Chennai Super Kings in 2012

Chennai Super Kings
2012 season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
IPL Runners-up
CLT20 Group stage
Most runs Suresh Raina (441)
Most wickets Dwayne Bravo (15)
Most catches Suresh Raina (11)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals MS Dhoni (14)

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the final at Chennai. Thus, they qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 where they could not progress past the group stage.

They were captained for the fifth season in succession by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The Super Kings had emerged IPL champions in both 2010 and 2011 under his captaincy.

Pre-season player signings

At the 2012 players auction, the Super Kings bought Ravindra Jadeja, for a whopping $2 million ( 97.2 million), the bid which turned out to be the biggest draw in the players' auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League.[1] They also bought out the contract of Tim Southee who was signed as a replacement player in the previous season.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2012 IPL season are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
03 Suresh Raina India 27 November 1986 (aged 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain
05 George Bailey Australia 7 September 1982 (aged 29) Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas
08Murali Vijay India 1 April 1984 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
13 Francois du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas
33 Subramaniam Badrinath India 30 August 1980 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
35 K. Vasudevadas India 26 January 1985 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
48 Michael Hussey Australia 27 May 1975 (aged 36) Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
77 Anirudha Srikkanth India 14 April 1987 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
90 Abhinav Mukund India 6 January 1990 (aged 22) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
12 Ravindra Jadeja India 6 December 1988 Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
47 Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago 7 October 1983 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
56 Scott Styris New Zealand 10 July 1975 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
81 Albie Morkel South Africa 10 June 1981 (aged 30) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast Overseas
Ganapathi Vignesh India 11 September 1981 (aged 30) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
06 Wriddhiman Saha India 24 October 1984 (aged 27) Right-handed
07 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 7 July 1981 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Bowlers
04 Doug Bollinger Australia 24 July 1981 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas
09 Yo Mahesh India 21 December 1987 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
17 Sudeep Tyagi India 19 September 1987 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
23 Joginder Sharma India 23 October 1983 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
27 Shadab Jakati India 27 November 1980 (aged 31) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
88 Suraj Randiv Sri Lanka 30 January 1985 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
92 Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka 22 July 1982 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 September 1986 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break

Indian Premier League

Ravindra Jadeja was the only player bought by the Super Kings in 2012.

The Super Kings started their IPL 2012 campaign with an 8-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener in Chennai. CSK were bundled out for 112 before Richard Levi struck a fifty to set up the victory for the visiting team.[2] Ravindra Jadeja came up with a match-winning all-round performance (48 off 29, 5/16) to help his team to a resounding 74-run win over Deccan Chargers in their second home game. In their first away game of the season, the Super Kings lost to Delhi Daredevils by 8 wickets after a poor show by the batsmen. Their win against Royal Challengers Bangalore was made possible by Albie Morkel, who scored 28 runs from the 19th over bowled by Virat Kohli, and Jadeja who hit a boundary off the last ball of the match to see his side chase down the target of 206. South African Francois du Plessis was adjudged Man of the match for his innings of 71. At Pune, after restricting the Super Kings to 155, Jesse Ryder and Steve Smith took the Pune Warriors home with four balls to spare to hand a third defeat to CSK in five games. However they beat the same opponents at home by 13 runs after du Plessis and Subramaniam Badrinath scored fifties in the first innings. du Plessis struck another half-century (73 off 52) to take Chennai to their second consecutive win. Their next game, which was supposed to be played at Bangalore against the Royal Challengers, was washed out without a ball bowled due to rain. They suffered a home defeat against Kings XI Punjab after they failed to chase the target of 157. KXIP's Mandeep Singh was awarded the Man of the match for his innings of 56. They lost another home game by 5 wickets to Kolkata Knight Riders whose run chase was anchored by skipper Gautam Gambhir's half-century. Chennai got back to winning ways with a 10-run win over the struggling Deccan Chargers despite a fighting knock by the Chargers' vice-captain Cameron White. The Super Kings then lost to Mumbai Indians off the last ball of the match. Dwayne Smith, who was playing his first match of the season for Mumbai, hit 14 runs off the last three balls bowled by Ben Hilfenhaus to take his team to a dramatic victory. The loss severely dented CSK's chances of progressing to the Playoffs. In another thrilling match, Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals by four wickets mainly due to cameos by Albie Morkel and Anirudha Srikkanth, each of them scoring unbeaten six-ball 18. In their last home match of the league stage, Chennai comprehensively beat the Delhi Daredevils by nine wickets. Against Kolkata Knight Riders, needing five to win on the last ball for CSK, Dwayne Bravo hit a six over long-on off the bowling of Rajat Bhatia to take the Super Kings to a 5-wicket win. Needing a win in their last league match to assure their place in the Playoffs, the Super Kings lost to Kings XI Punjab by 7 wickets at Dharamsala. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, both ended up with 17 points from 16 games, but the latter managed to get the fourth spot on the points table due to a better net run rate.

