Chennai Super Kings
2018 season
CoachStephen Fleming[1]
CaptainMS Dhoni
Ground(s)M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
MCA Stadium, Pune
IPL LeagueChampions
Most runsAmbati Rayudu (602)
Most wicketsShardul Thakur (16)
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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.[2]

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.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7][8]

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.[9][10]

IPL auction 2018

Watson was the highest Overseas Buy for CSK

Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2018 auction:*Kedar Jadhav

Squad

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina  India (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹11 crore (US$1.4 million)
9 Ambati Rayudu  India (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹2.2 crore (US$276,000)
13 Faf du Plessis  South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹1.6 crore (US$200,000) Overseas
66 Dhruv Shorey  India (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
81 Kedar Jadhav  India (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹7.8 crore (US$976,821.80)
888 Murali Vijay  India (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹2 crore (US$250,000)
All-rounders
5 Kshitiz Sharma  India (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹7 crore (US$876,635.00)
33 Shane Watson  Australia (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2018 ₹4 crore (US$501,000) Overseas
36 Karn Sharma  India (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹5 crore (US$626,000)
47 Dwayne Bravo  Trinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 ₹6.4 crore (US$801,000) Overseas
72 David Willey  England (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm fast 2018 ₹2 crore (US$250,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) Captain
18 Narayan Jagadeesan  India (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
77 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 32) Right-handed 2018 ₹1 crore (US$125,000) Overseas
Bowlers
10 Chaitanya Bishnoi  India (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
11 Mark Wood  England (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹1.5 crore (US$188,000) Overseas
22 Lungi Ngidi  South Africa (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Overseas
23 Monu Kumar  India (1994-11-05) 5 November 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
24 KM Asif  India (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2018 ₹40 lakh (US$50,000)
27 Harbhajan Singh  India (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹2 crore (US$250,000)
34 Kanishk Seth  India (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Left-arm medium 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
54 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 ₹2.6 crore (US$326,000)
74 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Overseas
90 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018 ₹80 lakh (US$100,000)
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹1 crore (US$125,000) Overseas

Administration and support staff

Season overview

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.253 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) 14 9 5 0 18 0.284
3 Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.070 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 7 0 14 −0.250
5 Mumbai Indians 14 6 8 0 12 0.317
6 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 6 8 0 12 0.129
7 Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 −0.502
8 Delhi Daredevils 14 5 9 0 10 −0.222
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results by match

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GroundAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWWWLWLWLWLW
Position11311111212222
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
7 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
165/4 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
169/9 (19.5 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 43 (29)
Shane Watson 2/29 (4 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 68 (30)
Mayank Markande 3/23 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 wicket
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Nand Kishore (India)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
10 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
202/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
205/5 (19.5 overs)
Andre Russell 88* (36)
Shane Watson 2/39 (4 overs)
Sam Billings 56 (23)
Tom Curran 2/39 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Sam Billings (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
15 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
197/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
193/5 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 63 (33)
Shardul Thakur 2/33 (3 overs)
MS Dhoni 79* (44)
Andrew Tye 2/47 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
20 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
204/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
140 (18.3 overs)
Shane Watson 106 (57)
Shreyas Gopal 3/20 (4 overs)
Ben Stokes 45 (37)
Karn Sharma 2/13 (1.3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 64 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
22 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
182/3 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
178/6 (20 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 79 (37)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/22 (3 overs)
Kane Williamson 84 (51)
Deepak Chahar 3/15 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Vineet Kulkarni (India)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
205/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
207/5 (19.4 overs)
AB de Villiers 68 (30)
Dwayne Bravo 2/33 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 82 (53)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
28 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
169/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
170/2 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 75* (47)
Mitchell McClenaghan 2/26 (4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 56* (33)
Harbhajan Singh 1/20 (3.5 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
30 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
211/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
198/5 (20 overs)
Shane Watson 78 (40)
Glenn Maxwell 1/5 (1 over)
Rishabh Pant 79 (45)
K. M. Asif 2/43 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings recorded their 100th T20 victory.[16]
3 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
177/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
180/4 (17.4 overs)
MS Dhoni 43* (25)
Sunil Narine 2/20 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 57* (36)
Harbhajan Singh 1/20 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
5 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
128/4 (18 overs)
Parthiv Patel 53 (41)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 32 (25)
Umesh Yadav 2/15 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
11 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
176/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
177/6 (19.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 52 (35)
Jofra Archer 2/42 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 95* (60)
Shardul Thakur 1/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
13 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
179/4 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
180/2 (19 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 79 (49)
Shardul Thakur 2/32 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 100* (62)
Sandeep Sharma 1/36 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
18 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils
162/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
128/6 (20 overs)
Rishabh Pant 38 (26)
Lungi Ngidi 2/14 (3 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 50 (29)
Trent Boult 2/20 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 34 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Vineet Kulkarni (India)
Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Delhi Daredevils)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
20 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
153 (19.4 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
159/5 (19.1 overs)
Karun Nair 54 (26)
Lungi Ngidi 4/10 (4 overs)
Suresh Raina 61* (48)
Ankit Rajpoot 2/19 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Lungi Ngidi (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs, Kings XI Punjab were eliminated and Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

Playoff stage

Qualifier 1

22 May
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
139/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
140/8 (19.1 overs)
Carlos Brathwaite 43* (29)
Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 67* (42)
Rashid Khan 2/11 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2018 Indian Premier League final
27 May
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
178/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
181/2 (18.3 overs)
Kane Williamson 47 (36)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/24 (2 overs)
Shane Watson 117* (57)
Carlos Brathwaite 1/27 (2.3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Wankhede stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Name Mat Inn Runs HS Ave SR
Ambati Rayudu 16 16 602 100* 43.00 149.75
Shane Watson 15 15 555 117* 39.64 154.59
MS Dhoni 16 15 455 79* 75.83 150.66
Suresh Raina 15 15 445 75* 37.08 132.44
Faf du Plessis 6 6 162 67* 32.40 125.58

Most wickets

Name Mat Inn Wkts BBI Ave Eco
Shardul Thakur 13 13 16 2/18 26.93 9.23
Dwayne Bravo 16 16 14 2/16 38.07 9.96
Lungi Ngidi 7 7 11 4/10 14.18 6.00
Ravindra Jadeja 16 14 11 3/18 27.54 7.39
Deepak Chahar 12 12 10 3/15 27.80 7.28

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