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2021 Chennai Super Kings season

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Chennai Super Kings
2021 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMS Dhoni
Ground(s)M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Tournament performanceChampions
Most runsRuturaj Gaikwad (635)
Most wicketsShardul Thakur (21)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is the franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which has been playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008. They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018). In the final, they beat Kolkata Knight Riders to win their fourth IPL title.[1]

Background

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Chennai Super Kings kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on 20 January after that they traded in[2]Robin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals and looking ready for Auction at 18 February with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.

Slots left : 6 (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).

Retained Players : MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (Vc), Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa(Traded).[3][4]

Released Players : Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson(Retired).[5]

Auctioned Players : Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.[citation needed]

Supportive Players : Hardus Viljoen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana added for training camp.[6]

COVID-19 impact

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On 3 May 2021 three non-playing members of the team tested positive for COVID-19, including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
13 Faf du Plessis  South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 1.6 crore (US$192,000) Overseas
9 Ambati Rayudu  India (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 2.2 crore (US$264,000)
3 Suresh Raina  India (1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 11 crore (US$1.3 million) Vice Captain
25 Cheteshwar Pujara  India (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 50 lakh (US$60,000)
31 Ruturaj Gaikwad  India (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 20 lakh (US$24,000)
16 Chezhian Hari Nishanth  India (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2021 20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
47 Dwayne Bravo  West Indies (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 6.4 crore (US$767,000) Overseas
10 Moeen Ali  England (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm Off-break 2021 7 crore (US$840,000) Overseas
79 Krishnappa Gowtham  India (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm Off-break 2021 9.25 crore (US$1.1 million)
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 7 crore (US$839,000)
74 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 50 lakh (US$60,000) Overseas
58 Sam Curran  England (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2020 5.5 crore (US$659,000) Overseas
27 Bhagath Varma  India (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm Off-break 2021 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
7 MS Dhoni  India (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 15 crore (US$1.8 million) Captain
77 Robin Uthappa  India (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 3 crore (US$359,456.70)
18 Narayan Jagadeesan  India (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed 2018 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin Bowlers
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 1 crore (US$120,000) Overseas
36 Karn Sharma  India (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 5 crore (US$599,000)
96 R Sai Kishore  India (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace Bowlers
5 Jason Behrendorff  Australia (1990-04-20) 20 April 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 1 crore (US$120,000) Overseas, Replacement for Josh Hazlewood[7]
38 Josh Hazlewood  Australia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 2 crore (US$240,000) Overseas[8]
54 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 2.6 crore (US$312,000)
90 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 80 lakh (US$96,000)
24 KM Asif  India (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 40 lakh (US$48,000)
22 Lungi Ngidi  South Africa (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 50 lakh (US$60,000) Overseas
46 Harishankar Reddy  India (1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 20 lakh (US$24,000)
Source:CSK Players

Administration and support staff

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Position Name
Owner N. Srinivasan (India Cements)
CEO Kasinath Viswanathan
Team manager Russell Radhakrishnan
Head coach Stephen Fleming
Batting coach Michael Hussey
Bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji
Bowling consultant Eric Simons
Fielding coach Rajiv Kumar
Physio Tommy Simsek
Physical trainer Greg King
Team doctor Dr Madhu Thottappillil
Source:CSKStaffs

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

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Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314
ResultLWWWWWLWWWWLLL
Position82211111111122
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Capitals (3rd) 14 10 4 0 20 0.481 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Chennai Super Kings (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.455
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 −0.140 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (R) 14 7 7 0 14 0.587
5 Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 14 0.116
6 Punjab Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.001
7 Rajasthan Royals 14 5 9 0 10 −0.993
8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 3 11 0 6 −0.545
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

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The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[10]

Matches

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Match 2
10 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
188/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
190/3 (18.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 54 (36)
Chris Woakes 2/18 (3 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 85 (54)
Shardul Thakur 2/53 (3.4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8
16 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
106/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
107/4 (15.4 overs)
Shahrukh Khan 47 (36)
Deepak Chahar 4/13 (4 overs)
Moeen Ali 46 (31)
Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)
Player of the match: Deepak Chahar (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12
19 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
188/9 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
143/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (17)
Chetan Sakariya 3/36 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 49 (35)
Moeen Ali 3/7 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.[11]

Match 15
21 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
220/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
202 (19.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 95* (60)
Andre Russell 1/27 (2 overs)
Pat Cummins 66* (34)
Deepak Chahar 4/29 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19
25 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
191/4 (20 overs)
v
Ravindra Jadeja 62* (28)
Harshal Patel 3/51 (4 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 34 (15)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/13 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 69 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.[12]

