CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) SQUAD ANALYSIS:
1) IPL PERFORMANCE OVER THE YEARS
(i) Results
2008 - 2nd
2009 - 3rd
2010 - Champions
2011 - Champions
2012 - 2nd
2013 - 2nd
2014 - 3rd
2015 - 3rd
2016 - Not Played
2017 - Not Played
2018 - Champions
2019 - 2nd
2020 - 7th
2021 - Champions
2022 - 9th
(ii) Overall Win Percentage
209 - 121w/87l/1nr (58.41%)
(iii) Head To Head Win Percentage
DC - 26 - 16w/10l (61.53%)
GT - 2 - 0w/2l (0%)
KKR - 25 - 17w/8l (68%)
LSG - 1 - 0w/1l (0%)
MI - 33 - 14w/19l (42.42%)
PBKS - 24 - 15w/9l (62%)
RR - 25 - 15w/10l (60%)
RCB - 28 - 18w/10l (66.67%)
SRH - 16 - 12w/4l (75%)
(iv) Number of games to be played on the various venues this season, and their overall record in those venues
-> Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad - 1 (2 - 0w/2l)
-> Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali - 0
-> Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow - 1 (Not Played Yet)
-> Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad - 0
-> M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - 1 (12 - 8w/4l)
-> M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - 7 (60 - 41w/19l)
-> Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi - 1 (11 - 7w/4l)
-> Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati - 0
-> Eden Gardens, Kolkata - 1 (11 - 5w/6l)
-> Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - 1 (23 - 11w/12l)
-> Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur - 1(7 - 3w/4l)
-> Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala - 0
(v) Home Ground for IPL 2023
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2) PLAYERS IN-CHARGE FOR 2023
(i) Captain - MS Dhoni
(ii) Vice Captain - Ravindra Jadeja (Not Officially Announced)
(iii) Head Coach - Stephen Fleming
(iv) Batting Coach - Michael Hussey
(v) Bowling Coach - Dwayne Bravo
3) OVERSEAS PLAYERS
(i) Devon Conway
(ii) Dwaine Pretorius
(iii) Maheesh Theekshana
(iv) Mitchell Santner
(v) Moeen Ali
(vi) Ben Stokes (Only available for first half of the season)
(vii) Kyle Jamieson (Injured, not yet ruled out, but most likely would be replaced before the season begins)
(viii) Matheesha Pathirana
4) SQUAD INFO WITH RECENT PERFORMANCES
Injury - Kyle Jamieson (might be ruled out), Deepak Chahar (said to be fit for the IPL)
Probable XI
1) Ruturaj Gaikwad - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8, 0, 195, 5, 28, 63, 65, 108, 168, 220*, 40, 124*
2) Devon Conway - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 61, 77, 2, 1, 11, 52, 138, 7, 10, 52, 101
3) Ambati Rayudu - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 17, 33, 0, 49, 20, 19, 10, 52*, 16
4) Ben Stokes - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 27, 33r 0w, 19, 31r 1w, 26, 35r 0w, 30, 41, 41r 0w, 0r 1w, 52r 1w, 0w, 42r 1w, 8r 1w
5) Moeen Ali - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 25r 1w, 21r 1w, 1, 9, 41r 0w, 51r 0w, 11r 1w, 16, 15, 2
6) Ravindra Jadeja - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 3w, 26r 7w, 5w, 70r 2w, 15r 1w, 25r 7w, 1w, 35r 0w, 27r 1w, 16r 1w, 7r 1w, 29r 0w
7) MS Dhoni - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 26, 7, 36*, 21*, 2, 8, 12 28*, 0*
8) Deepak Chahar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 16r 2w, 10r 0w, 11r 0w, 0r 1w, 12r 0w, 10r 2w, 18r 2w, 31r 1w, 0w, 2w
9) Simarjeet Singh - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 13r 1w, 4w, 12r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 19r 0w, 10r 2w
10) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w
11) Mukesh Choudhary - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
IMPACT PLAYERS (Each team can announce upto 4 Indians in this list. They can announce an overseas player in the Impact Players' list ONLY IF they don't play their quota of 4 overseas players in the XI)
12) Shivam Dube - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 13r 2w, 25r 1w, 28r 0w, 29r 0w, 26r 0w, 41r 2w, 17*, 1w, 1w
13) Prashant Solanki - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w
