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{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Chennai Super Kings
| image =
| season = [[2021 Indian Premier League|2021]]
| captain = [[MS Dhoni]]
| coach = [[Stephen Fleming]]
| ground = [[M A Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| comp1 = [[2021 Indian Premier League|IPL League]]
| comp1 result =
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| prevseason = [[Chennai Super Kings in 2020|2020]]
}}
The [[Chennai Super Kings]] (CSK) is the franchise cricket team based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, which has been playing in the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in [[2008 Indian Premier League|2008]]. They are one of the eight teams to compete in the [[2021 Indian Premier League]]. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title thrice (in [[2010 Indian Premier League|2010]], [[2011 Indian Premier League|2011]] and [[2018 Indian Premier League|2018]]).

==Background==
[[Chennai Super Kings]] kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on January 20 after that they traded in<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Royals trade Robin Uthappa to CSK in all-cash deal|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-retention-february-auction-rajasthan-royals-trade-robin-uthappa-to-csk-chennai-super-kings-in-all-cash-deal-1248743|access-date=22 February 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>[[Robin Uthappa]] from [[Rajasthan Royals]] and looking ready for Auction at February 18 with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.

'''Slots left : 6''' (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).

'''Retained Players : '''[[MS Dhoni]] (c), [[Suresh Raina]] (Vc), [[Faf du Plessis]], [[Ravindra Jadeja]], [[Mitchell Santner]], [[Lungi Ngidi]], [[Ambati Rayudu]], [[Narayan Jagadeesan|Narayan Jagadeeshan]], [[KM Asif]], [[Shardul Thakur]], [[Imran Tahir]], [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]], [[Deepak Chahar]], [[Karn Sharma]], [[Dwayne Bravo]], [[Sam Curran]], [[Josh Hazlewood]], [[Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore]], [[Robin Uthappa]](Traded).<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 February 2021|title=IPL 2021 Player Retention: Full list of Retained, Released Players List of all teams and Purse Remaining|url=https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-2021-player-retention-full-list-of-retained-released-players-list-of-all-teams-and-purse-remaining/|access-date=22 February 2021|website=CricTracker|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Royals trade Robin Uthappa to CSK in all-cash deal|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-retention-february-auction-rajasthan-royals-trade-robin-uthappa-to-csk-chennai-super-kings-in-all-cash-deal-1248743|access-date=22 February 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

'''Released Players : '''[[Murali Vijay]], [[Piyush Chawla]], [[Kedar Jadhav]], [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Monu Kumar]], [[Shane Watson]](Retired).<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 February 2021|title=IPL 2021 Player Retention: Full list of Retained, Released Players List of all teams and Purse Remaining|url=https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-2021-player-retention-full-list-of-retained-released-players-list-of-all-teams-and-purse-remaining/|access-date=22 February 2021|website=CricTracker|language=en}}</ref>

'''Auctioned Players : '''[[Moeen Ali]], [[Cheteshwar Pujara]], [[Krishnappa Gowtham]], [[Hari Nishanth]], [[Bhagath Varma]], [[Harishankar Reddy]].

''' Supportive Players : '''[[Hardus Viljoen]], [[Fazalhaq Farooqi]], [[Noor Ahmad]], Shantanu Bhardwaj, Matheesha Pathirana, [[Maheesh Theekshana]] added for training camp.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=IPL 2021: CSK rope in Afghanistan's Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi as net bowlers|url=https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-2021-csk-rope-in-afghanistans-noor-ahmad-and-fazalhaq-farooqi-as-net-bowlers/|access-date=31 March 2021|website=CricTracker}}</ref>

== COVID-19 impact ==
On 3rd May 2021, it was declared officially that 3 non-playing members of the team were tested positive for [[COVID-19]] including their bowling coach and former Indian cricketer [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] and their CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.

