2018 Chennai Super Kings season explained

Club:Chennai Super Kings
Season:2018
Captain:MS Dhoni
Coach:Stephen Fleming[1]
Ground:M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
MCA Stadium, Pune
Comp1:IPL League
Comp1 Result:Champions
Most Runs:Ambati Rayudu (602)
Most Wickets:Shardul Thakur (16)
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2019

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

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

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
3Suresh Raina 27 November 1986 Left-handed 2018
9Ambati Rayudu 23 September 1985 Right-handed 2018
13Faf du Plessis 13 July 1984 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
665 June 1992 Right-handed 2018
81Kedar Jadhav 26 March 1985 Right-handed 2018
888Murali Vijay 1 April 1984 Right-handed 2018
All-rounders
521 April 1990 Right-handed 2018
8Ravindra Jadeja 6 December 1988 Left-handed 2018
33Shane Watson 17 June 1981 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
36Karn Sharma 23 October 1987 Left-handed 2018
47Dwayne Bravo 7 October 1983 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
72David Willey 28 February 1990 Left-handed 2018 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7MS Dhoni 7 July 1981 Right-handed 2018 Captain
1824 December 1995 Right-handed 2018
77Sam Billings 15 June 1991 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
Bowlers
1025 August 1994 Left-handed 2018
11Mark Wood 11 January 1990 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
22Lungi Ngidi 29 March 1996 Right-handed 2018 Overseas
235 November 1994 Right-handed 2018
2424 July 1993 Right-handed 2018
27Harbhajan Singh 3 July 1980 Right-handed 2018
344 November 1997 Right-handed 2018
54Shardul Thakur 16 October 1991 Right-handed 2018
74Mitchell Santner 5 February 1992 Left-handed 2018 Overseas
907 August 1992 Right-handed 2018
99Imran Tahir 27 March 1979 Right-handed 2018 Overseas

Administration and support staff

Season overview

Results by match

Fixtures

League stage

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Playoff stage

Qualifier 1

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Final

See main article: 2018 Indian Premier League final.

Statistics

Most runs

NameMatInnRunsHSAveSR
Ambati Rayudu161660210043.00149.75
1515 55539.64154.59
MS Dhoni16154557975.83150.66
Suresh Raina15154457537.08132.44
Faf du Plessis661626732.40125.58

Most wickets

NameMatInnWktsBBIAveEco
Shardul Thakur1313162/1826.939.23
Dwayne Bravo1616142/1638.079.96
Lungi Ngidi77114/1014.186.00
Ravindra Jadeja1614113/1827.547.39
Deepak Chahar1212103/1527.807.28

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stephen Fleming appointed as head coach of CSK in 2018 IPL. deccan chronicle. 19 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Dhoni, Raina and Jadeja retained by CSK in 2018 IPL. The Times of India. 9 January 2018.
  3. News: 4,000 security personnel to be deployed for Chennai IPL match in wake of Cauvery protests - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-04-10.
  4. Web site: Protests over Cauvery find new ground in IPL. Times of India. 2018-04-10. en.
  5. Web site: IPL 2018: Madras HC hears PIL seeking stay on forthcoming season, issues notices to BCCI and Centre. Firstpost. 2018-04-10. en.
  6. News: Cauvery protests force IPL out of Chennai, Pune is new CSK home. 2018-04-12. The Indian Express. 2018-04-12. en-US.
  7. News: Cauvery turmoil forces BCCI to shift CSK home games to Pune - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-04-12.
  8. News: Dhoni to return to Pune as CSK forced to move home venue. ESPNcricinfo. 2018-04-12.
  9. Web site: MS Dhoni bared his soul in Roar of the Lion: Kabir Khan. 2019-03-12. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-03-12.
  10. Web site: MS Dhoni to feature in Hotstar's docu-drama Roar of the Lion. 2019-03-05. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-03-12.
  11. Web site: Stephen Fleming appointed as head coach of CSK in 2018 IPL. deccan chronicle. 19 January 2018.
  12. News: Michael Hussey appointed CSK batting coach. Cricbuzz. 2018-01-06. en.
  13. Web site: Chennai Super Kings appoint Eric Simons as bowling consultant. 14 February 2018.
  14. Web site: IPL 2018: Dhoni's Ranji skipper Rajiv now CSK fielding coach. 30 March 2018.
  15. Web site: The Official Website of Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings. 11 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606071759/http://chennaisuperkings.com/players/players.aspx. 6 June 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  16. News: CSK Most Runs in IPL 2018. ESPNcricinfo.
  17. News: CSK Most Wickets in IPL 2018. ESPNcricinfo.

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