Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League. It was revealed that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would lead the team for the ninth season in succession, while Michael Hussey is in his first season as the team's batting coach.
Kings retained their former skipper MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and all rounder Ravindra Jadeja from their IPL 2015 squad for 33 crores before 2018 player auction.
The home matches of the Chennai Super Kings were under threat following the 2018 Cauvery water dispute and about 4000 security personnel were deployed in wake of the homecoming match for CSK against the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 10, 2018, at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. However, later BCCI announced that Pune would be the new temporary home ground for CSK for the remainder of the tournament following the ongoing protests in the state which couldn't be controlled by the security officials.
In March 2019, a webseries titled Roar of The Lion (documentary) is set to be released based on CSK's epic success at the 2018 IPL where they managed to clinch the 2018 IPL trophy after serving a 2-year suspension.
IPL auction 2018
Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2018 auction:*Kedar Jadhav
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen3 Suresh Raina Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 9 Ambati Rayudu Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 13 Faf du Plessis Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas66 Dhruv Shorey Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 81 Kedar Jadhav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 1 Murali Vijay Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 All-rounders5 Kshitiz Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 8 Ravindra Jadeja Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 33 Shane Watson Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2018 Overseas36 Karn Sharma Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 47 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 Overseas72 David Willey Left-handed Left-arm fast 2018 Overseas Wicket-keepers7 MS Dhoni Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Captain18 Narayan Jagadeesan Right-handed 2018 77 Sam Billings Right-handed 2018 Overseas Bowlers10 Chaitanya Bishnoi Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 11 Mark Wood Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas22 Lungi Ngidi Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas23 Monu Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 24 KM Asif Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2018 27 Harbhajan Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 34 Kanishk Seth Right-handed Left-arm medium 2018 54 Shardul Thakur Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 74 Mitchell Santner Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Overseas90 Deepak Chahar Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 99 Imran Tahir Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas
Administration and support staff Owner – N. Srinivasan (India Cements) Head coach – Stephen Fleming Batting coach - Michael Hussey Bowling coach – Lakshmipathy Balaji Bowling consultant – Eric Simons Fielding coach – Rajiv Kumar Physical trainer – Gregory King Physio – Tommy Simsek Team Doctor – Dr.Madhu Team manager – Russell Radhakrishnan
Season overview
Standings
Results by match
Fixtures
League stage
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1
Final
Statistics
Most runs NameMatInnRunsHSAveSRAmbati Rayudu1616602100*43.00149.75Shane Watson 1515 555117* 39.64154.59MS Dhoni161545579*75.83150.66Suresh Raina151544575*37.08132.44Faf du Plessis6616267*32.40125.58 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets NameMatInnWktsBBIAveEcoShardul Thakur1313162/1826.939.23Dwayne Bravo1616142/1638.079.96Lungi Ngidi77114/1014.186.00Ravindra Jadeja1614113/1827.547.39Deepak Chahar1212103/1527.807.28 Source: ESPNcricinfo
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