Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings (Tamil: சென்னை சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ்; often abbreviated as CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The team's home ground is the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk).
Chennai Super Kings are the most successful Indian franchise cricket team, having won the Indian Premier League twice and reached the play-offs every season, and winning the champions league becoming the only team to achieve both feats. The team won the tournament in succession (2010 and 2011) and were the first Indian team to have won the Champions League Twenty20. The leading run-scorer of the side is Suresh Raina,[1] while the leading wicket-taker is Albie Morkel.[2] The brand value of Chennai Super Kings is estimated at USD 70.16 million, making them the most valuable franchise.[3]
History
The Chennai Super Kings are a part of the Indian Premier League, made up of 10 teams. It's the most successful and consistent team in IPL history. It is also one of the teams with great batting depth. Their captain is the Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The franchise is currently owned by India Cements, who paid US$91 million to acquire the rights to the franchise for 10 years in 2008.[4] N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the de facto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the company. He is also the President of the BCCI.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the National Selection Committee, was the brand ambassador for the franchise till the end of season 3 when his 3-year contract got over, and former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar is the Chief Selector. To gather more support from local fans, actor Vijay and actress Nayantara were also appointed as ambassadors. Nayantara was later removed because she could not attend matches. Vijay served as the brand Ambassador till the end of the 2009 season and has been removed after that.
2008 season
During the first player auctions for the inaugural IPL season, conducted in January 2008, the Chennai team was able to buy a number of contemporary star cricketers such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey. The Super Kings had a solid start to the tournament by winning their first game against Kings XI Punjab scoring 240/5 which was the highest total of the tournament, a record surpassed by themselves in 2010.[5] The Super Kings also won their next three games against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. But their winning run in the tournament took a hit when their overseas stars Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram had to leave for national duties. Their departure immediately affected their performance as the Super Kings who had won their first four games lost their next three games. The batting, although inconsistent, eventually adjusted to the losses of Hayden and Hussey with contributions from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel. The Super Kings despite having a roller-coaster ride in the second half managed to ensure a semi-final slot by beating the Deccan Chargers in their last league fixture.[6]
The side had finished third at the league table with 16 points. The Chennai Super Kings played their first semi-final against the Kings XI Punjab whom they managed to defeat by 9 wickets, thus entering the final,[7] which they lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets off the last ball.[8]
2009 season
The Super Kings brought English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for $1.55 million making him the highest-paid IPL cricketer along with Kevin Pietersen of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Apart from Flintoff the Chennai Super Kings also brought Thilan Thushara, George Bailey, Murali Vijay and Shadab Jakati.
The Chennai Super Kings were defeated in their first game of the tournament by the Mumbai Indians.[9] But they immediately bounced back by beating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their next game. The Super Kings however 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.[11]
2010 season
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.[12] 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.[13]
The Super Kings defeated the Deccan Chargers at the semi-final to qualify for their second IPL final.[14] 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.[15]
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.[16] On 8 January 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.[17] Also after the World Cup, Chennai Super Kings signed New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee as a replacement to the injured Ben Hilfenhaus after his stellar 18 wicket tournament.
The Super Kings started their IPL 2011 campaign with a thrilling win against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai by just 2 runs but lost their next game to the Kings XI Punjab after a stellar innings by Paul Valthaty.Michael Hussey's unbeaten 83 helped them to defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore before losing to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a rain affected match at the latter's home ground. This match was followed by another thriller against Mumbai Indians in which the latter took the game away with a brilliant bowling and fielding display.But they won their next two matches against Pune Warriors India both, 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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] They finished second in the points table despite their loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their final league game.[22] They won against RCB in the first Qualifier thus making it straight to the Finals. This was the 3rd time in 4 seasons that they have entered the finals in the IPL tournament.[23] They met the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the final where they won very comfortably and crowned champions for the second time in the tournament and become the first team to win at home. Murali Vijay was declared the Man of the Match for his match-winning innings that helped Chennai to post a big total.