== 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:95%;"
|-
! 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;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="9" style=text-align:center;"| Batsmen
|-
|13|| '''[[Faf du Plessis]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|SA}} || {{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
|-
|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}}||
|-
|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
|-
|25|| '''[[Cheteshwar Pujara]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1988|1|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l}} ||
|-
|31|| [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1997|01|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
|16|| [[Chezhian Harinishanth]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|08|16|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
|47|| '''[[Dwayne Bravo]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|TRI}} || {{birth date and age|1983|10|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|6.4|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|10|| '''[[Moeen Ali]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1987|6|18|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Off-break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7|c}} || Overseas
|-
|79|| [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1988|10|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Off-break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|9.25|c}} ||
|-
|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}} ||
|-
|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
|-
|58|| '''[[Sam Curran]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1998|6|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.5|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|27|| [[Bhagath Varma]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1998|09|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Off-break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! 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-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|15|c|1}}|| [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|77|| '''[[Robin Uthappa]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1985|11|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|c|1}} ||
|-
|18|| [[Narayan Jagadeesan]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1995|12|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin Bowlers
|-
|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
|-
|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}} ||
|-
|96|| [[Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore|R Sai Kishore]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|11|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Pace Bowlers
|-
|5|| '''[[Jason Behrendorff]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|AUS}} || {{birth date and age|1990|4|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1|c|-3}} || Overseas, Replacement for Josh Hazlewood<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chennai Super Kings sign Jason Behrendorff as replacement for Josh Hazlewood|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228551/chennai-super-kings-sign-jason-behrendorff-as-replacement-for-josh-hazlewood|access-date=9 April 2021|website=www.iplt20.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|38|| '''[[Josh Hazlewood]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|AUS}} || {{birth date and age|1991|1|8|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c|-3}} || Overseas<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hazlewood withdraws from IPL, targets Shield final|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/josh-hazlewood-withdraws-pulls-out-indian-premier-league-ipl-chennai-super-kings-csk-rest-nsw-blues/2021-04-01|url-status=live|access-date=1 April 2021|website=cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|54|| '''[[Shardul Thakur]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|10|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || 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|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|80|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}} ||
|-
|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
|-
|46|| [[Harishankar Reddy]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1998|6|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l}} ||
|-
! colspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| Source:[http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/module/news/html/team-page.html CSK Players]
|}
Jo

==Administration and support staff==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Position
! style="background:yellow; color:darkblue; text-align:center;"| Name
|-
|Owner|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[N. Srinivasan]] ([[India Cements]])
|-
| CEO||{{flagicon|IND}} Kasinath Viswanathan
|-
|Team manager|| {{flagicon|IND}} Russell Radhakrishnan
|-
|Consultant|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sundar Raman]]
|-
| Brand ambassador||
|-
| Captain||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
|-
| Head coach||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Stephen Fleming]]
|-
|Batting coach ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Hussey]]
|-
| Bowling coach|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
|-
| Bowling consultant||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Eric Simons]]
|-
| Fielding coach|| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rajiv Kumar (cricketer)|Rajiv Kumar]]
|-
|Throwdown specialist|| {{flagicon|IND}} Narasimhan V,
Kondappa Raj
|-
|Physio || {{flagicon|AUS}} Tommy Simsek
|-
|Assistant physiotherapist||
|-
|Physical trainer ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Greg King (cricketer)|Greg King]]
|-
|-
|Assistant trainer||
|-
|Analyst || {{flagicon|IND}} Lakshmi Narayanan
|-
|Massuer || {{flagicon|BAN}} Khalil Khan
|-
|Team doctor || {{flagicon|IND}} Dr Madhu Thottappillil
|-
|Logistics manager|| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanjay Natarajan
|-
! colspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| Source:[http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/module/news/html/team-page.html CSKStaffs]
|}

==Kit manufacturers and sponsors==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
|-
! style="width:55%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Kit manufacturer
! style="width:55%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Shirt sponsor (Front)
! style="width:55%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Shirt sponsor (Back)
! style="width:55%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Chest Branding
|-
|[[SEVEN (brand)|SEVEN]]
|[[Myntra]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myntra takes centre stage on the Chennai Super Kings jersey as official fashion partner|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/ipl-news/myntra-takes-centre-stage-on-the-chennai-super-kings-jersey-as-official-fashion-partner-111422.html|access-date=8 March 2021|website=Exchange 4Media|language=en}}</ref>
|[[India Cements]]
|[[Gulf Oil]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"| Source:[https://www.chennaisuperkings.com/CSK_WEB/module/news/html/newsdetails.html?newsId=1048&news_providerId=3 www.chennaisuperkings.com]
|}
{{col-2}}
|{{Cricket uniform
| pattern_la =
| pattern_b = _greenshoulders
| pattern_ra =
| pattern_pants =
| leftarm = FFF100
| body = FFF100
| rightarm = FFF100
| pants = FFF100
| title = T20 uniform
}}
{{col-end}}

==Teams and standings==
=== Results by match ===
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
|header=Round
|label2= Result
| res2=
[[#Match 2|L]]/[[#Match 8|W]]/[[#Match 12|W]]/[[#Match 15|W]]/[[#Match 19|W]]/[[#Match 23|W]]/[[#Match 27|L]]/[[#Match 32|?]]/[[#Match 34|?]]/[[#Match 37|?]]/[[#Match 41|?]]/[[#Match 47|?]]/[[#Match 53|?]]/[[#Match 56|?]]

|label3= Position
| pos3=
8/2/2/1/1/1/1/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

| color_W = green2|text_W=Win
| color_NR = yellow2|text_NR=No Result
| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss
| color_1-2=green1| color_3-4=#ffc

| source = Fixtures
}}

===League table===
{{2021 Indian Premier League Points table|team=CSK}}

==League Stage==
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228478/bcci-announces-schedule-for-vivo-ipl-2021|title=IPL schedule|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

