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The Chennai Super Kings (abbreviated as "CSK") is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[1] The team competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was one of the eight franchises incorporated when the league was established in 2008.[2] It is currently captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad and coached by Stephen Fleming.[3][4]

The Super Kings is the joint-most successful IPL franchise, having won five IPL titles (along with Mumbai Indians).[5] In the IPL, it has appeared in a 10 finals and qualified for the playoff stages 12 times, the most amongst the IPL teams.[6] The franchise has also won the Champions League Twenty20 twice in 2010 and 2014.[7] In January 2022, CSK became India's first unicorn sports enterprise.[8] As of 2022, it was the second most valuable IPL franchise with a valuation of $1.15 billion.[9]

Players[edit | edit source]

Sorted by debut followed by alphabetically. Statistical information solely from the Indian Premier League (IPL).

List of players[10]
General Batting Bowling Fielding
No. Name Debut Last Country Matches Innings Runs HS Avg SR 50s 100s Innings Overs Wkts BBI Avg ER SR 5w Ct St
1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2008 2025  India 248 215 4865 84* 39.23 139.12 22 — — — — — — — — — 137 39
2 Jacob Oram 2008 2009  New Zealand 15 11 106 41* 15.14 100.95 — — 11 31.3 8 3/32 35.25 8.95 23.6 — 8 —
3 Joginder Sharma 2008 2011  India 16 6 36 16* 9.00 120.00 — — 15 42.4 12 2/27 34.90 9.82 21.3 — 5 —
4 Manpreet Gony 2008 2010  India 26 9 50 15* 12.50 138.88 — — 26 85.0 23 3/34 30.73 8.31 22.1 — 5 —
5 Matthew Hayden 2008 2010  Australia 32 32 1107 93 36.90 137.51 8 — — — — — — — — — 11 —
6 Michael Hussey 2008 2015  Australia 50 49 1768 116* 42.09 123.63 13 1 — — — — — — — — 23 —
7 Muttiah Muralitharan 2008 2010  Sri Lanka 40 6 9 4 2.25 69.23 — — 40 156.0 40 3/11 24.85 6.37 23.4 — 11 —
8 Palani Amarnath 2008 2008  India 6 — — — — — — — 6 22.0 7 2/29 33.71 10.72 18.8 — 2 —
9 Parthiv Patel 2008 2010  India 26 26 516 57 21.50 102.78 3 — — — — — — — — — 9 2
10 Subramaniam Badrinath 2008 2013  India 95 67 1441 71* 30.65 118.89 11 — — — — — — — — — 16 —
11 Suresh Raina 2008 2021  India 176 171 4687 100* 32.32 136.88 33 1 59 129.2 24 2/0 38.90 7.22 32.3 — 98 —
12 Albie Morkel 2008 2013  South Africa 78 59 827 71 23.62 144.83 2 — 75 254.1 76 4/32 27.02 8.08 20.0 — 15 —
13 Makhaya Ntini 2008 2008  South Africa 9 2 11 11 11.00 61.11 — — 9 35.0 7 4/21 34.57 6.91 30.0 — 1 —
14 Stephen Fleming 2008 2008  New Zealand 10 10 196 45 21.77 118.78 — — — — — — — — — — 2 —
15 Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 2008 2008  India 9 8 145 54 18.12 133.02 1 — 1 2.0 1 1/22 22.00 11.00 12.0 — 1 —
