Chennai Super Kings in 2008 :
The First Player Auctions for the Indian Premier League was conducted in Januray 2008 .Indian Cements Ltd were able to buy many star players for the team like Mahendra Singh Dhoni , Suresh Raina , Micheal Hussey , Dwayne Bravo , Muthiah Muralidharan ,Mathew Hayden etc for the first Indian Premier League to be commence on April 19 .The Chennai Super Kings Squad for the Indian Premier League 2008 consisted of :
PA.Patil ,ML Hayden , MEK Hussey , MS Dhoni , SK Raina , JDP Oram , S.Badrinath , J.Sharma , M Muralitharan , P Amarnath , MS Gony , S Anirudha , JA Morkel , SP Fleming , V Sivaramakrishnan , M Ntini , CK Kapugedera , L Balaji , A Mukund .The Brand Value of the Chennai Super Kings is estimated to be USD 70.16 million .
| players | Bid Amount(figures in USD) |
| M.S.Dhoni (Capt) | $1.5 million |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | $6,00,000 |
| Matthew Hayden | $3,75,000 |
| Jacob Oram | $6,75,000 |
| Stephen Fleming | $350,000 |
| Parthiv Patel | $3,25,000 |
| Joginder Sharma | $2,25,000 |
| Albie Morkel | $6,50,000 |
| Suresh Raina | $6,50,000 |
| Makhaya Ntini | $2,00,000 |
| Michael Hussey | $3,50,000 |
| Aniruddha Srikkanth | $30,000 |
| R Ashwin | $30,000 |
| Sudeep Tyagi | $30,000 |
| Viraj Khadge | $30,000 |
| Napolean Einstein | $30,000 |
| Abhinav Mukund | $30,000 |
They had their very first match in the Indian Premier Lleague against the Kings XI Punjab in the 2008 IPL scoring 240/5 which was the highest total of the tournament .They Consecutively won their next three matches for them against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.Consecutively , after these matches , The Chennai Super Kings have to lose their next three matches as their overseas players like Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram had to leave for national duties.HOw ever , with efforts from MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina , they manage to go to the semifinal where they won against Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets , but lost with the Rajasthan Royals in the finals by 3 wickets in the last ball .
Chennai Super Kings in 2009 :
Chennai have had lots some changes in 2nd edition of Indian Premier League.The SUper Kings bought the All-Rounder Andrew Flintoff for $1.55 million.They also bought Kevin Pieterson of the Royal Challengers Bangalore .
The Super Kings also brought Thilan Thushara, George Bailey, Murali Vijay and Shadab Jakati.
Squad of Chennai Super Kings in DLF IPL 2009:
International: Muttaih Muralitharan and Thilhan Thushara (Sri Lanka), George Bailey, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey (will not play)(Australia), Albie Morkel and Makhaya Ntini (South Africa), Jacob Oram and Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) and Andrew Flintoff (England)
Indian players: MS Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, L. Balaji, M. Vijay, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Singh Gony, R Ashwin, Sudeep Tyagi Abhinav Mukund, Viraj Kadbe, Shadab Jakati, Aniruddh Srikanth, Vidyut Sivaramakrishna, Palani Amarnath, KB Arun Karthik, N Einstein and Suresh Kumar
The Chennai Super Kings were defeated in their first game of the tournament by the Mumbai Indians. But they managed to defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their next game. For the next 2 consecutive matches , they lost against the Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers with an abandoned game in between. But the Chennai Super Kings went on to win their next 5 consecutive games to get 13 points from 10 games. The Super Kings despite losing to Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders assured themselves a semi-final berth by beating the Mumbai Indians and the Kings XI Punjab.[10]
The Super Kings finished with 17 points and earned a second place at the league table. However at the semi-finals the Super Kings' hope of entering the final for a second time was crushed by the resurgent Royal Challengers who proceeded to play the final against the Deccan Chargers.
Chennai Super Kings in 2010 :
The Super Kings added Justin Kemp and Thissara Perera to their roster, one filling an empty slot while the other shall serve as a substitute to Andrew Flintoff, who has planned to skip that season. The Super Kings also roped in former ICL cricketer Hemang Badani and local all-rounder Ganapathy.
