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]
Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2018 auction:*Kedar Jadhav
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
3 | Suresh Raina | 27 November 1986 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
9 | Ambati Rayudu | 23 September 1985 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
13 | Faf du Plessis | 13 July 1984 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
66 | 5 June 1992 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
81 | Kedar Jadhav | 26 March 1985 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
888 | Murali Vijay | 1 April 1984 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
All-rounders | ||||||||
5 | 21 April 1990 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
8 | Ravindra Jadeja | 6 December 1988 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
33 | Shane Watson | 17 June 1981 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
36 | Karn Sharma | 23 October 1987 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
47 | Dwayne Bravo | 7 October 1983 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
72 | David Willey | 28 February 1990 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
7 | MS Dhoni | 7 July 1981 | Right-handed | 2018 | Captain | |||
18 | 24 December 1995 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
77 | Sam Billings | 15 June 1991 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
Bowlers | ||||||||
10 | 25 August 1994 | Left-handed | 2018 | |||||
11 | Mark Wood | 11 January 1990 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
22 | Lungi Ngidi | 29 March 1996 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
23 | 5 November 1994 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
24 | 24 July 1993 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
27 | Harbhajan Singh | 3 July 1980 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
34 | 4 November 1997 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
54 | Shardul Thakur | 16 October 1991 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
74 | Mitchell Santner | 5 February 1992 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
90 | 7 August 1992 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
99 | Imran Tahir | 27 March 1979 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
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Name | Mat | Inn | Runs | HS | Ave | SR |
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Ambati Rayudu | 16 | 16 | 602 | 100 | 43.00 | 149.75 |
15 | 15 | 555 | 39.64 | 154.59 | ||
MS Dhoni | 16 | 15 | 455 | 79 | 75.83 | 150.66 |
Suresh Raina | 15 | 15 | 445 | 75 | 37.08 | 132.44 |
Faf du Plessis | 6 | 6 | 162 | 67 | 32.40 | 125.58 |
Name | Mat | Inn | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shardul Thakur | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2/18 | 26.93 | 9.23 | |
Dwayne Bravo | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2/16 | 38.07 | 9.96 | |
Lungi Ngidi | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4/10 | 14.18 | 6.00 | |
Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3/18 | 27.54 | 7.39 | |
Deepak Chahar | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3/15 | 27.80 | 7.28 |