Chennai Super Kings in 2008

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{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Chennai Super Kings
| season = 2008
| coach = [[Kepler Wessels]]
| captain = [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
| comp1 = [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| comp1 result = Runners-up
| comp2 = [[Champions League Twenty20|CLT20]]
| comp2 result = Cancelled
| most runs = [[Suresh Raina]] (421)
| most wickets = [[Albie Morkel]] (17)
| most catches = Suresh Raina (10)
| most dismissals = [[MS Dhoni]] (6)
| prevseason =
| nextseason = [[Chennai Super Kings in 2009|2009]]
}}

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 took part in the [[2008 Indian Premier League]] which was the inaugural season of the IPL. They were captained by [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] and coached by [[Kepler Wessels]]. They finished runners-up in the IPL after losing the finals to the [[Rajasthan Royals]] by 3 wickets. They qualified for the [[2008 Champions League Twenty20]] but the tournament was cancelled due to [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].

==Pre-season player signings==
During the first [[2008 Indian Premier League#Player auctions|player auctions]] for the [[2008 Indian Premier League|inaugural IPL season]], conducted in January 2008, the Chennai team bought a number of contemporary star cricketers such as [[M.S. Dhoni]], [[Matthew Hayden]], [[Stephen Fleming]], [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] and [[Michael Hussey]]. Dhoni became the costliest player of the auction, as the Chennai franchise bought him for $1.5 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140301135437/http://www.sify.com/sports/dhoni-snapped-up-for-1-5-million-dollars-at-ipl-auction-news-cricket-jegmHrgeibh.html Dhoni snapped up for 1.5 million dollars at IPL auction]</ref> They also bought Indian players such as [[Suresh Raina]], [[Parthiv Patel]], [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] and [[Joginder Sharma]] and foreign players like [[Makhaya Ntini]], [[Albie Morkel]] and [[Jacob Oram]]. Apart from these they signed several Indian domestic players like [[Subramaniam Badrinath]], [[Manpreet Gony]], [[Ravichandran Ashwin]], [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]], [[Anirudha Srikkanth]], [[Sudeep Tyagi]], [[Shadab Jakati]] and [[Abhinav Mukund]].

==Squad==
Players with international caps before the start of the 2008 IPL season are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" width="80%"
|-
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| No.
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Name
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Nat
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Birth date
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Batting style
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Bowling style
!style="background: yellow; color:darkblue" align=center| Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Batsmen
|-
|03|| '''[[Suresh Raina]]''' || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1986|11|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || [[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|Vice-captain]]
|-
|06|| [[Abhinav Mukund]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1990|1|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|10|| [[Anirudha Srikkanth]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|03|15|1987|4|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|12|| [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1981|12|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|28|| '''[[Matthew Hayden]]''' || {{flagicon|Australia}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1971|10|29|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Overseas
|-
|33|| [[Subramaniam Badrinath]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1980|8|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|42|| [[Arun Karthik]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1986|2|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|43|| '''[[Stephen Fleming]]''' || {{flagicon|new Zealand}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1973|4|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Overseas
|-
|48|| '''[[Michael Hussey]]''' || {{flagicon|Australia}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1975|5|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Overseas
|-
||| '''[[Chamara Kapugedera]]''' || {{flagicon|SL}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1987|2|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Overseas
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| All-rounders
|-
|24|| '''[[Jacob Oram]]''' || {{flagicon|New zealand}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1978|7|28|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium-fast]] || Overseas
|-
|81|| '''[[Albie Morkel]]''' || {{flagicon|South Africa}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1981|6|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium-fast]] || Overseas
|-
||| [[Selvam Suresh Kumar]] || {{flagicon|IND}} ||. {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1985|3|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
||| [[Napoleon Einstein]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1989|8|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Wicket-keepers
|-
|07|| '''[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]''' || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1981|7|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|09|| '''[[Parthiv Patel]]''' || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1985|3|9|df=y}} || Left-handed || – ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Bowlers
|-
|08|| '''[[Muttiah Muralitharan]]''' || {{flagicon|SL}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1971|4|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Overseas
|-
|11|| '''[[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]''' || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1981|8|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
|13|| '''[[Joginder Sharma]]''' || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1983|10 |23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
|14|| [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1986|9|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|16|| '''[[Makhaya Ntini]]''' || {{flagicon|South Africa}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1977|7|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || Overseas
|-
|17|| [[Sudeep Tyagi]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1987|9|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||Withdrawn Player
|-
|21|| [[Palani Amarnath]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1982|6|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|25|| [[Shadab Jakati]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1980|11|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|76|| [[Manpreet Gony]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1984|1|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
||| [[Viraj Kadbe]] || {{flagicon|IND}} || {{Birth date and age2|2008|04|15|1989|11|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|}

