List of Chennai Super Kings cricketers
The Chennai Super Kings (often abbreviated as "CSK") are a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was founded in 2008 and is currently captained by MS Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The brand value of Chennai Super Kings was estimated to be US$1.15 billion by Forbes in 2022, making them the second most valuable franchise in the IPL, behind only the Mumbai Indians.[1]
Chennai Super Kings have played 14 seasons of the IPL and reached the playoffs 12 times.[2] They managed to get into the IPL Final on 10 occasions and have won the title five times, winning their latest title in the 2023 tournament.[3]
The first list includes all the players who have represented CSK in at least one match, arranged in order of their debuts. The second list consists of players who have captained the team in at least one match, arranged in the order of their first match as captain.
Players
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No. | Name | First | Last | Country | Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 | Innings | Overs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | ER | SR | 5 | Ct | St | |
1 | MS Dhoni | 2008 | 2023 | India | 220 | 191 | 4508 | 84* | 39.89 | 137.48 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 124 | 35 | |
2 | Jacob Oram | 2008 | 2009 | New Zealand | 15 | 11 | 106 | 41* | 15.14 | 100.95 | - | - | 11 | 31.3 | 8 | 3/32 | 35.25 | 8.95 | 23.6 | - | 8 | - | |
3 | Joginder Sharma | 2008 | 2011 | India | 16 | 6 | 36 | 16* | 9.00 | 120.00 | - | - | 15 | 42.4 | 12 | 2/27 | 34.90 | 9.82 | 21.3 | - | 5 | - | |
4 | Manpreet Gony | 2008 | 2010 | India | 26 | 9 | 50 | 15* | 12.50 | 138.88 | - | - | 26 | 85.0 | 23 | 3/34 | 30.73 | 8.31 | 22.1 | - | 5 | - | |
5 | Matthew Hayden | 2008 | 2010 | Australia | 32 | 32 | 1107 | 93 | 36.90 | 137.51 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | |
6 | Michael Hussey | 2008 | 2015 | Australia | 50 | 49 | 1768 | 116* | 42.09 | 123.63 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | - | |
7 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 2008 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 40 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 69.23 | - | - | 40 | 156.0 | 40 | 3/11 | 24.85 | 6.37 | 23.4 | - | 11 | - | |
8 | Palani Amarnath | 2008 | 2008 | India | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 22.0 | 7 | 2/29 | 33.71 | 10.72 | 18.8 | - | 2 | - | |
9 | Parthiv Patel | 2008 | 2010 | India | 26 | 26 | 516 | 57 | 21.50 | 102.78 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | |
10 | Subramaniam Badrinath | 2008 | 2013 | India | 95 | 67 | 1441 | 71* | 30.65 | 118.89 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | |
11 | Suresh Raina | 2008 | 2021 | India | 176 | 171 | 4687 | 100* | 32.32 | 136.88 | 33 | 1 | 59 | 129.2 | 24 | 2/0 | 38.90 | 7.22 | 32.3 | - | 98 | - | |
12 | Albie Morkel | 2008 | 2013 | South Africa | 78 | 59 | 827 | 71 | 23.62 | 144.83 | 2 | - | 75 | 254.1 | 76 | 4/32 | 27.02 | 8.08 | 20.0 | - | 15 | - | |
13 | Makhaya Ntini | 2008 | 2008 | South Africa | 9 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 61.11 | - | - | 9 | 35.0 | 7 | 4/21 | 34.57 | 6.91 | 30.0 | - | 1 | - | |
14 | Stephen Fleming | 2008 | 2008 | New Zealand | 10 | 10 | 196 | 45 | 21.77 | 118.78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
15 | Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan | 2008 | 2008 | India | 9 | 8 | 145 | 54 | 18.12 | 133.02 | 1 | - | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1/22 | 22.00 | 11.00 | 12.0 | - | 1 | - | |
16 | Srikkanth Anirudha | 2008 | 2013 | India | 19 | 12 | 133 | 64 | 19.00 | 123.14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | |
