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The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India , which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2020 Indian Premier League.[1][2] The Super Kings have lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018), and have the best win percentage among all teams in the IPL (61.28).[3] They hold the records of most appearances in the playoffs (ten) and the Final (eight) of the IPL. They are the only IPL team to qualify for the playoff stage until 2019 of their appearance in the league. The team finished the tournament with 6 wins and 8 losses, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.
Background
Player retention
Template:Main The Chennai Super Kings retained 19 players and released five players.[4] CSK have not traded any player in 2020.[5] On 29 August 2020, Suresh Raina has returned to India due to his personal reasons and will miss whole IPL 2020.[6] On 4 September, Harbhajan Singh pulls out the tournament citing personal reasons.[7]
Retained players: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo.
Released players: Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and Chaitanya Bishnoi.
Auction
Chennai Super kings entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of Template:INRConvert . CSK got its first buy in the auction of Sam Curran with Template:INRConvert . Josh Hazlewood was also sold to their team at his base price of Template:INRConvert & CSK also heavily bidded for Piyush Chawla where they got him for Template:INRConvert crore from base price of Template:INRConvert . Aside from these three, CSK purchased Tamil Nadu spinner, R Sai Kishore.
Players bought: Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Team Analysis
ESPNcricinfo' wrote "In the auction 2020, CSK got what they wanted. The team wisely chose Sam Curran and Josh Hazlewood for the Chennai pitch. Although some may say that Piyush Chawla was not included in the team, the franchise may have wanted more experience in the team and there would have been a better balance of Chawla as an alternative to Imran Tahir. Except for the lack of a left-arm fast bowler, the team does not have much problem."[8]
Indian Premier League
On 19 September, the Chennai started their season campaign with a 5-wickets victory over the Mumbai Indians. For Chennai MS Dhoni won the toss & elected to field first. Mumbai scored 162 runs with loss of 9 wickets. Chasing a target of 163, the team had lost two wickets in a first two overs, but Ambati Rayudu (71) and Faf du Plessis (58) brilliant inning and their century partnership (115-run) with Faf du Plessis, helped the Super Kings to beat the defending champions. For Chennai Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets.[9]
On 22 September, the Super Kings lost their first match of the season to the Rajasthan Royals by 16 runs. MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. Rajasthan cruised past 100, and Sanju Samson posted a 74 off 32 balls before getting out, and Smith also got 69 off 47 balls as Royals posted a daunting 216 at the end of their 20 overs. Jofra Archer 27 in 8 balls and finished strongly for the royals, scoring 30 runs in the last over. Super Kings started off rapidly in their chase, getting 56 runs in the first six overs without losing a wicket. Once again Faf du Plessis got a half-century, and at the end they got to 200/6.[10]
On 25 September, the Super Kings suffered their second successive defeat, to the Delhi Capitals by 44-run. Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. Prithvi Shaw (64 off 43 balls) got the support from Shikhar Dhawan ( 35 off 27 balls) to built a 94-run partnership for first wicket and helped the Delhi finish the inning at 175/3 in their 20 overs. chasing the target of 176, Super Kings got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers quickly, but du plessis ( 43 off 35 balls) and Kedar Jadhav stitched a partnership to keep Super Kings hopes and Super Kings could manage only 131/7 in 20 overs.[11] The team witnessed a roller-coaster ride with just 2 wins and 6 losses.Chennai Super Kings were poorly humiliated against Mumbai Indians by a 10 wicket loss with Trent Boult taking 4 wickets against CSK.CSK next played against Royal Challengers Bangalore and were back in the game with a good performance from Ruturaj Gaikwad who scored a half century to keep CSK alive in the playoff race.However their hopes were broken,when Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians,eliminating CSK.However, CSK defeated Kolkata Knight Riders and played their last game against Kings XI Punjab,The team won by 9 wickets,ending their dismal IPL campaign on a winning note.