16 Srikkanth Anirudha 2008 2013  India 19 12 133 64 19.00 123.14 1 — — — — — — — — — 11 —
17 Chamara Kapugedera 2008 2008  Sri Lanka 5 3 16 8 5.33 69.56 — — 3 2.5 0 — — 17.29 — — 4 —
18 Lakshmipathy Balaji 2008 2010  India 29 8 22 15 3.66 64.70 — — 29 93.4 31 5/24 26.09 8.63 18.1 1 5 —
19 Abhinav Mukund 2008 2008  India 2 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 — — — — — — — — — — 3 —
20 Andrew Flintoff 2009 2009  England 3 3 62 24 31.00 116.98 — — 3 11.0 2 1/11 52.50 9.54 33.0 — 4 —
21 Ravichandran Ashwin 2009 2025  India 106 35 223 23 9.29 96.12 — — 103 368.4 97 3/16 25.39 6.68 22.80 — 24 —
22 Thilan Thushara 2009 2010  Sri Lanka 6 4 12 8 6.00 66.66 — — 6 22.3 8 2/16 20.12 7.15 16.8 — 3 —
23 Shadab Jakati 2009 2012  India 50 7 27 13 27.00 100.00 — — 48 152.1 45 4/22 26.22 7.75 20.2 — 17 —
24 Sudeep Tyagi 2009 2010  India 14 3 3 3* 3.00 75.00 — — 14 34.5 6 2/18 49.16 8.46 34.8 — 3 —
25 Murali Vijay 2009 2020  India 70 70 1708 127 25.87 125.12 7 2 — — — — — — — — 33 —
26 George Bailey 2009 2010  Australia 4 3 63 30 21.00 95.45 — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 Justin Kemp 2010 2010  South Africa 5 2 26 22 13.00 108.33 — — 5 7.2 3 3/12 18.00 7.36 14.6 — 1 —
28 Thisara Perera 2010 2010  Sri Lanka 1 — — — — — — — 1 1.0 0 — — 19.00 — — — —
29 Arun Karthik 2010 2010  India 1 1 3 3* — 60.00 — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 Chandrasekar Ganapathy 2010 2010  India 1 1 0 0* — 0.00 — — 1 1.0 0 — — 13.00 — — — —
31 Doug Bollinger 2010 2012  Australia 27 4 21 16* 21.00 91.30 — — 27 96.0 37 4/13 18.72 7.21 15.5 — 8 —
32 Scott Styris 2011 2011  New Zealand 2 1 5 5* — 250.00 — — 1 1.0 0 — — 13.00 — — 1 —
33 Suraj Randiv 2011 2011  Sri Lanka 8 1 2 2 2.00 50.00 — — 8 29.0 6 2/24 37.15 7.68 29.0 — 2 —
34 Tim Southee 2011 2011  New Zealand 5 — — — — — — — 5 19.0 4 1/30 41.50 8.73 28.5 — — —
35 Nuwan Kulasekara 2011 2012  Sri Lanka 6 1 5 5* — 166.66 — — 5 17.0 5 2/10 24.00 7.05 20.4 — 4 —
36 Wriddhiman Saha 2011 2013  India 14 7 144 46* 28.80 108.27 — — — — — — — — — — 2 —
37 Dwayne Bravo 2011 2022  West Indies 116 75 1004 68 25.10 137.15 2 — 113 376.1 140 4/42 22.47 8.36 16.1 — 59 —
38 Faf du Plessis 2012 2021  South Africa 92 86 2721 96 35.33 131.44 20 — 1 1.0 0 — — 16.00 — — 62 —
39 Ravindra Jadeja 2012 2025  India 186 139 2198 77* 28.55 136.10 5 — 173 530.2 143 5/16 28.33 7.64 22.25 1 91 —
40 Yo Mahesh 2012 2012  India 5 — — — — — — — 4 9.2 3 2/21 27.00 8.67 18.6 — 1 —
41 Ben Hilfenhaus 2012 2014  Australia 17 1 0 0* — 0.00 — — 17 62.0 22 3/27 21.77 7.72 16.9 — 1 —
42 Ankit Rajpoot 2013 2013  India 2 1 2 2* — 33.33 — — 2 4.0 1 1/25 35.00 8.75 24.0 — — —
43 Ben Laughlin 2013 2013  Australia 2 2 4 4* 4.00 44.44 — — 2 7.0 1 1/25 71.00 10.14 42.0 — — —
44 Dirk Nannes 2013 2013  Australia 5 1 0 0* — 0.00 — — 5 19.5 4 2/17 39.50 7.96 29.7 — 3 —
