Team: Chennai Super Kings
City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ground: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
IPL Debut: 2008
Number of IPL Titles: 5
Who Are the Chennai Super Kings?
One of the most loved franchises in the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings doesn’t need any introduction. CSK enjoys a massive fan following across the globe and is currently the second most valuable IPL franchise.
The Super Kings are a very popular IPL cricket team and they are well supported in their native India and all over the world. The fans like to describe themselves as the Yellow Army and for those wanting to be part of an official supporters club, you can sign up to the “Whistle Podu Army”.
Yellow Army
The Yellow Army have been part of the league since its inception and is the joint-most successful franchise along with Mumbai Indians. Owing to their consistent performances throughout the years, CSK have managed to garner love and admiration from across the world.
The legendary captain, MS Dhoni has been captaining the franchise since the inaugural season. Under him, CSK have won as many as five titles, played finals on 10 occasions, and reached playoffs 12 out of 14 seasons that they played.
The Chennai Super Kings franchise is owned by India Cements through their holding company, the Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited. India Cements Managing Director N. Srinivasan is currently the owner of Chennai Super Kings.
Indian bettors are looking to CSK more and more in the outrights following two or the three most recent wins in the IPL. Also player bets are very popular with this team, due to the line up of stars in their team. There was an IPL online betting frenzy for CSK in the 2023 season, and some bettors were richly rewarded for backing this team.
The IPL History of Chennai Super Kings
CSK is the most consistent team in the Indian Premier League history. They finished third on the points table at the end of the league stage in the inaugural edition. They went on to reach the final but lost to Rajasthan Royals in the summit clash.
In the following season, they finished second after the league stage but the hopes of lifting the titles were crushed after they lost to RCB in the semi-final. CSK reached the final for the second time in the 2010 season and this time, they ensured they lifted the title.
The Yellow Army beat Mumbai Indians in the final to lift their first-ever IPL trophy. CSK became the first team to lift two consecutive titles after they beat RCB in the final of the 2012 season. The fans were overjoyed as CSK made a special place in their hearts.
Losses in finals
2012 and 2013 edition saw them reaching the final on both occasions but failed to lift the title for the third time.
CSK, once again, lost the final in the 2015 edition at the hands of Mumbai Indians but what followed, thereafter, left everyone in shock. The Yellow Army led by MS Dhoni was banned from playing the league for two seasons due to the involvement of its owners in the 2013 betting case.
MS Dhoni and Co. made its comeback in the 2018 edition and lifted the title for the third time to, once again, exert their supremacy. They replicated the feat in the 2021 edition after beating KKR in the final. CSK had a poor outing in the 2022 edition but lifted their fifth title in the 2023 edition to become only the second franchise to win five titles in the cash-rich league
Who Holds the Chennai Super Kings Records?
Suresh Raina holds the record for the most runs scored by a CSK batter in the tournament’s history. In 176 matches, Raina has managed to score 4678 runs.
Dwayne Bravo has picked the most wickets for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL history. In 113 matches played for the franchise, Bravo managed to pick 140 wickets.
Murali Vijay has the record for notching the highest individual score by a CSK batter. He scored 127 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the 2010 IPL edition.
Strong bowling attack
Ravindra Jadeja has the distinction of having the best bowling figures for CSK. He picked five wickets for just 16 runs against Deccan Chargers in the 2012 IPL edition.
Devon Conway has the best career average for CSK by any batter. In 13 matches played for the franchise so far, he has managed to score 510 runs at an average of 46.36.
Suresh Raina owns the record for scoring the most half-centuries for CSK- 33.
Shane Watson has notched 2 centuries while playing for CSK in the Indian Premier League- the most by any CSK batter.
MS Dhoni has the record for hitting the most number of sixes for CSK in the Indian Premier League. In 183 innings, he has managed to hit 205 sixes for the franchise.
Suresh Raina also holds the unwanted record for scoring the most number of ducks (8) for CSK in IPL.
Muttiah Muralitharan has the best economy (6.37) by any CSK bowler in the IPL history.
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