17 | Chamara Kapugedera | 2008 | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5.33 | 69.56 | - | - | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 17.29 | - | - | 4 | - | |
18 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | 2008 | 2010 | India | 29 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 3.66 | 64.70 | - | - | 29 | 93.4 | 31 | 5/24 | 26.09 | 8.63 | 18.1 | 1 | 5 | - | |
19 | Abhinav Mukund | 2008 | 2008 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
20 | Andrew Flintoff | 2009 | 2009 | England | 3 | 3 | 62 | 24 | 31.00 | 116.98 | - | - | 3 | 11.0 | 2 | 1/11 | 52.50 | 9.54 | 33.0 | - | 4 | - | |
21 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 2009 | 2015 | India | 97 | 31 | 190 | 23 | 9.50 | 94.05 | - | - | 94 | 337.4 | 90 | 3/16 | 24.22 | 6.45 | 22.5 | - | 20 | - | |
22 | Thilan Thushara | 2009 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6.00 | 66.66 | - | - | 6 | 22.3 | 8 | 2/16 | 20.12 | 7.15 | 16.8 | - | 3 | - | |
23 | Shadab Jakati | 2009 | 2012 | India | 50 | 7 | 27 | 13 | 27.00 | 100.00 | - | - | 48 | 152.1 | 45 | 4/22 | 26.22 | 7.75 | 20.2 | - | 17 | - | |
24 | Sudeep Tyagi | 2009 | 2010 | India | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3* | 3.00 | 75.00 | - | - | 14 | 34.5 | 6 | 2/18 | 49.16 | 8.46 | 34.8 | - | 3 | - | |
25 | Murali Vijay | 2009 | 2020 | India | 70 | 70 | 1708 | 127 | 25.87 | 125.12 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | - | |
26 | George Bailey | 2009 | 2010 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 63 | 30 | 21.00 | 95.45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
27 | Justin Kemp | 2010 | 2010 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 13.00 | 108.33 | - | - | 5 | 7.2 | 3 | 3/12 | 18.00 | 7.36 | 14.6 | - | 1 | - | |
28 | Thisara Perera | 2010 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | - | 19.00 | - | - | - | - | |
29 | Arun Karthik | 2010 | 2010 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | - | 60.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
30 | Chandrasekar Ganapathy | 2010 | 2010 | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 | - | - | - | - | |
31 | Doug Bollinger | 2010 | 2012 | Australia | 27 | 4 | 21 | 16* | 21.00 | 91.30 | - | - | 27 | 96.0 | 37 | 4/13 | 18.72 | 7.21 | 15.5 | - | 8 | - | |
32 | Scott Styris | 2011 | 2011 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5* | - | 250.00 | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 | - | - | 1 | - | |
33 | Suraj Randiv | 2011 | 2011 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 50.00 | - | - | 8 | 29.0 | 6 | 2/24 | 37.15 | 7.68 | 29.0 | - | 2 | - | |
34 | Tim Southee | 2011 | 2011 | New Zealand | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 19.0 | 4 | 1/30 | 41.50 | 8.73 | 28.5 | - | - | - | |
35 | Nuwan Kulasekara | 2011 | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5* | - | 166.66 | - | - | 5 | 17.0 | 5 | 2/10 | 24.00 | 7.05 | 20.4 | - | 4 | - | |
36 | Wriddhiman Saha | 2011 | 2013 | India | 14 | 7 | 144 | 46* | 28.80 | 108.27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
37 | Dwayne Bravo | 2011 | 2022 | West Indies | 116 | 75 | 1004 | 68 | 25.10 | 137.15 | 2 | - | 113 | 376.1 | 140 | 4/42 | 22.47 | 8.36 | 16.1 | - | 59 | - | |
38 | Faf du Plessis | 2012 | 2021 | South Africa | 92 | 86 | 2721 | 96 | 35.33 | 131.44 | 20 | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | - | 16.00 | - | - | 62 | - | |
39 | Ravindra Jadeja | 2012 | 2023 | India | 158 | 114 | 1630 | 62* | 26.29 | 135.15 | 2 | - | 145 | 445.3 | 125 | 5/16 | 26.86 | 7.53 | 21.3 | 1 | 79 | - | |
40 | Yo Mahesh | 2012 | 2012 | India | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9.2 | 3 | 2/21 | 27.00 | 8.67 | 18.6 | - | 1 | - | |