45 Chris Morris 2013 2013  South Africa 16 6 14 7* 7.00 87.50 — — 16 50.0 15 3/40 26.73 8.02 20.0 — 5 —
46 Mohit Sharma 2013 2019  India 48 10 29 21* 7.25 103.57 — — 48 164.3 58 4/14 22.17 7.81 17.0 — 10 —
47 Jason Holder 2013 2013  West Indies 6 — — — — — — — 6 20.0 2 2/20 84.00 8.40 60.0 — 3 —
48 Ashish Nehra 2014 2015  India 20 4 1 1* 1.00 14.28 — — 20 77.0 30 4/10 19.70 7.67 15.4 — 3 —
49 Brendon McCullum 2014 2015  New Zealand 28 28 841 100* 32.34 137.19 5 1 — — — — — — — — 8 —
50 Dwayne Smith 2014 2015  West Indies 32 32 965 79 30.15 128.49 7 — 6 12.0 5 1/11 22.40 9.33 14.4 — 14 —
51 Pawan Negi 2014 2015  India 12 9 116 36 14.50 158.90 — — 12 37.0 6 2/25 54.50 8.83 37.0 — 5 —
52 Ishwar Pandey 2014 2015  India 23 — — — — — — — 22 73.0 17 2/23 31.82 7.41 25.7 — 6 —
53 Mithun Manhas 2014 2014  India 12 5 35 13* 17.50 152.17 — — — — — — — — — — 3 —
54 Samuel Badree 2014 2014  West Indies 4 — — — — — — — 4 14.0 2 1/19 48.50 6.92 42.0 — — —
55 Vijay Shankar 2014 2025  India 7 5 118 69* 39.33 129.67 1 — 1 1.0 0 — — 19.00 — — 2 —
56 David Hussey 2014 2014  Australia 5 4 116 50* 58.00 123.40 1 — 1 2.5 2 2/38 19.00 13.41 8.5 — 1 —
57 John Hastings 2014 2014  Australia 1 — — — — — — — 1 3.0 1 1/29 29.00 9.66 18.0 — — —
58 Ronit More 2015 2015  India 2 1 2 2* — 100.00 — — 2 5.5 1 1/31 59.00 10.11 35.0 — 1 —
59 Ambati Rayudu 2018 2023  India 90 80 1932 100* 29.72 129.31 8 1 — — — — — — — — 19 —
60 Deepak Chahar 2018 2024  India 76 12 66 39 11.00 124.52 — — 76 266.1 76 4/13 27.7 7.91 21.0 — 12 —
61 Harbhajan Singh 2018 2019  India 24 4 30 19 7.50 76.92 — — 23 75.5 23 3/20 25.30 7.67 19.7 — 8 —
62 Imran Tahir 2018 2021  South Africa 27 3 15 13* — 125.00 — — 27 100.0 35 4/12 20.31 7.11 17.1 — 8 —
63 Kedar Jadhav 2018 2020  India 23 18 248 58 20.66 96.49 1 — — — — — — — — — 5 —
64 Mark Wood 2018 2018  England 1 1 1 1 1.00 33.33 — — 1 4.0 0 — — 12.25 — — 1 —
65 Shane Watson 2018 2020  Australia 43 43 1252 117* 30.53 136.38 7 2 11 28.0 6 2/29 41.83 8.96 28.0 — 11 —
66 Sam Billings 2018 2019  England 11 9 108 56 12.00 131.70 1 — — — — — — — — — 6 —
67 Shardul Thakur 2018 2021  India 57 13 67 17 11.17 121.82 — — 56 200.3 60 3/28 30.38 9.09 20.05 — 17 —
68 Karn Sharma 2018 2020  India 12 1 0 0* — 0.00 — — 11 31.2 10 2/13 28.70 9.15 18.8 — 3 —
69 KM Asif 2018 2021  India 3 — — — — — — — 3 8.1 4 2/43 23.25 11.38 12.2 — — —
70 Lungi Ngidi 2018 2021  South Africa 14 — — — — — — — 14 54.0 25 4/10 17.92 8.29 12.9 — 2 —
71 David Willey 2018 2018  England 3 — — — — — — — 3 10.0 2 1/24 47.50 9.50 30.0 — 2 —
72 Dhruv Shorey 2018 2019  India 2 2 13 8 6.50 76.47 — — — — — — — — — — — —
73 Mitchell Santner 2019 2023  New Zealand 18 11 70 22 11.67 98.59 — — 18 61.0 15 2/13 28.13 6.92 24.40 — 6 —