==Indian Premier League==
[[File:IPL T20 Chennai vs Kolkata.JPG|thumb|250 px|right|Chennai Super Kings playing the [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] at the [[M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium]] in the 2008 IPL.]]
The Super Kings won their first game against [[Kings XI Punjab]] by 33 runs, after scoring 240/5 which was the highest total of the tournament, a record surpassed by themselves in 2010 by scoring 246 runs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/347000.html|title=Magnificent Hussey inspires Chennai win|date=19 April 2008|publisher=Espncricinfo.com|last=Alter|first=Jamie}}</ref> Chennai also managed to win a close match against [[Mumbai Indians]] by 6 runs despite Mumbai batsman [[Abhishek Nayar]] scoring an unbeaten 45. Then they went on to beat [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] comfortably by 9 wickets and [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] by 13 runs in their next two games. But their winning run in the tournament took a hit when their overseas stars [[Matthew Hayden]], [[Michael Hussey]] and [[Jacob Oram]] had to leave for national duties. Their departure immediately affected their performance as they lost their next three games. The batting, although inconsistent, eventually adjusted to the losses of Hayden and Hussey with contributions from [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], [[Suresh Raina]] and [[Albie Morkel]]. In the home game against [[Delhi Daredevils]], CSK were unable to defend a target of 170 due to half-centuries by Delhi openers [[Virender Sehwag]] and [[Gautam Gambhir]]. At [[Jaipur]] against the home team [[Rajasthan Royals]], the Super Kings batsmen struggled against Pakistani fast-bowler [[Sohail Tanvir]] who picked up the best bowling figures in the IPL 2008 (6/14). This was also the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 match until 2011, when [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] spinner [[Arul Suppiah]] took figures of 6 for 5 against [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]]. CSK lost another home game to [[Deccan Chargers]] which was only the second victory for the latter in the tournament. Chennai beat Delhi Daredevils in their next game by chasing a target of 188, mainly due to the cameos by [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]], Fleming and Morkel. In their next game, Chennai defeated Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs after [[Subramaniam Badrinath]] and skipper Dhoni scored half-centuries. The match also witnessed Chennai's [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] claiming the first hat-trick of the tournament and in the process also getting the first five-for (5/24 in 4 overs) in IPL history. However, they were crushed by the Mumbai Indians in [[Mumbai]] as opener [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] struck an unbeaten 114 off just 48 balls for the home team, to hand a 9-wicket defeat to the Super Kings. In their eleventh match of the season, they beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 runs (D/L method) in a rain-affected match at the [[Eden Gardens]]. In the same match, [[Makhaya Ntini]] took the third hat-trick of the tournament and won the [[Man of the match]] award for his 4/32 in 4 overs. The Super Kings were unable to chase down a modest total of 127 despite being 60/0 at one stage and suffered a shock defeat at the hands of [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]. In another home game, against Rajasthan Royals, CSK went down by 10 runs chasing 212. Albie Morkel's all-round efforts (2/35 in 4 overs and 71 off 40 balls) went in vain as the Super Kings succumbed to a second straight defeat. In their last league fixture, the Super Kings could easily beat the struggling Deccan Chargers by 7 wickets, with Raina scoring an unbeaten half-century. The Super Kings managed to get a semi-final spot with this win as they finished in third place in the league table with 16 points.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/352691.html|publisher=Espncricinfo.com|title=Chennai Super Kings seal semi-final spot|date=27 May 2008|accessdate=23 April 2011|last=Varghese|first=Mathew}}</ref>

The side played their semi-final against the [[Kings XI Punjab]], whom they managed to defeat by 9 wickets, thus entering the final. Electing to bat first, Kings XI scored only 112/8 in their 20 overs as Chennai bowlers dented the innings with wickets at regular intervals. Suresh Raina and [[Parthiv Patel]] scored unbeaten fifties and took the team to victory with more than five overs to spare.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/353124.html|publisher=Espncricinfo.com|date=31 May 2008|accessdate=26 April 2011|title=Inspired Chennai send Punjab packing|last=Rajesh|first=S.}}</ref> The Chennai outfit faced the resurgent [[Rajasthan Royals]] in the final which was played at the [[DY Patil Stadium]] in [[Navi Mumbai]]. Batting first, Chennai made a decent total, 163/5, in their 20 overs, with Raina top-scoring with 43 and Parthiv Patel also contributing 38 runs. Rajasthan's run-chase was in trouble at one stage, with the scoreboard reading 42/3 in the seventh over. However, Rajasthan's all-rounder [[Shane Watson]] added 57 runs for the fourth wicket with [[Yusuf Pathan]], who went on to score 56 off just 39 balls. With 8 required off the last over for the Royals with 3 wickets in hand, the match went down to the last ball, off which [[Sohail Tanvir]] scored a single to give his side the victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/353226.html |title=Rajasthan champions after cliffhanger | Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, final, IPL Report | Cricket News |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date= |accessdate=21 April 2012}}</ref> Royals' all-rounder Yusuf Pathan won the Man-of-the-Match award for his all-round performance. The Chennai Super Kings won $600,000 prize money as they finished the tournament as runners-up.