41 | Ben Hilfenhaus | 2012 | 2014 | Australia | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | - | - | 17 | 62.0 | 22 | 3/27 | 21.77 | 7.72 | 16.9 | - | 1 | - | |
42 | Ankit Rajpoot | 2013 | 2013 | India | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2* | - | 33.33 | - | - | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 1/25 | 35.00 | 8.75 | 24.0 | - | - | - | |
43 | Ben Laughlin | 2013 | 2013 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 44.44 | - | - | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 1/25 | 71.00 | 10.14 | 42.0 | - | - | - | |
44 | Dirk Nannes | 2013 | 2013 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | - | - | 5 | 19.5 | 4 | 2/17 | 39.50 | 7.96 | 29.7 | - | 3 | - | |
45 | Chris Morris | 2013 | 2013 | South Africa | 16 | 6 | 14 | 7* | 7.00 | 87.50 | - | - | 16 | 50.0 | 15 | 3/40 | 26.73 | 8.02 | 20.0 | - | 5 | - | |
46 | Mohit Sharma | 2013 | 2019 | India | 48 | 10 | 29 | 21* | 7.25 | 103.57 | - | - | 48 | 164.3 | 58 | 4/14 | 22.17 | 7.81 | 17.0 | - | 10 | - | |
47 | Jason Holder | 2013 | 2013 | West Indies | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20.0 | 2 | 2/20 | 84.00 | 8.40 | 60.0 | - | 3 | - | |
Albie Morkel | 2008 | 2013 | South Africa | 92 | 70 | 31 | 909 | 71 | 23.30 | 142.25 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 52 | 89 | 1774 | 91 | 4/32 | 25.90 | 7.97 | 19.4 | 18 | 0 |
Chris Morris | 2013 | 2013 | South Africa | 17 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 26* | 20.00 | 121.21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 324 | 17 | 3/40 | 25.05 | 7.88 | 19.0 | 5 | 0 |
Abhinav Mukund | 2008 | 2008 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | 2008 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 46 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 69.23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1075 | 52 | 3/11 | 21.65 | 6.28 | 20.6 | 15 | 0 |
Dirk Nannes | 2013 | 2013 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 4 | 2/17 | 39.50 | 7.96 | 29.7 | 3 | 0 |
Pawan Negi | 2014 | 2015 | India | 14 | 10 | 1 | 124 | 36 | 13.77 | 158.97 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 270 | 13 | 5/22 | 29.00 | 8.37 | 20.7 | 5 | 0 |
Ashish Nehra | 2014 | 2015 | India | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 14.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 576 | 40 | 4/10 | 18.60 | 7.75 | 14.4 | 5 | 0 |
Lungisani Ngidi | 2018 | 2021 | South Africa | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 324 | 25 | 4/10 | 17.92 | 8.29 | 12.9 | 4 | 0 |
Makhaya Ntini | 2008 | 2008 | South Africa | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 61.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 210 | 7 | 4/21 | 34.57 | 6.91 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 |
Jacob Oram | 2008 | 2009 | New Zealand | 15 | 11 | 4 | 106 | 41* | 15.14 | 100.95 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 189 | 8 | 3/32 | 35.25 | 8.95 | 23.6 | 8 | 0 |
Ishwar Pandey | 2014 | 2015 | India | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 462 | 17 | 2/23 | 33.64 | 7.42 | 27.1 | 6 | 0 |
Parthiv Patel ‡ | 2008 | 2010 | India | 26 | 26 | 2 | 516 | 57 | 21.50 | 102.78 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 |
Thisara Perera | 2010 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 19.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Suresh Raina† | 2008 | 2021 | India | 200 | 195 | 28 | 5529 | 109* | 33.10 | 138.91 | 2 | 38 | 494 | 219 | 70 | 926 | 36 | 4/26 | 30.36 | 7.08 | 25.7 | 110 | 0 |
Ankit Rajpoot | 2013 | 2013 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | - | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1/25 | 35.00 | 8.75 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