74 Scott Kuggeleijn 2019 2019  New Zealand 2 — — — — — — — 2 8.0 2 2/37 35.50 8.87 24.0 — — —
75 Piyush Chawla 2020 2020  India 7 — — — — — — — 7 21.0 6 2/33 31.83 9.09 21.0 — — —
76 Sam Curran 2020 2025  England 28 20 356 88 22.25 140.16 2 — 27 87.0 23 3/19 35.00 9.25 22.70 — 11 —
77 Ruturaj Gaikwad 2020 2025  India 71 70 2502 108* 40.35 137.47 20 2 — — — — — — — — 39 —
78 Josh Hazlewood 2020 2021  Australia 12 — — — — — — — 12 45.0 12 3/24 29.75 7.93 22.5 — 1 —
79 Narayan Jagadeesan 2020 2022  India 7 4 73 39* 24.33 110.60 — — — — — — — — — — — —
80 Monu Kumar 2020 2020  India 1 — — — — — — — 1 2.0 0 — — 10.00 — — — —
81 Moeen Ali 2021 2023  England 48 40 853 93 23.69 136.26 3 — 35 83.1 25 4/26 23.40 7.03 19.96 — 18 —
82 Robin Uthappa 2021 2022  India 16 15 345 88 23.00 135.29 3 — — — — — — — — — 5 —
83 Adam Milne 2022 2022  New Zealand 1 — — — — — — — 1 2.3 0 — — 7.60 — — — —
84 Devon Conway 2022 2025  New Zealand 29 28 1080 92* 43.20 139.72 11 — — — — — — — — — 10 —
85 Shivam Dube 2022 2025  India 55 53 1460 95* 33.95 151.61 9 — 4 5.0 1 1/14 83.00 16.60 — — 18 —
86 Tushar Deshpande 2022 2024  India 31 2 0 0* — 0.00 — — 31 111.5 39 4/27 26.95 9.40 17.21 — 5 —
87 Dwaine Pretorius 2022 2023  South Africa 7 5 44 22 11.00 157.14 — — 7 25.0 6 2/30 39.66 9.52 25.0 — 3 —
88 Mukesh Choudhary 2022 2025  India 16 2 6 4 6.00 100.00 — — 16 52.3 17 4/46 30.71 9.94 18.53 — 3 —
89 Chris Jordan 2022 2022  England 4 2 11 6* 11.00 137.50 — — 4 2 2/23 67.50 10.51 38.5 — 4 —
90 Maheesh Theekshana 2022 2024  Sri Lanka 27 2 7 7* 7.00 100.00 — — 27 104.0 25 4/33 31.88 7.66 24.96 — 4 —
91 Simarjeet Singh 2022 2022  India 10 3 7 3* 7.00 87.50 — — 10 30.0 9 3/26 28.78 8.63 20.00 — 3 —
92 Matheesha Pathirana 2022 2025  Sri Lanka 32 — — — — — — — 32 117.0 47 4/28 21.62 8.68 14.94 — 9 —
93 Prashant Solanki 2022 2022  India 2 — — — — — — — 2 6.0 2 2/20 19.00 6.33 18.0 — — —
94 Ben Stokes 2023 2023  England 2 2 15 8 7.50 107.14 — — 1 1.0 0 — — 18.00 — — 2 —
95 Rajvardhan Hangargekar 2023 2023  India 2 — — — — — — — 2 6.0 3 3/36 20.00 10.00 12.0 — — —
96 Ajinkya Rahane 2023 2024  India 27 23 568 71* 25.82 147.53 2 — — — — — — — — — 9 —
97 Sisanda Magala 2023 2023  South Africa 2 — — — — — — — 2 6.0 1 1/37 51.00 8.50 36.0 — 1 —
98 Akash Singh 2023 2023  India 6 — — — — — — — 6 19.0 5 2/40 37.60 9.89 22.8 — 1 —
99 Daryl Mitchell 2024 2024  New Zealand 13 13 318 63 28.91 142.60 — — 2 6.0 1 1/18 18 11.67 36.00 — — —
100 Mustafizur Rahman 2024 2024  Bangladesh 9 — — — — — — — 9 34.2 14 4/29 22.71 9.26 14.71 — 1 —
101 Rachin Ravindra 2024 2025  New Zealand 18 18 413 65* 24.29 143.90 — — — — — — — — — — 10 —
102 Sameer Rizvi 2024 2024  India 8 5 51 21 12.75 118.60 — — — — — — — — — — 1 —
103 Richard Gleeson 2024 2024  England 2 1 2 2* — 100.00 — — 2 7.5 1 1/30 71.00 9.06 47.00 — — —
