Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a cricket team that hails from the vibrant city of Chennai in India. Established in 2008 with the inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL), CSK has carved out an illustrious niche in the cricketing world. It's a team steeped in cricketing history, known for turning doubters into believers with a blend of flair and resilience that fans have come to adore.

Let's delve into their achievements—the trophies, they seem to keep piling up in their cabinet. CSK has lifted the IPL trophy four times, first striking gold in 2010, then defending it successfully in 2011, and again tasting victory in 2018 and 2021. These triumphs underline a legacy of sustained excellence. Beyond the glitzy trinkets, CSK has often been the bearer of records, boasting of several seasons with the highest win percentages, and they're a team perennially in the playoffs.

Now, about the heartbeats of this outfit—the players. At the helm for most of their campaigns has been Mahendra Singh Dhoni, affectionately called 'Thala'. His coolness under pressure and unparalleled tactical acumen have been pivotal. Alongside him, the likes of Suresh Raina, affectionately known as 'Chinna Thala', and Dwayne Bravo, celebrated for his swagger and deft all-round skills, have lit up the league with performances that speak volumes.

Talking about their rivalries, none stands out quite like their skirmish with the Mumbai Indians. It's a match-up that has given cricket some of its most pulsating encounters. Each outing between these titans is fiercely contested and draws viewers like moths to a flame.

Their playing style? It's a fascinating mix of calculated aggression and strategic nous. CSK is known for its ability to read the game and adapt—be it on spinning tracks or seaming wickets, they find a way to be competitive.

The spectacle is heightened at their home ground, the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, lovingly referred to as Chepauk by locals. The atmosphere here is electric; the fans form a sea of yellow, chanting and waving flags with a passion that is infectious. The Whistle Podu anthem has become synonymous with their cultural identity, ringing out in joyous cacophony every match day.

Despite some ups and downs—remember when they were out for two seasons?—CSK has retained a loyal following, encapsulating a culture that's as much about cricket as it is about camaraderie and community spirit. They are not just a team; they're part of the fabric of Chennai, a symbol of pride, embodying the city's spirit every time they take the field.

Regular Season, 57th Match, Indian Premier League - May 7, 2025

Kolkata Knight Riders

179/6 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

183/8 (19.4)

Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Noor Ahmad

Regular Season, 52nd Match, Indian Premier League - May 3, 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

213/5 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

211/5 (20)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 2 runs

Player of the Match

Romario Shepherd

Regular Season, 49th Match, Indian Premier League - April 30, 2025

Chennai Super Kings

190/10 (19.2)

Punjab Kings

194/6 (19.4)

Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Shreyas Iyer

Regular Season, 43rd Match, Indian Premier League - April 25, 2025

Chennai Super Kings

154/10 (19.5)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

155/5 (18.4)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Harshal Patel

Regular Season, 38th Match, Indian Premier League - April 20, 2025

Mumbai Indians

177/1 (15.4)

Chennai Super Kings

176/5 (20)

Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Rohit Sharma

Regular Season, 30th Match, Indian Premier League - April 14, 2025

Lucknow Super Giants

166/7 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

168/5 (19.3)

Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Regular Season, 25th Match, Indian Premier League - April 11, 2025

Chennai Super Kings

103/9 (20)

Kolkata Knight Riders

107/2 (10.1)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Sunil Narine

Regular Season, 22nd Match, Indian Premier League - April 8, 2025

Punjab Kings

219/6 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

201/5 (20)

Punjab Kings won by 18 runs

Player of the Match

Priyansh Arya

Regular Season, 17th Match, Indian Premier League - April 5, 2025

Chennai Super Kings

158/5 (20)

Delhi Capitals

183/6 (20)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs

Player of the Match

Lokesh Rahul

Regular Season, 11th Match, Indian Premier League - March 30, 2025

Rajasthan Royals

182/9 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

176/6 (20)

Rajasthan Royals won by 6 runs

Player of the Match

Nitish Rana

Shane Watson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Ambati Rayudu
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Suresh Raina
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Ravindra Jadeja
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 36

Dwayne Bravo
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Deepak Chahar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Harbhajan Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44

Mark Wood
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 35

Imran Tahir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 46

Kedar Jadhav
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40

Sam Billings
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Shardul Thakur
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Murali Vijay
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 41

Karn Sharma
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 37

Faf du Plessis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 40

Lungi Ngidi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 29

KM Asif
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

David Willey
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Dhruv Shorey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Mitchell Santner
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Mohit Sharma
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Scott Kuggeleijn
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Sam Curran
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Piyush Chawla
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 36

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 28

Josh Hazlewood
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Narayan Jagadeesan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 29

Monu Kumar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Brendon McCullum
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 43

Dwayne Smith
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 42

Ravichandran Ashwin
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38

Pawan Negi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 32

Ashish Nehra
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 46

Mithun Manhas
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 45

Ben Hilfenhaus
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 42

Ishwar Pandey
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Samuel Badree
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 44

Vijay Shankar
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

David Hussey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 47

John Hastings
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Michael Hussey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 49

Subramaniam Badrinath
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44

Dirk Nannes
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 48

Ben Laughlin
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 42

Ankit Rajpoot
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Chris Morris
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Srikkanth Anirudha
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 38

Albie Morkel
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Jason Holder
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Wriddhiman Saha
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 40

Moeen Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Krishnappa Gowtham
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 36

Robin Uthappa
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Devon Conway
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Shivam Dube
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Adam Milne
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 33

Tushar Deshpande
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Dwaine Pretorius
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Mukesh Choudhary
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Chris Jordan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Maheesh Theekshana
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Simarjeet Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Prashant Solanki
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 25

Matheesha Pathirana
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Ben Stokes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Subhranshu Senapati
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Shaik Rasheed
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 20

Ajinkya Rahane
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Sisanda Magala
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Akash Maharaj Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 23

Nishant Sindhu
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 21

Rachin Ravindra
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 25

Daryl Mitchell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Mustafizur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Sameer Rizvi
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 21

Richard Gleeson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Aravelly Avanish
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

Ajay Mandal
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 29

Deepak Hooda
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 30

Noor Ahmad
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 20

Nathan Ellis
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Khaleel Ahmed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Rahul Tripathi
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 25

Jamie Overton
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 31

Anshul Kamboj
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Ramakrishna Ghosh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Ayush Mhatre
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 17

Dewald Brevis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 22

Urvil Patel
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 26

MA Chidambaram Stadium
City: Chennai
Country: India
Capacity: 38000

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Country: India
Capacity: 32000

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Capacity: 40000

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City: Pune
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Capacity: 37406

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City: Pothanamallayapalam, Visakhapatnam
Country: India
Capacity: 25000

Brabourne Stadium
City: Mumbai
Country: India
Capacity: 20000

Arun Jaitley Stadium
City: Delhi
Country: India
Capacity: 41820

Eden Gardens
City: Kolkata
Country: India
Capacity: 66000

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
City: Mumbai
Country: India
Capacity: 60000

Narendra Modi Stadium
City: Ahmedabad
Country: India
Capacity: 132000