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Champions League Twenty20
The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League.
2008 season
The Super Kings being the runners-up of the IPL were among the first sides to secure a berth for the event. However the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks and Chennai Super Kings along with Rajasthan Royals received $1.3 million as compensation.
2009 season
The Chennai Super Kings did not qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 as they could not make it to the final in the 2009 Indian Premier League. The top 3 sides, Deccan Chargers, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils qualified for the league.[24]
2010 season
On account of emerging as the Champions of the 2010 Indian Premier League, the Super Kings along with the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers made it to the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 that was held in South Africa.
They topped Group A with 6 points (3 Wins and 1 Loss due to super-over.) to qualify for the semi-finals where they had to face Royal Challengers at Kingsmead, Durban. After a comprehensive victory of 52 runs by (D/L) method against the Challengers,[25] The Super Kings played their first CLT20 final at Johannesburg. They won against the Chevrolet Warriors by 8 wickets becoming the first IPL side to win the CLT20.[26] Murali Vijay won the golden bat for scoring the maximum runs in the tournament and Ravichandran Ashwin was the leading wicket taker and he was awarded the man of the series.
2011 season
The Chennai Super Kings finishing as the champions of the 2011 Indian Premier League, has qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20. They have previously qualified for the 2008 Season which was subsequently cancelled and also the 2010 Season which they went on to become the champions.
Starting as the defending champions, the Super Kings faced IPL rivals Mumbai Indians to whom they lost a very close game in the ending moments of the match.The Super Kings bounced back with a last-over win against the Cape Cobras. However the Super Kings were outplayed in their next two games by the Trinidad and Tobago and NSW Blues which knocked them out of the tournament.
Fixtures and results
Overall results
Performance summary
Year |
Matches |
Wins |
Losses |
No Result |
Success Rate |
Summary |
2008 |
16 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
56.25% |
Runner Up |
2009 |
15 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
53.33% |
Semi Finalist |
2010 |
16 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
50% |
Champions |
2011 |
16 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
64.67% |
Champions |
Total |
56 |
36 |
25 |
1 |
64.28% |
Note : Only matches from Indian Premier League. No external matches are counted.
Result summary
Note : Only matches from Indian Premier League. No external matches are counted.
2008 season
No |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Scorecard Link |
1 |
19 April |
Kings XI Punjab |
Mohali |
Won by 33 runs, MoM –- Michael Hussey – 116* (54) |
Scorecard |
2 |
23 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Chennai |
Won by 6 runs, MoM –- Matthew Hayden – 81 (46) |
Scorecard |
3 |
26 April |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Chennai |
Won by 9 wickets, MoM –- Jacob Oram – 3/32 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
4 |
28 April |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Bangalore |
Won by 13 runs, MoM –- Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 65 (30) |
Scorecard |
5 |
2 May |
Delhi Daredevils |
Chennai |
Lost by 8 wickets |
Scorecard |
6 |
4 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Jaipur |
Lost by 8 wickets |
Scorecard |
7 |
6 May |
Deccan Chargers |
Chennai |
Lost by 7 wickets |
Scorecard |
8 |
8 May |
Delhi Daredevils |
Delhi |
Won by 4 Wickets, MoM –- Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 33 (33) |
Scorecard |
9 |
10 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Chennai |
Won by 18 runs, MoM –- Lakshmipathy Balaji – 5/24 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
10 |
14 May |
Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai |
Lost by 9 wickets |
Scorecard |
11 |
18 May |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Kolkata |
