Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings
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There cannot be too much doubt that Chennai Super Kings, which has been the most successful team of the three editions of the IPL will look to continue with a similar strategy. This would mean that MS Dhoni would continue to be the captain of the team, and Suresh Raina should be his deputy. By doing this, the CSK have the option of grooming Raina as the skipper when Dhoni’s time is up.



No. of players bought:18 (8 Indian, 10 foreign)
Money spent:$8.6 million
Big-ticket signings: R Ashwin ($850,000), S Badrinath ($850,000)
Bargain buy:Michael Hussey ($425,000)
Eyebrow-raiser: Dwayne Bravo ($200,000)
One that got away: Muttiah Muralitharan (Chennai bid up to $1million)

Squad

Batsmen:
Suresh Raina (retained),
M Vijay (retained),
Michael Hussey ($425,000),
S Badrinath ($850,000),
George Bailey ($50,000)

Bowlers:
Doug Bollinger ($700,000),
R Ashwin ($850,000),
Ben Hilfenhaus ($100,000),
Joginder Sharma ($150,000),
Nuwan Kulasekara ($100,000),
Sudeep Tyagi ($240,000),
Suraj Randiv ($80,000),
Faf du Plessis ($120,000)

Allrounders:
Albie Morkel (retained),
Dwayne Bravo ($200,000),
Scott Styris ($200,000)

Wicketkeepers:
MS Dhoni (retained),
Wriddhiman Saha ($100,000)




Aiden Blizzard
Playing role :
Birth Date : 27/6/1984
Dhawal Kulkarni
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Birth Date :
Jaidev Unadkat
Playing role :
Birth Date : 18/10/1991
Luke Pomersbach
Playing role :
Birth Date : 28/9/1984
Shaun Marsh
Playing role :
Birth Date : 9/7/1983
Yuzvendra Chahal
Playing role :
Birth Date : 23/7/1990
Dwayne Bravo
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 7/10/1983
Faf du Plessis
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 13/7/1984
Albie Morkel
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 10/6/1981
Joginder Sharma
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 23/10/1983
Ravindra Jadeja
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 6/12/1988
Scott Styris
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 10/7/1975
Suraj Randiv
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 30/1/1985
Suresh Raina
Playing role : All-Rounder
Birth Date : 27/11/1986
George Bailey
Playing role : Batsman
Birth Date : 7/9/1982
Ishank Jaggi
Playing role : Batsman
Birth Date : 27/1/1989
Michael Hussey
Playing role : Batsman
Birth Date : 27/5/1975
Murali Vijay
Playing role : Batsman
Birth Date : 1/4/1984
Subramaniam Badrinath
Playing role : Batsman
Birth Date : 30/8/1980
Ravichandran Ashwin
Playing role : Bowler
Birth Date : 17/9/1986
Ben Hilfenhaus
Playing role : Bowler
Birth Date : 15/3/1983
Douglas Bollinger
Playing role : Bowler
Birth Date : 24/7/1981
Nuwan Kulasekara
Playing role : Bowler
Birth Date : 22/7/1982
Sudeep Tyagi
Playing role : Bowler
Birth Date : 19/9/1987
MS Dhoni
Playing role : Wicket-keeper
Birth Date : 7/7/1981
Nitin Saini
Playing role : Wicket-keeper
Birth Date : 28/10/1988
Parthiv Patel
Playing role : Wicket-keeper
Birth Date : 9/3/1985