104 Khaleel Ahmed 2025 2025  India 14 2 1 1* — 50.00 — — 14 46.4 15 3/29 29.80 9.58 18.67 — 1 —
105 Nathan Ellis 2025 2025  Australia 1 — — — — — — — 1 4.0 1 1/38 38.00 9.50 24.00 — — —
106 Noor Ahmad 2025 2025 File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 14 6 7 2 1.75 41.18 — — 14 50.0 24 4/18 17.00 8.16 12.50 — 2 —
107 Deepak Hooda 2025 2025  India 7 5 31 22 6.20 75.61 — — 1 1.0 0 0/15 — 15.00 — — 3 —
108 Rahul Tripathi 2025 2025  India 5 5 55 23 11.00 96.49 — — — — — — — — — — 1 —
109 Jamie Overton 2025 2025  England 3 2 15 11* — 214.29 — — 3 6.0 0 0/24 — — — — — —
110 Anshul Kamboj 2025 2025  India 8 5 14 5* 7.00 116.67 — — 8 21.3 8 3/13 21.50 8.00 16.13 — 1 —
111 Shaik Rasheed 2025 2025  India 5 5 71 27 14.20 112.70 — — — — — — — — — — 1 —
112 Ayush Mhatre 2025 2025  India 7 7 240 94 34.29 188.98 1 — — — — — — — — — 4 —
113 Dewald Brevis 2025 2025  South Africa 6 6 225 57 37.50 180.00 2 — — — — — — — — — 6 —
114 Urvil Patel 2025 2025  India 3 3 68 37 22.67 212.50 — — — — — — — — — — 2 —

Captains[edit | edit source]

Player Nationality From To Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win%
MS Dhoni  India 2008 2023 235 142 90 1 0 60.42
Suresh Raina  India 2010 2019 6 2 3 1 0 33.33
Ravindra Jadeja  India 2022 2022 8 2 6 0 0 25.00
Ruturaj Gaikwad  India 2024 Present 19 8 11 0 0 42.10

Last updated: 27 March 2026; Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

  • The success percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Chennai Super Kings". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Big business and Bollywood grab stakes in IPL". ESPNcricinfo. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Dhoni steps down as CSK captain; Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024". Sportstar. 21 March 2024. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Fleming likely to coach Super Kings". ESPNcricinfo. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "IPL winners and runners-up". Crictracker. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "How many times have CSK made IPL playoffs". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Results of Champions league T20". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Chennai Super Kings Becomes India's First Unicorn Sports Enterprise; Surpasses Market Cap of Parent Entity". News18. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Ozanian, Mike. "Indian Premier League Valuations: Cricket Now Has A Place Among World's Most Valuable Sports Teams". Forbes. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Indian Premier League Trophy individual most matches career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "CSK: captains". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

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