Suraj Randiv | 2011 | 2011 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 174 | 6 | 2/24 | 37.16 | 7.68 | 29.0 | 2 | 0 |
Ambati Rayudu ‡ | 2018 | - | India | 61 | 57 | 13 | 1500 | 100* | 34.09 | 129.64 | 1 | 7 | 119 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 2 |
Wriddhiman Saha ‡ | 2011 | 2013 | India | 21 | 13 | 4 | 164 | 46* | 18.22 | 102.50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
Mitchell Santner | 2018 | - | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 32.00 | 139.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 6 | 2/13 | 24.50 | 7.00 | 21.0 | 2 | 0 |
Vijay Shankar | 2014 | 2014 | India | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 19.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Karn Sharma | 2018 | 2021 | India | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 188 | 10 | 2/13 | 28.70 | 9.15 | 18.8 | 3 | 0 |
Mohit Sharma | 2013 | 2019 | India | 58 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 21* | 7.25 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 1179 | 69 | 4/14 | 22.55 | 7.95 | 17.0 | 14 | 0 |
Dhruv Shorey | 2018 | 2019 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6.50 | 76.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Dwayne Smith | 2014 | 2015 | West Indies | 37 | 37 | 0 | 965 | 79 | 27.70 | 128.28 | 0 | 7 | 112 | 51 | 6 | 72 | 5 | 1/11 | 22.40 | 9.33 | 14.4 | 15 | 0 |
Tim Southee | 2011 | 2011 | New Zealand | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 114 | 4 | 1/30 | 41.50 | 8.73 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Styris | 2011 | 2011 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5* | - | 250.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
Shardul Thakur | 2018 | 2021 | India | 48 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 15* | 9.20 | 121.05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 1013 | 55 | 3/28 | 27.52 | 8.96 | 18.4 | 13 | 0 |
Thilan Thushara | 2009 | 2010 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6.00 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 135 | 8 | 2/16 | 20.12 | 7.15 | 16.8 | 3 | 0 |
Sudeep Tyagi | 2009 | 2010 | India | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3* | 3.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 209 | 6 | 2/18 | 49.16 | 8.46 | 34.8 | 3 | 0 |
Robin Uthappa | 2021 | 2022 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 63 | 28.75 | 136.90 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan | 2008 | 2008 | India | 9 | 8 | 0 | 145 | 54 | 18.12 | 133.02 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1/22 | 22.00 | 11.00 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Murali Vijay | 2009 | 2020 | India | 89 | 89 | 4 | 2205 | 127 | 25.94 | 123.46 | 2 | 10 | 203 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 0 |
Shane Watson | 2018 | 2020 | Australia | 43 | 43 | 2 | 1252 | 117* | 30.53 | 136.38 | 2 | 7 | 119 | 68 | 11 | 168 | 6 | 2/29 | 41.83 | 8.96 | 28.0 | 11 | 0 |
David Willey | 2018 | 2019 | England | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 60 | 2 | 1/24 | 47.50 | 9.50 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mark Wood | 2018 | 2018 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | 12.25 | - | 1 | 0 |
Captains
No. | Name | First | Last | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Success% |
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1 | MS Dhoni | 2008 | 2023 | 212 | 128 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 60.95 |
2 | Suresh Raina | 2010 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
3 | 2022 | 2022 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
● The success percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
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