Chennai Super Kings | Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket Team
Chennai are perhaps the most disappointed of all the IPL teams at being disbanded ahead of 2011 auction. Their record of having reached two IPL finals winning one losing the other, a third semi-final, they were also champions of the Champions League.
It is understandable why they tried so hard to keep the core of their team intact, first by retaining four players of which 3 are Indian batsmen the kind of players who would have commanded high prices in the auction. They then fought tooth and nail to buy back as many of their players as they could. They managed seven. Chennai are rich in bowling options, in addition to eight specialists, they have three allrounders in their squad. A well-balanced side in terms of skills and the Indian-foreign make up.
No. of players bought: 18 (8 Indian, 10 foreign)
Money spent: $8.6 million
Big-ticket signings: R Ashwin ($850,000), S Badrinath ($850,000)
Bargain buy: Michael Hussey ($425,000)
Eyebrow-raiser: Dwayne Bravo ($200,000)
One that got away: Muttiah Muralitharan (Chennai bid up to $1million)
Squad
Batsmen: Suresh Raina (retained), M Vijay (retained), Michael Hussey ($425,000), S Badrinath ($850,000), George Bailey ($50,000)
Bowlers: Doug Bollinger ($700,000), R Ashwin ($850,000), Ben Hilfenhaus ($100,000), Joginder Sharma ($150,000), Nuwan Kulasekara ($100,000), Sudeep Tyagi ($240,000), Suraj Randiv ($80,000), Faf du Plessis ($120,000)
Allrounders: Albie Morkel (retained), Dwayne Bravo ($200,000), Scott Styris ($200,000)
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (retained), Wriddhiman Saha ($100,000)
The team's name was chosen as a tribute to the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture.
The talk once again this year is that Chennai are a complete team? They are blessed with good clean strikers of the ball, perhaps the most imaginative skipper in the game today and to top all that a good crop of Indian players,some great bowlers a magical spinner and without doubt one of the best all-rounder's in the world.
2010: 9 - 7 Finished Champions beating Mumbai Indians in the Final
2011 Results Played 14 Won 9 Lost 5 - Finished Champions beating Banglore RC in the Final,
DATE |
HOME TEAM |
AWAY TEAM |
RESULT |
Apr 08 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
CSK Won |
Apr 13 2011 |
Kings XI Punjab |
Chennai Super Kings |
KXI Won |
Apr 16 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Bangalore RC |
CSK Won |
Apr 18 2011 |
Kochi Tuskers |
Chennai Super Kings |
KT Won |
Apr 22 2011 |
Mumbai Indians |
Chennai Super Kings |
MI Won |
Apr 25 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Pune Warriors India |
CSK Won |
Apr 27 2011 |
Pune Warriors India |
Chennai Super Kings |
CSK Won |
May 01 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Deccan Chargers |
CSK Won |
May 04 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Rajasthan Royals |
CSK Won |
May 07 2011 |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Chennai Super Kings |
KKR Won |
May 09 2011 |
Rajasthan Royals |
Chennai Super Kings |
CSK Won |
May 12 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Delhi Daredevils |
CSK Won |
May 18 2011 |
Chennai Super Kings |
Kochi Tuskers |
CSK Won |
May 22 2011 |
Bangalore RC |
Chennai Super Kings |
BRC Won |
IPL Cricket News
The IPL Governing Council have taken a number of decisions with regard to the upcoming 2012 season.
LEAGUE FORMAT
The 2012 season will revert to the home and away format, with each of the nine franchises playing 16 matches. There will be four Play-off matches - a total of 76 matches.
The season will commence in Chennai on Wednesday, 4 April 2012.
The Play-off matches will be held in Bangalore and Chennai, with the final to be played in Chennai on Sunday, 27 May 2012.
PLAYERS The 2012 Player Auction will be held in India in late January / early February.
Each franchise will have an Auction Purse of $2m to spend on players in the 2012 auction.
For the 2012 & 2013 seasons, the maximum squad size will be increased to 33, and the cap on the number of overseas players in the squad increased to 11.
The regulation that only 4 overseas players may be in the playing XI is unchanged.
The trading window will open on 15 December 2011 and run through to 20 January 2012.
There will be a short second trading window after the Player Auction.
The trading regulations will be as per previous seasons. There will be no financial cap on trading. Franchises can only add to their squad, by way of trading, a maximum of 4 players who were bought in the 2011 Auction, and they must stay within the squad composition regulations at all times.
Latest News: Kohchi Tuskers have pulled out of the league and Pune have lost their major sponsor, Watch this space.
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