9 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 70* (49)
Ishwar Pandey 2/27 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
Chhattisgarh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (DD)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
16 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
130/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
134/3 (16.5 overs)
Axar Patel 32 (29)
Pawan Negi 2/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (41)
Sandeep Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: CK Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (CSK)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

PlayoffsEdit

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Preliminary Final
  24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1 Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 ov)
2 Mumbai Indians (H) 187/6 (20 ov) 2 Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 25 runs  1 Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 41 runs 
22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
1 Chennai Super Kings 140/7 (19.5 ov)
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/8 (20 ov)
Chennai won by 3 wickets 
20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/4 (20 ov)
4 Rajasthan Royals 109 (19 ov)
Bangalore won by 71 runs 
Qualifier 1
19 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
187/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51)
Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 45 (34)
Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
Qualifier 2
22 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
140/7 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 41 (43)
Ashish Nehra 3/28 (4 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (46)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wickets
JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

FinalEdit

Main article: 2015 Indian Premier League Final
24 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
202/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45)
Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 57 (48)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

StatisticsEdit

Most runsEdit

Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
  Brendon McCullum Chennai Super Kings 14 14 436 33.53 155.71 100 1 2 51 23
  Dwayne Smith Chennai Super Kings 16 16 399 24.93 119.10 62 0 2 52 16
  Faf du Plessis Chennai Super Kings 17 15 280 29.23 125.00 55 0 1 37 5
  • Last Update: 24 May 2015.
  • Source: Cricinfo[8]

Most wicketsEdit

Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
  Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 17 16 26 16.38 8.14 3/22 12.00 0 0
  Ashish Nehra Chennai Super Kings 16 16 22 20.40 7.24 4/10 16.90 1 0
  Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 16 16 14 34.35 8.43 3/25 24.40 0 0
  • Last Update: 24 May 2015.
  •   The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
  • Source: Cricinfo[9]

Most catchesEdit

Player Team Mat Ctch Max
  Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 17 13 3
  Ravindra Jadeja Chennai Super Kings 17 13 3
  Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings 17 11 2
  • Last Update: 24 May 2015
  • Source: Cricinfo[10]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Auction 2015". IPLT20.com. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "List of players up for auction". ESPNCricinfo. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

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