===Season standings===
{{:2008 Indian Premier League|team=CSK}}

===Match log===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=5%|No
! style="width:10%;"|Date
! style="width:20%;"|Opponent
! style="width:10%;"|Venue
! style="width:40%;"|Result
! style="width:10%;"| Scorecard Link
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||1 || 19 April || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium|Mohali]] || Won by 33 runs, [[Man of the Match#Cricket|MoM]] – [[Michael Hussey]] 116[[Not out|*]] (54) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/335983.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#ff0000;"
||2 || 23 April || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Won by 6 runs, MoM – [[Matthew Hayden]] 81 (46) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/335989.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||3 || 26 April || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Won by 9 wickets, MoM – [[Jacob Oram]] 3/32 (4 overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/335993.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||4 || 28 April ||[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bangalore]] || Won by 13 runs, MoM – [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] 65 (30) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/335996.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||5 || 2 May || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Lost by 8 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336001.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||6 || 4 May || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium|Jaipur]] || Lost by 8 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336005.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||7 || 6 May || [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Lost by 7 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336007.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||8 || 8 May || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Feroz Shah Kotla|Delhi]] || Won by 4 Wickets, MoM – [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] 33 (33) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336009.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||9 || 10 May || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Won by 18 runs, MoM – [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 5/24 (4 overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336013.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||10 || 14 May || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Wankhede Stadium|Mumbai]] || Lost by 9 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336018.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||11 || 18 May || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 3 runs ([[D/L method]]), MoM – [[Makhaya Ntini]] 4/21 (4 overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336025.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||12 || 21 May || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Lost by 14 runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336029.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||13 || 24 May || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Lost by 10 runs, MoM – [[Albie Morkel]] 2/35 (4 overs) and 71 (40) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336033.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||14 || 27 May || [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] || Won by 7 wickets, MoM – [[Suresh Raina]] 54* (43) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336037.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
||15 || 31 May || [[Kings XI Punjab]] (Semi-final) || [[Wankhede Stadium|Mumbai]] || Won by 9 wickets, MoM – [[Makhaya Ntini]] 2/23 (4 overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336039.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb;"
||16 || 1 June || [[Rajasthan Royals]] (Final) || [[DY Patil Stadium|Navi Mumbai]] || Lost by 3 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/match/336040.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#FFE87C;"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| '''Overall Record of 9 – 7'''
'''Runners-up of the 2008 Indian Premier League'''
|}

===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"80%"
|-
! Player !! [[Innings#Cricket|Innings]] !! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]] !! [[Batting average (cricket)|Average]] !! [[Strike rate]] !! Highest Score !! [[Century (cricket)|100s]] !! [[Century (cricket)#Half-century|50s]]
|-
| {{sortname|Suresh|Raina}} || 14 || '''1''' || 38.27 || 142.71 || 55* || 0 || 3
|-
| {{sortname|MS|Dhoni}} || 14 || '''414''' || 41.40 || 133.54 || 65 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{sortname|Parthiv|Patel}} || 13 || '''302''' || 27.45 || 101.68 || 54 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{sortname|Albie|Morkel}} || 10 || '''241''' || 34.42 || 147.85 || 71 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen|Fleming}} || 10 || '''196''' || 21.77 || 118.78 || 45 || 0 || 0
|}

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"80%"
|-
! Player !! [[Innings#Cricket|Innings]] !! [[Wicket (cricket)|Wickets]] !! [[Bowling average|Average]] !! [[Economy rate]] !! Best Bowling !! 4w
|-
| {{sortname|Albie|Morkel}} || 13 || '''17''' || 23.47 || 8.31 || 4/32 || 1
|-
| {{sortname|Manpreet|Gony}} || 16 || '''17''' || 26.05 || 7.38 || 3/34 || 0
|-
| {{sortname|Lakshmipathy|Balaji}} || 9 || '''11''' || 26.00 || 8.66 || 5/24 || 1
|-
| {{sortname|Muttiah|Muralitharan}} || 15 || '''11''' || 36.72 || 6.96 || 2/39 || 0
|-
| {{sortname|Joginder|Sharma}} || 7 || '''8''' || 28.87 || 9.68 || 2/27 || 0
|}

==Champions League Twenty10==
Chennai Super Kings, being the runners-up of the [[2008 Indian Premier League|IPL]], were among the first sides to secure a berth for the event. However, the tournament was cancelled due to [[2008 Mumbai Attacks]] and Chennai Super Kings, along with [[Rajasthan Royals]], received $1.3 million as compensation.

==References==
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==External links==
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