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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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