The Super Kings started their tournament against the defending champions, Deccan Chargers, which they lost by 31 runs. But they bounced back into the top 4 by beating the Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils. However the side witnessed a heap of defeats in their next 4 games terribly endangering their chances to the semi-finals. But the Chennai Super Kings made a decent comeback by winning their eighth and ninth games against the Royal Challengers and Rajasthan Royals with the help of two superb batting performances from Murali Vijay. His performance was supplemented by the arrival of Doug Bollinger who boosted the team's bowling attack significantly. The Super Kings managed to win 5 of the matches played in the latter half of the season thanks to the superb bowling performance of Ravichandran Ashwin, boosting their Net Run Rate, and allowed them to qualify for the semi-finals as three other teams were tied on the same number of points.
The Super Kings defeated the Deccan Chargers at the semi-final to qualify for their second IPL final. The win also assured them a place in the Champions League Twenty20. At the IPL final the Chennai Super Kings played the Mumbai Indians and won by 22 runs to crown themselves the Champions of the tournament.
2011 Season
The Chennai Super Kings have retained 4 players for the 2011 Indian Premier League which include MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel. On January 8, 2011, the Chennai Super Kings bought Doug Bollinger, Michael Hussey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dwayne Bravo, Wriddhiman Saha, George Bailey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sudeep Tyagi, Suraj Randiv, Ben Hilfenhaus and Francois du Plessis in the IPL Player Auction for the fourth edition, looking to retain the same core team that performed for them from 2008 to 2010. Also after the World Cup,Chennai Super Kings signed New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee after his stellar 18 wicket tournament. CSK started their IPL 2011 campaign with a thrilling win against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai by just 2 runs but lost their next game in a thriller to the Kings XI Punjab. They won in their next encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs , thanks to Mike Hussey's unbeaten innings of 83 runs . They then lost to Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a rain affected match, in which Kochi won by 6 wickets. This match was followed by another thriller against Mumbai Indians. MI put up a par score of 164/4, Chennai lost by 8 runs. But they won their next two matches against Pune Warriors India both, in home and away.Marking their fourth win in the series thanks to a brilliant spell of 3-21 by man of the match Doug Bollinger and a match winning partnership between Subramaniam Badrinath and Suresh Raina.They had their third straight win against the Deccan Chargers , thanks to the all-rounded effort by Albie Morkel taking three crucial wickets for 38 and scoring 19 of just 6 deliveries at a Strike rate of 317.They had their fifth straight home victory against the Rajasthan Royals.Chasing a modest target of 148 , Michael Hussey striking again with the bat scoring 79* off just 55 balls taking his side to a comfortable 8-wicket win against the royals. This was followed by a defeat to the Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-affected match at the Eden Gardens.Then two days later,the batting came good in a crucial game against the Rajasthan Royals which they won comprehensively by 63 runs.The Chennai Super Kings extended their home record by defeating the Delhi Daredevils and moving to the top of the table.The Super Kings played their last home game against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala which they won by eleven runs.With this win The Super Kings created a new record in the history of the Indian Premier League by winning all matches played at their home venue which no other team has previously achieved. They finished second in the points table despite their loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their final league game. They won against RCB in the first Qualifier thus making it straight to the Finals. This was the 3rd time that they had entered the finals in the IPL tournament.
Owner | India Cements | |
Captain | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |
Name of Player | Auction Price | Original Country |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) | Not Auctioned | India |
Ravichandran Ashwin | Rs. 3.9 Crore ( 850,000) | India |
Subramaniam Badrinath | Rs. 3.7 Crore ($ 800,000) | India |
Doug Bollinger | Rs. 3.2 Crore ($ 700,000) | Australia |
Michael Hussey | Rs. 2 Crore ($ 425,000) | Australia |
Dwayne Bravo | Rs. 92 Lakh ($ 200,000) | West Indies |
Scott Styris | Rs. 92 Lakh ($ 200,000) | New Zealand |
Wriddhiman Saha | Rs. 45 Lakh ($ I00,000) | India |
Sudeep Tyagi | Rs. 1.09 Crore ($240,000) | India |
Joginder Sharma | Rs. 68.25 Lakh ($150,000) | India |
Faf du Plessis | Rs. 54.60 Lakh (120,000) | South Africa |
Nuwan Kulasekara | Rs. 45 Lakh ($ I00,000) | Sri Lanka |
Ben Hilfenhaus | Rs. 45 Lakh ($ I00,000) | Australia |
Suraj Randive | Rs. 36.40 Lakh ($ 80,000) | Sri Lanka |
George Bailey | Rs. 22.75 Lakh ($ 50,000) | Australia |
Suresh Raina | Not Auctioned | India |
Murli Vijay | Not Auctioned | India |
Albie Morkel | Not Auctioned | South Africa |
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