Chennai Super Kings have won three IPL titles so far and 9 out of 10 seasons they made it to the playoffs. They did all these under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
After a catastrophic season in IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings is all set to display a better show in this edition of IPL 2021.
In absence of allrounder Suresh Raina in IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings suffered the most. Finally, Suresh Raina got back this edition of IPL 2021.
Watson would have retained but unfortunately, he retired from all sorts of cricket.
Chennai Super Kings Player List:
Retained players before the auction:
MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (allrounder), Ravindra Jadeja (allrounder), Dwayne Bravo (allrounder), Sam Curran (allrounder), Faf Du Plessis (batsman), Deepak Chahar (bowler), Josh Hazlewood (bowler), Ruturaj Gaikwad (batsman), Narayanan Jagadeesan (batsman), Lungi Ngidi (bowler), Shardul Thakur (bowler), Ambati Rayudu (batsman), R Sai Kishore (bowler), Mitchell Santner (allrounder), Karn Sharma (bowler), Imran Tahir (bowler), KM Asif (bowler).
Bought in Auction:
Krishnappa Gowtham (allrounder), Moeen Ali (allrounder), Cheteshwar Pujara (batsman), Harishankar Reddy (bowler), Bhagath Verma (allrounder), C Hari Nishanth (batsman).
CSK Squad for IPL 2021:
Ambati Rayudu (batsman), Faf du Plessis (batsman), MS Dhoni (C&WK (batsman)), N Jagadeesan (WK(batsman)), Ruturaj Gaikwad (batsman), Robin Uthappa (WK (batsman)), Suresh Raina (allrounder), Cheteshwar Pujara (batsman), CH Nishaanth (batsman), Dwayne Bravo (allrounder), Mitchell Santner (allrounder), Ravindra Jadeja (allrounder), Sam Curran (allrounder), Bhagat Varma (allrounder), K Gowtham (allrounder), Moeen Ali (allrounder), Deepak Chahar (bowler), Imran Tahir (bowler), Josh Hazlewood (bowler), Karn Sharma (bowler), KM Asif (bowler), Lungi Ngidi (bowler), R Sai Kishore (bowler), Shardul Thakur (bowler) & Harishankar Reddy (bowler).
CSK Probable XI :
- Faf du Plessis
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Suresh Raina
- Ambati Rayudu
- Moeen Ali
- MS Dhoni
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Shardul Thakur
- Deepak Chahar
- Imran Tahir
MS Dhoni:
There is huge speculation about MS Dhoni in the fan base. Fans concern about, “Will he play in IPL 2021?”.
The answer is Yes, MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2021 and once again he will represent Chennai Super Kings. He will continue playing in the IPL despite his international retirement, MS Dhoni made the announcement last year.