Chennai Super Kings:
The Defending Champions had their tasks cut short in the Mega Auctions as they retained 4 of their playing 11. They went on to buy 4 more players making it 8 out of the 11 players that played the Finals of IPL 2021.
Squad and Playing XI of Chennai Super Kings:
Players Retained for IPL 2022:
Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 16 crores).
Ms Dhoni ( Rs 12 crores).
Moeen Ali ( Rs 8 crores).
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 6 crores).
Players Bought for IPL 2022:
Robin Uthappa (Rs 2 crore).
Dwayne Bravo (Rs 4.40 crore).
Ambati Rayudu (Rs 6.75 crore).
Deepak Chahar (Rs 14 crore).
KM Asif (20 lakh).
Tushar Desh Pandey (20 lakh).
Shivam Dubey (4 crore).
Mahesh Theekshana (70 lakh).
Simarjit Singh (20 lakh).
Devon Conway (1 crore).
Dwayne Pretorius (50 lakh).
Rajvardhan Hungergekar (1.50 crore).
Mitchell Santner (1.90 crore).
Adam Milne (1.90 crores).
Subhranshu Senapati (20 lakhs).
Mukesh Chaudhary (20 lakhs).
Prashant Solanki (20 lakhs).
Bhagat Verma (20 lakhs).
Chris Jordan (Rs 3.60 crores).
N Jagadeesan (20 lakhs)
C Hari Nishant (20 lakhs).
Probable Playing Xi:
Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Devon Conway (✈️).
Robin Uthappa.
Moeen Ali.(✈️)
Ambati Rayudu.
Shivam Dube.
Ms Dhoni. (Wk).
Ravindra Jadeja. (C)
Dwayne Bravo. (✈️).
Deepak Chahar( Injured)/ Rajvardhan Hubgergekar.
Adam Milne (✈️).
Other Options: Chris Jordan,Mitchell Santner.
Final Verdict: Csk has gone for the core and has bought the backups for the player they had to leave out. Conway will open. Dube will play in as the pinch hitting all-rounder. Milne will open the attack with his raw pace and Uthappa will fit in as the number 3 slot. Overall the squad looks balanced for IPL 2022.