Won by 3 runs (D/L method), MoM –- Makhaya Ntini – 4/21 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
12 |
21 May |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Chennai |
Lost by 14 runs |
Scorecard |
13 |
24 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Chennai |
Lost by 10 runs, MoM –- Albie Morkel – 2/35 (4 overs) and 71 (40) |
Scorecard |
14 |
27 May |
Deccan Chargers |
Hyderabad |
Won by 7 wickets, MoM –- Suresh Raina – 54* (43) |
Scorecard |
15 |
31 May |
Kings XI Punjab (Semi Final #2) |
Mumbai |
Won by 9 wickets, MoM –- Makhaya Ntini – 2/23 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
16 |
1 June |
Rajasthan Royals (Final) |
Navi Mumbai |
Lost by 3 wickets |
Scorecard |
Total |
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Chennai Super Kings were the Runners-up in the inaugural edition of the IPL |
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2009 season
No |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Scorecard Link |
1 |
18 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Cape Town |
Lost by 19 runs |
Scorecard |
2 |
20 April |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Port Elizabeth |
Won by 82 runs, MoM – Muralitharan – 3/11 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
3 |
23 April |
Delhi Daredevils |
Durban |
Lost by 9 runs |
Scorecard |
4 |
25 April |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Cape Town |
Match abandoned due to intermittent rain |
Scorecard |
5 |
27 April |
Deccan Chargers |
Durban |
Lost by 6 wickets |
Scorecard |
6 |
31 April |
Rajasthan Royals |
Pretoria |
Won by 38 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina – 98 (55), 1/11 (2 overs), 2 catches |
Scorecard |
7 |
2 May |
Delhi Daredevils |
Johannesburg |
Won by 18 runs, MoM – Shadab Jakati – 4/24 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
8 |
4 May |
Deccan Chargers |
East London |
Won by 78 runs, MoM – M.S.Dhoni 58* (37) |
Scorecard |
9 |
7 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Pretoria |
Won by 12 runs, MoM – Matthew Hayden 89 (58) |
Scorecard |
10 |
9 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Kimberley |
Won by 7 wickets, MoM- Subramaniam Badrinath 59* (41) |
Scorecard |
11 |
14 May |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Durban |
Lost by 2 wickets |
Scorecard |
12 |
16 May |
Mumbai Indians |
Port Elizabeth |
Won by 7 wickets, MoM- Matthew Hayden 60* (57) |
Scorecard |
13 |
18 May |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Pretoria |
Lost by 7 wickets |
Scorecard |
14 |
20 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Durban |
Won by 24 runs, MoM – Muralitharan – 2/8 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
15 |
23 May |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Semi Final #2) |
Johannesburg |
Lost by 6 wickets |
Scorecard |
Total |
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Chennai Super Kings were the Semi-Finalists in the IPL edition 2009 |
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2010 season
No |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Scorecard Link |
1 |
14 March |
Deccan Chargers |
Chennai |
Lost by 31 runs |
Scorecard |
2 |
16 March |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Kolkata |
Won by 55 runs, MoM- M S Dhoni 66* (33) |
Scorecard |
3 |
19 March |
Delhi Daredevils |
Delhi |
Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Matthew Hayden 93 (43) |
Scorecard |
4 |
21 March |
Kings XI Punjab |
Chennai |
Match tied, Lost In The Superover |
Scorecard |
5 |
23 March |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Bangalore |
Lost by 36 runs |
Scorecard |
6 |
25 March |
Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai |
Lost by 5 wickets |
Scorecard |
7 |
28 March |
Rajasthan Royals |
Ahmedabad |
Lost by 17 runs |
Scorecard |
8 |
31 March |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Chennai |
Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Murali Vijay 78 (39) |
Scorecard |
9 |
3 April |
Rajasthan Royals |
Chennai |
Won by 23 runs, MoM- Murali Vijay 127 (56) |
Scorecard |
10 |
6 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Chennai |
Won by 24 runs, MoM- Suresh Raina – 23 (18), 1/12 (2.3 overs) |
Scorecard |
11 |
10 April |
Deccan Chargers |
Nagpur |
Lost by 6 wickets |
Scorecard |
12 |