Preseason
On 2 March 2020, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium situated in Chepauk facilitated a large number of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans as any semblance of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina among others players kept preparing for the upcoming period of Indian Premier League (IPL).[12][13]
Offseason
The schedule for the league stage of this season were released on 15 February with the Chennai Super Kings playing their first match against the Mumbai Indians on 29 March 2020, away from home at Mumbai.[14]
On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[15] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[16] with the tournament postponed further.[17] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[18]
On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[19] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[20] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[21] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[22]
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Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 3 | Suresh Raina | Template:Flagicon | 1986-11-27 (age 40) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Vice-captain |
| 9 | Ambati Rayudu | Template:Flagicon | 1985-9-23 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 1 | Murali Vijay | Template:Flagicon | 1984-4-1 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 13 | Faf du Plessis | Template:Flagicon | 1984-7-13 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 31 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Template:Flagicon | 1997-01-31 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | Template:INRConvert | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | Template:Flagicon | 1988-12-6 (age 38) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 58 | Sam Curran | Template:Flagicon | 1998-6-3 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni | Template:Flagicon | 1981-7-7 (age 45) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Captain |
| 18 | Narayan Jagadeesan | Template:Flagicon | 1995-12-24 (age 31) | Right-handed | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
| 36 | Karn Sharma | Template:Flagicon | 1987-10-23 (age 39) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 27 | Harbhajan Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1980-7-3 (age 46) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 99 | Imran Tahir | Template:Flagicon | 1979-3-27 (age 47) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 74 | Mitchell Santner | Template:Flagicon | 1992-2-5 (age 34) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 21 | Piyush Chawla | Template:Flagicon | 1988-12-24 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 96 | R Sai Kishore | Template:Flagicon | 1996-11-6 (age 30) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo | Template:Flagicon | 1983-10-7 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 54 | Shardul Thakur | Template:Flagicon | 1991-10-16 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 90 | Deepak Chahar | Template:Flagicon | 1992-8-7 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 22 | Lungi Ngidi | Template:Flagicon | 1996-3-29 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
| 24 | KM Asif | Template:Flagicon | 1993-7-24 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 2 | Monu Kumar | Template:Flagicon | 1994-11-5 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |
| 38 | Josh Hazlewood | Template:Flagicon | 1991-1-8 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas |
Administration and support staff
| Position | Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Template:Flagicon N. Srinivasan, Rupa Gurunath, | |||||||||
| CEO | Template:Flagicon Kasinath Viswanathan | |||||||||
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Russell Radhakrishnan | |||||||||
| Brand ambassador | Template:Flagicon Vijay, Nayanthara, Laxmi Rai | |||||||||
| Captain | Template:Flagicon Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||||||||
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Stephen Fleming | |||||||||
| Batting coach | Template:Flagicon Michael Hussey | |||||||||
| Bowling coach | Template:Flagicon Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||||||
| Bowling consultant | Template:Flagicon Eric Simons | |||||||||
| Fielding coach | Template:Flagicon Rajiv Kumar | |||||||||
| Physical trainer | Template:Flagicon Greg King | |||||||||
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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| Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest Branding |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEVEN | Muthoot Group | India Cements | Gulf Oil |
| Source : | |||
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Teams and standings
Results by match
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League table
Template:2020 Indian Premier League Points table
League stage
Template:Hatnote Template:Hatnote The full schedule of the 2020 season was published on the IPL website.[24]
Matches
Statistics
Most runs
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faf du Plessis | 13 | 13 | 2 | 449 | 87* | 40.81 | 319 | 140.75 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 14 |
| 2 | Ambati Rayudu | 12 | 11 | 2 | 359 | 71 | 39.88 | 282 | 127.30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 |
| 3 | Shane Watson | 11 | 11 | 1 | 299 | 83* | 29.90 | 247 | 121.05 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 13 |