{{main|2021 Indian Premier League #League stage}}

=== Matches ===
===Matches played===
{{2021 IPL match 2}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 8}}
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{{2021 IPL match 12}}
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{{2021 IPL match 15}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 19}}
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{{2021 IPL match 23}}
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{{2021 IPL match 27}}
----

===Matches postponed===
{{2021 IPL match 32}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 34}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 37}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 41}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 47}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 53}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 56}}

==Statistics==
===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Inns
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|NO
! style="width:6%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Runs
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|HS
! style="width:6%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Ave.
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|BF
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:black;"|100s
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|50s
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|0
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|4s
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|6s
|-
| 1 || [[Faf du Plessis]] || 7 || 7 || 2
! 320
|| 95[[Not out|*]] || 64.00 || 220 || 145.45 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 29 || 13
|-
| 2 || [[Moeen Ali]] || 6 || 6 || 0
! 206
|| 58 || 34.33 || 131 || 157.25 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 22 || 12
|-
| 3 || [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] || 7 || 7 || 0
! 196
|| 75 || 28.00 || 152 || 128.94 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 25 || 5
|-
| 4 ||[[Ambati Rayudu]] || 7 || 5 || 1
! 136
|| 72[[Not out|*]] || 34.00 || 68 || 200.00 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 13
|-
| 5 || [[Ravindra Jadeja]] || 7 || 6 || 5
! 131
|| 62[[Not out|*]] || 131.00 || 81 || 161.72 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 11 || 6
|}

* Last updated: 1 May 2021 
* '''Source: '''Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=CSK Most runs in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4343&type=year|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Inns
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Overs
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Maidens
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Runs
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Wickets
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|BBI
! style="width:5%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Ave.
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Econ.
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|4W
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|5W
|-
| 1 || [[Sam Curran]] || 7 || 7 || 25.0 || 0 || 217
! 9
|| 3/34 || 24.11 || 8.68 || 16.6 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || [[Deepak Chahar]] || 7 || 7 || 24.0 || 1 || 193
! 8
|| 4/13 || 24.12 || 8.04 || 18.0 || 2 || 0
|-
| 3 || [[Ravindra Jadeja]] || 7 || 7 || 24.0 || 1 || 161
! 6
|| 3/13 || 26.83 || 6.70 || 24.0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 4 || [[Moeen Ali]] || 6 || 5 || 12.0 || 0 || 74
! 5
|| 3/7 || 14.80 || 6.16 || 14.4 || 0 || 0
|-
| 5 || [[Lungi Ngidi]] || 3 || 3 || 12.0 || 0 || 125
! 5
|| 3/28 || 25.00 || 10.41 || 14.4 || 0 || 0
|-
|}

* Last updated: 1 May 2021
* '''Source: '''Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=CSK Most wickets in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4343&type=year|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
===Awards===
'''Man of the Match'''

'''League Stage'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:1%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|No.
! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Date
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Player
! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Opponent
! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Result
! style="width:3%;background:Yellow; color:darkblue;"|Contribution
! style="width:1%;background:yellow; color:darkblue;"|Ref.
|-
| 1 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=16|format=dmy}} || [[Deepak Chahar]] || [[Punjab Kings]] || Won by 6 wickets || 4/13 (4 overs) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deepak Chahar's 4 for 13 sets up big CSK win|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/punjab-kings-vs-chennai-super-kings-8th-match-1254065/match-report|access-date=16 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=19|format=dmy}} || [[Moeen Ali]] || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || Won by 45 runs || 3/7 (3 overs) || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/chennai-super-kings-vs-rajasthan-royals-12th-match-1254069/match-report|title=Batting depth, spin twins Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja seal it for Chennai Super Kings|access-date=20 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 3 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=21|format=dmy}} || [[Faf du Plessis]] || [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] || Won by 18 runs || 95[[not out|*]] (60) || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-chennai-super-kings-15th-match-1254072/match-report|title=Deepar Chahar makes it CSK's night despite stunning Andre Russell and Pat Cummins counterattacks
|access-date=21 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 4 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=25|format=dmy}} || [[Ravindra Jadeja]] || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || Won by 69 runs || 62[[not out|*]] (28) and 3/13 (4 overs) || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/chennai-super-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-19th-match-1254076/match-report|title=Ravindra Jadeja's all-round brilliance lifts CSK to top of table
|access-date=25 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 5 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=28|format=dmy}} || [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] || Won by 7 wickets || 75 (44) || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-23rd-match-1254080/match-report|title=CSK canter to target of 172 to move to No. 1 on points table
|access-date=28 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{2021 Indian Premier League}}
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