Match 23
28 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
171/3 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
173/3 (18.3 overs)
Manish Pandey 61 (46)
Lungi Ngidi 2/35 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 75 (44)
Rashid Khan 3/36 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first player to hit fifty fifties in the IPL, and fourth to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[13]

Match 27
1 May 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
218/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
219/6 (20 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 72* (27)
Kieron Pollard 2/12 (2 overs)
Kieron Pollard 87* (34)
Sam Curran 3/34 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 30
19 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
136/8 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 88* (58)
Adam Milne 2/21 (4 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 50* (40)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 35
24 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
157/4 (18.1 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 70 (50)
Dwayne Bravo 3/24 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 38 (26)
Harshal Patel 2/25 (3.1 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 38
26 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
172/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 45 (33)
Shardul Thakur 2/20 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 43 (30)
Sunil Narine 3/41 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 44
30 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
134/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
139/4 (19.4 overs)
Wriddhiman Saha 44 (46)
Josh Hazlewood 3/24 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 45 (38)
Jason Holder 3/27 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Josh Hazlewood (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.[14]

Match 47
2 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
189/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
190/3 (17.3 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 101* (60)
Rahul Tewatia 3/39 (4 overs)
Shivam Dube 64* (42)
Shardul Thakur 2/30 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 50
4 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
136/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
139/7 (19.4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 55* (55)
Axar Patel 2/18 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 39 (35)
Shardul Thakur 2/13 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 3 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 53
7 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
139/4 (13 overs)
Faf du Plessis 76 (55)
Chris Jordan 2/20 (3 overs)
KL Rahul 98* (42)
Shardul Thakur 3/28 (3 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[15]

Playoffs

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Qualifier 1

10 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
172/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
173/6 (19.4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 60 (34)
Josh Hazlewood 2/29 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 70 (50)
Tom Curran 3/29 (3.4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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15 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 86 (59)
Sunil Narine 2/26 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 51 (43)
Shardul Thakur 3/38 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

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Most runs

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No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Ruturaj Gaikwad 16 16 2 635 101* 45.35 466 136.26 1 4 0 64 23
2 Faf du Plessis 16 16 2 633 95* 45.21 458 138.20 0 6 2 60 23
3 Moeen Ali 15 15 1 357 58 25.50 260 137.30 0 1 2 31 19
4 Ambati Rayudu 16 13 4 257 72* 28.55 170 151.17 0 2 1 16 17
5 Ravindra Jadeja 16 12 9 227 62* 75.66 156 145.51 0 1 0 19 9
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap award as the player who scored the highest number of runs in the tournament
  • Source: Cricinfo[16]

Most wickets

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No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Shardul Thakur 16 16 59.5 1 527 21 3/28 25.09 8.80 17.0 0 0
2 Dwayne Bravo 11 11 33.4 0 263 14 3/24 18.78 7.81 14.4 0 0
3 Deepak Chahar 15 15 54.0 1 451 14 4/13 32.21 8.35 23.1 2 0
4 Ravindra Jadeja 16 16 49.0 1 346 13 3/13 26.61 7.06 22.6 0 0
5 Josh Hazlewood 9 9 35.0 0 293 11 3/24 26.63 8.37 19.0 0 0
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]

Awards and achievements

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The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team:

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 16 April 2021 Deepak Chahar Punjab Kings Won by 6 wickets 4/13 (4 overs) [18]
2 19 April 2021 Moeen Ali Rajasthan Royals Won by 45 runs 3/7 (3 overs) [19]
3 21 April 2021 Faf du Plessis Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 18 runs 95* (60) [20]
4 25 April 2021 Ravindra Jadeja Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 69 runs 62* (28) and 3/13 (4 overs) [21]
5 28 April 2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 7 wickets 75 (44) [22]
6 19 September 2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad Mumbai Indians Won by 20 runs 88* (58) [23]
7 24 September 2021 Dwayne Bravo Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 6 wickets 3/24 (4 overs) [24]
8 26 September 2021 Ravindra Jadeja Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 2 wickets 1/21 (4 overs) and 22 (8) [25]
9 30 September 2021 Josh Hazlewood Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 6 wickets 3/24 (4 overs) [26]
10 2 October 2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad Rajasthan Royals Lost by 7 wickets 101* (60) [27]
11 10 October 2021 – Qualifier 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad Delhi Capitals Won by 4 wickets and advanced to the Finals 70 (50) [28]
12 15 October 2021 – Final Faf du Plessis Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 27 runs and won the title 86 (59) [29]

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