| 4 | Ravindra Jadeja | 14 | 11 | 6 | 232 | 50 | 46.40 | 135 | 171.85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 11 |
| 5 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 6 | 6 | 2 | 204 | 72 | 51.00 | 169 | 120.71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
- Last updated: 1 November 2020
- Source:Cricinfo[25]
Most wickets
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Curran | 14 | 13 | 42.0 | 0 | 344 | 13 | 3/19 | 26.46 | 8.19 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Deepak Chahar | 14 | 14 | 52.0 | 2 | 396 | 12 | 2/18 | 33.00 | 7.61 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | SN Thakur | 9 | 9 | 32.2 | 0 | 275 | 10 | 2/28 | 27.50 | 8.50 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lungi Ngidi | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 0 | 167 | 9 | 3/38 | 18.55 | 10.43 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DJ Bravo | 6 | 6 | 21.0 | 0 | 180 | 6 | 3/37 | 30.00 | 8.57 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
- Last updated: 1 November 2020
- Source:Cricinfo[26]
Awards and achievements
Awards
- Man of the Match
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Dts | Ambati Rayudu | Mumbai Indians | Won By 5 wickets | 71 (48) | |
| 2 | October 4, 2020 | Shane Watson | Kings XI Punjab | Won By 10 wickets | 83* (53) | [28] |
| 3 | October 13, 2020 | Ravindra Jadeja | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 20 runs | 25* (10) and 1/21 (3 overs) | [29] |
| 4 | October 25, 2020 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 8 wickets | 65* (51) | [30] |
| 5 | October 29, 2020 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Kolkata Knight Riders | Won by 6 wickets | 72 (53) | [31] |
| 6 | November 1, 2020 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Kings XI Punjab | Won by 9 wickets | 62* (49) | [32] |
References
- ↑ From 8 teams, IPL eyes expansion, once again. Times of India(14 July 2019).
- ↑ 4 cities that might get an IPL team in 2020(20 July 2019).
- ↑ Indian T20 League / Records / Result summary. ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ KKR release Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa; RCB let go of several overseas names. ESPNcricinfo(15 November 2019). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ CSK Players List for IPL 2020 - Chennai Super Kings Squad » MyIPL.fun. MyIPL.fun(2019-08-14). Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ CSK's Suresh Raina to miss entire IPL for personal reasons.
- ↑ Harbhajan Singh pulls out of IPL 2020 CSK | Cricbuzz.com. Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ↑ IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?. ESPN.
- ↑ MATCH 1 - MI VS CSK. iplt20(1 September 2020). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ RR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2020: Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs. Times of india(22 September 2020). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ↑ IPL 2020, CSK vs DC Highlights: Delhi Capitals win by 44 runs. Indian Express(26 September 2020). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ↑ MS Dhoni's sixes, massive Chepauk crowd: CSK begin IPL 2020 warm-up with blockbuster training sessions. indiatoday(7 March 2020). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ MS Dhoni is back. espncricinfo(2 March 2020). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ Mumbai Indians to host CSK in IPL 2020 opener on March, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(15 February 2020).
- ↑ Coronavirus threat: IPL 2020 deferred until April 15, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(13 March 2020).
- ↑ PM Narendra Modi says India will extend coronavirus lockdown until 3 May(14 April 2020).
- ↑ Indian Premier League 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended(14 April 2020).
- ↑ With India in lockdown, IPL 2020 suspended indefinitely, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(15 April 2020).
- ↑ India to allow sport behind closed doors; BCCI still cautious on IPL 2020, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(17 May 2020).
- ↑ Indian government to decide the fate of IPL season, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. The Times of India(24 May 2020).
- ↑ IPL 2020: BCCI looking at September-October window, says Brijesh Patel. ESPNcricinfo(12 June 2020).
- ↑ IPL 2020 set to begin on September 19.
- ↑ IPL 2020: MS Dhoni reveals who helped him to stay humble after the success, Gollap, Nagr. crickettimes(6 March 2020).
- ↑ IPL schedule. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ↑ CSK Most Runs in IPL 2020.
- ↑ CSK Most Wickets in IPL 2020.
- ↑ Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis help CSK break Mumbai Indians jinx. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis' record partnership seals 10-wicket win for CSK. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ New-approach Chennai Super Kings strangle Sunrisers Hyderabad. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ Gaikwad's unbeaten fifty guides Chennai Super Kings to comfortable win. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ↑ Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja hurt Kolkata Knight Riders' playoff chances. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ Gaikwad, du Plessis and Super Kings bowlers knock out Kings XI Punjab. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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