14) Rajvardhan Hangargekar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 4w, 5w, 1w, 17r 2w, 1w
15) Ajinkya Rahane - RHB
Last 10 - 14, 35, 2, 51, 191, 42, 11, 24, 16, 204, 44, 26, 88
BENCH
16) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 11r 1w, 4w, 0w, 5r 0w
17) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 44r, 1w, 41r 0w, 9r 0w, 22r 3w, 18r 0w, 13r 0w, 19r 0w, 7r 2w, 34r 0w, 27r 1w, 57r 1w
18) Subhranshu Senapati - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 67, 22r 0w, 0, 145, 2, 26, 67, 63, 30*, 11, 13, 52r 0w, 8, 6, 3
19) Tushar Deshpande - LHB, RF
Last 10 - 9r 2w, 2w, 8r 4w, 0w, 5w, 1w, 2r 2w, 13r 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 9r 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w
20) Shaik Rasheed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1, 2, 37, 21, 2, 6, 0, 10, 4r 0w, 4r 1w, 15r 0w, 37r 0w, 40*
21) Dwaine Pretorius - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 48r 1w, 2w, 2w, 3r 1w, 4, 0r 2w, 7r 2w, 0
22) Nishant Sindhu - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 24r 4w, 12r 2w, 6, 6r 0w, 2w, 9r 2w, 0r 0w, 142r 2w, 22r 0w, 110, 19r 3w, 19, 38r 0w, 11r 0w, 39r 0w, 22r 1w
23) K Bhagath Varma - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 5r 0w, 11r 1w, 46r 1w, 3r 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
24) Ajay Mandal - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 16r 2w, 10r 3w, 48r 0w, 4r 1w, 2r 0w, 29r 1w, 0r 4w, 13r 0w, 12r 2w, 22r 1w, 3w, 114r 5w, 0r 7w, 1r 6w, 30r 0w, 27r 0w, 1r 4w
25) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10r 3w, 3r 1w, 0w, 2w, 45r 1w, 1wr 1w, 14r 0w, 6r 2w, 4w, 4r 2w, 36r 0w, 26r 0w
5) STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
A) STRENGTHS
(i) An experienced batting unit - When you see this lineup, you see a lot of experienced players in Conway, Rayudu, Moeen, Stokes, Jadeja and MSD. Gaikwad has also been a huge asset at the top of the order for them in the previous seasons. Even if they bring in Rahane or Dube in the XI, they are also experienced enough in this format of the game. They have a well balanced and a well sorted batting unit, especially one that can calmly push through pressure situations.
(ii) A balanced combination - They have all possible combinations available in their Playing XI itself. A left arm seamer, a left arm spinner, a couple of off-break bowlers, a couple of right arm seamers, so MSD could easily rotate bowlers depending on the matchups against the opposition batsmen, which could be a crucial thing for him. They also have enough left handed and right handed batsmen in their batting order to continue their Left-Right combination and send any batsman depending on the situation to continue the momentum and to put pressure on the fielding side.
B) WEAKNESSES
(iii) An inexperienced bowling unit - The same issue like the previous season with their bowling unit. Although Mukesh Choudhury delivered with the new ball as well as at the death on most occasions, their inexperience with Mukesh, Simarjeet and Theekshana as their core bowlers, and Jadeja not having had an impact with the ball in the last couple of seasons, could be a huge issue for them. Chahar is coming fresh from his injury and will be making his comeback straight in the IPL, and it could get tricky for him to be the most experienced core bowler in the side, alongside Stokes who also is going to be available only for some of the initial games.
(iv) Unavailability of players - Deepak Chahar is coming out of an injury. Ben Stokes will not be available for majority part of the season due to his International Test Schedule. Kyle Jamieson is out with an injury. Ravindra Jadeja has been prone to injury for a while now, and been playing constantly in the Test series ahead of the IPL as well could force the management to manage his workload to avoid another injury scare. So, major players who are match winners missing out could be a huge loss to the team.
6) NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SQUAD FROM IPL 2022
(i) Ajinkya Rahane - Been a part of the IPL ever since its initial edition in 2008. Has played for Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiants, Delhi Capitals, and the Kolkata Knight Riders last year. He has played in the IPL under MSD when he was in the Rising Pune Supergiants, and would look forward to another edition under him. He hasn't had a good IPL form in the past three seasons, but would look to perform whenever he gets a game.
(ii) Ben Stokes - He is said to be available only for the initial few matches, before he returns to England to prepare for the various International matches scheduled for him, ahead of the Ashes ahead. He's been given a hefty amount in the Auction and would be a sure starter in their Playing XI. How many ever games he plays, he will surely a match winner for CSK.
(iii) Shaik Rasheed - He was a top order batsman of the Indian U-19 World Cup 2021-22 team, and scored 334 runs at an average of 56 in the 8 games he played in the World Cup. He is a technically sound player, and not a big hitter of the ball as such. Plays for Andhra Pradesh in the domestic circuit and has only played 3 games in the T20 format, where he's scored only 56 runs, at an average of 28, and a strike rate of 112.
(iv) Nishant Sindhu - The Left arm spinner from Haryana took 25 wickets in the 12 games he played in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy season. He was also a part of the winning Indian U-19 World Cup set-up, where he got 8 wickets in the 9 games he played that season. In the T20 format however, he has picked up only 5 wickets in the 6 innings that he's bowled in, but at a strike rate of 19.
(v) Ajay Mandal - A bowling all rounder from Chattisgarh. He has been part of the domestic circuit since 2016, but is part of an IPL franchise for the first time. He has waited for this a long time, and would like to bring his domestic experience to the CSK franchise, which anyway lacks quality Indian spinners apart from Jadeja. He has picked up 28 wickets at a strike rate of 22 in the 34 games he's played, and has scored 246 runs at a strike rate of 118. He is better in the longer formats of the game, but under some amazing players and coaching staff, he would look gain more exposure in this format of the game as well.
(vi) K Bhagath Varma - The off break bowler from Hyderabad was part of CSK last season as well, and was bought for a lesser price at the auction again this year. He has only played 5 T20 games till date, and picked up only a couple of wickets, but having been part of the CSK Franchise since 2021, the team management does see potential in him.
7) STATS FROM OVER THE YEARS (as part of any team before this)
(i) Top Run Scorers
-> MS Dhoni - Runs (4978), Avg (39.20) - 234M/206I
-> Ambati Rayudu - Runs (4190), Avg (29.10) - 188M/175I
-> Ajinkya Rahane - Runs (4074), Avg (30.86) - 158M/148I
-> Ravindra Jadeja - Runs (2502), Avg (26.62) - 210M/161I
-> Ruturaj Gaikwad - Runs (1207), Avg (37.72) - 36M/36I
(ii) Top Wicket Takers
-> Ravindra Jadeja - Wickets (132), Avg (30.79), SR (24.28) - 210M/181I
-> Deepak Chahar - Wickets (59), Avg (29.19), SR (22.44) - 63M/63I
-> Moeen Ali - Wickets (24), Avg (26.13), SR (23.08) - 44M/37I
8) UNKNOWN PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR IF THEY PLAY
(i) Subhranshu Senapati - The captain of Odisha, he was in the CSK squad in the previous edition as well, but didn't feature in a single game then. He was the leading run scorer of the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy, and is known to be a technically sound player. He has an overall strike rate of 120 in the 43 T20 games that he's played in the domestic circuit, and would like to make his debut this season atleast.
(ii) Prashant Solanki - A legbreak bowler from Mumbai. He made his debut for CSK in previous season where he bowled his spell of 4 overs at a mere economy of 4.5, and picked up 2 wickets in his very second outing, but unfortunately didn't get another game after that. He played only two games in the Syed Mushtaq Ali 2022 Season as well, and picked up a wicket each in both games.
9) PREDICTIONS FOR THIS SEASON
(i) Top Run Scorer
Devon Conway/Ruturaj Gaikwad
(ii) Top Wicket Taker
Deepak Chahar
(iii) Most Valuable Player
Ravindra Jadeja
(iv) Points Table Position
8th
10) C/VC Choices
Safe - Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja
GL - Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar
Differential Pick - Mukesh Choudhary
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