13 April |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Chennai |
Won by 9 Wickets, MoM- Ravichandran Ashwin – 3/16 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
13 |
15 April |
Delhi Daredevils |
Chennai |
Lost by 6 wickets |
Scorecard |
14 |
18 April |
Kings XI Punjab |
Dharamsala |
Won by 6 Wickets, MoM- M S Dhoni 54* (29) |
Scorecard |
15 |
22 April |
Deccan Chargers (Semi Final #2) |
Navi Mumbai |
Won by 38 runs, MoM- Doug Bollinger – 4/13 (4 overs) |
Scorecard |
16 |
25 April |
Mumbai Indians (Final) |
Navi Mumbai |
Won by 22 runs, MoM- Suresh Raina – 57 (35), 1/21 |
Scorecard |
Total |
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Chennai Super Kings were the Champions of the IPL edition 2010 |
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2011 season
Chennai Super Kings IPL Fixtures
Cricket academy in Chennai
Former Chennai Super Kings' opener and 2009 Orange Cap-holder, Matthew Hayden has planned to set up a youth academy in Chennai and wants to take the help of Rahul Dravid and his Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming in the venture.[27] Hayden said he had decided to give back to the city where he had practiced playing on turning tracks ten years ago on Australia's 2000–01 tour to India."About a decade back, when I came here to practise on turning tracks, I told myself standing in an empty Chepauk stadium that I would score a century for Australia one day," Hayden told the Times of India. "I did that, and now this is a way of giving something back to the city from where I have got so much."[27]
Financial worth
The Economic Times commissioned UK-based Brand Finance to carry out brand evaluation of the IPL and also each of the eight franchise teams (that has been increased to 10 in 2011). Chennai Super Kings has been rated as 2010–2011 “most valuable team” in Indian Premier League cricket, with a brand value of US$48.4 million (app 224 crores).[28] which is 2.4 million more than Kolkata Knight Riders, whose brand value stood at $46 million.
In 2011,a survey conducted by Rediff indicated that Super kings were once again the most valuable franchise in the tournament with a brand valuation of $ 70.16 million.This comes as a surprise as the brand value of the tournament itself had crashed down by $460 million and most of the other franchises had registered huge losses.[29]
Awards and honours
2008 Indian Premier League
2009 Indian Premier League
2010 Indian Premier League
2011 Indian Premier League
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- ^ Rajasthan pulls it off in a humdinger
- ^ Mumbai Indians begins in style
- ^ Chennai Super Kings delivers the deathly blow
- ^ Inspired Bangalore defeats Chennai
- ^ Chennai set to welcome Aussie arrivals
- ^ Chennai beats Kings XI Punjab to make it to the semi-finals
- ^ Brilliant Bollinger leads Chennai to second final
- ^ Chennai Super Kings triumphs the Indian Premier League
- ^ Dhoni,Raina,Vijay and Morkel retained
- ^ Badri,Hussey,Styris in Chennai's new squad
- ^ Chennai withstand Sohal blinder
- ^ Chennai cruise to fourth straight win
- ^ Listless Delhi crashes out
- ^ Chennai beats Kochi,remains unbeaten at home
- ^ restrict Chennai to 128
- ^ "Bangalore v Chennai, 1st qualifier, IPL: Raina stuns Bangalore to power Chennai into final | Bangalore v Chennai, 1st qualifier, IPL 2011, Mumbai Report | Cricket News". ESPN Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/current/story/516480.html. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
- ^ 2009 Twenty20 Champions League Teams
- ^ Super Kings pounds Bangalore to final
- ^ Super Kings beat warriors to clinch title
- ^ a b Cricket Academy in Chennai
- ^ IPL Brand Value
- ^ "Corruption hits IPL, brand value falls to $3.67 billion - Rediff.com Business". Rediff.com. 2011-04-08. http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-ipl-brand-value-crashes/20110408.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
- ^ Runners-up Chennai tops the Fair Play Points table
- ^ Chennai buys Dhoni for $1.5 million
- ^ Chennai and Bangalore buy English stars Flintoff and pietersen for $1.5 million each
- ^ Chennai Super Kings win the Fair Play Award
- ^ Raina rated the best fielder by viewers
- ^ Ashwin rated the most economical bowler
- ^ Chennai wins the Fair play award
- ^ remain unbeaten at home
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