The Super Kings played Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator at Bangalore. After losing two early wickets, Hussey and Badrinath shared a 94-run third-wicket partnership to take the team to a respectable position. Then, the skipper MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo scored 73 runs in the last five overs to set up a score of 187/5 in 20 overs. Mumbai in their run-chase got off to a brisk start before a dramatic batting collapse. CSK spinners Ashwin and Jakati picked up one wicket each and bowled seven economical overs between them that proved decisive in the context of the match. CSK won the match by 38 runs and Dhoni was given the Man of the Match for his innings of 51* (20). The win took them to the second Qualifier at Chennai, a match against Delhi Daredevils, to decide who plays in the final. Daredevils won the toss and put Chennai into bat and this decision backfired. Opener Murali Vijay, who had a quiet season until then, came to his own striking a century (113 runs from 60 deliveries, 15 fours and four sixes) to take his team to 222/5. The bowlers backed up the good batting by bowling tight line and length and picking up wickets at regular intervals. Only Mahela Jayawardene showed some resistance for Delhi with a knock of 55 but to see his team lose by 86 runs. The win booked CSK's place in the final at their home ground Chennai against the Kolkata Knight Riders. This was the fourth time in five seasons, that CSK had made it to the final of the IPL.

Chennai elected to bat in the final after winning the toss. After a solid opening partnership between Hussey and Vijay, Suresh Raina played his best innings of the season scoring an unbeaten 38-ball 73. Chennai went on to make 190/3 in 20 overs. Kolkata lost the wicket of their skipper Gambhir in the first over of the run-chase. Then Manvinder Bisla, who was playing his first game in two weeks, took on the bowlers single-handedly and scored 89 from 48 balls. Batting at three, Jacques Kallis not only scored 69 (49) but also put up a crucial second-wicket stand of 136 runs with Bisla. However, the game swung CSK's way after KKR lost four wickets in as many overs. After the fall of Kallis in the 19th over, KKR needed 16 runs to win from 7 balls. KKR went on to win the game by five wickets with two balls to spare thanks to two consecutive boundaries from Manoj Tiwary in the last over. The Knight Riders secured their maiden IPL title with this win and Bisla won the Man of the Match award.[3][4]

Suresh Raina finished as Chennai's leading run scorer with 441 runs. Dwayne Bravo lead the bowling tables with 15 wickets.

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
1 4 April Mumbai Indians Chennai Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
2 7 April Deccan Chargers Visakhapatnam Won by 74 runs, MoM India Ravindra Jadeja 48 (29) and 5/16 (4 overs) Scorecard
3 10 April Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
4 12 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Won by 5 wickets, MoM South Africa Francois du Plessis 71 (46) Scorecard
5 14 April Pune Warriors India Pune Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
6 19 April Pune Warriors India Chennai Won By 13 runs, MoM Sri Lanka Nuwan Kulasekara 2/10 and 2 catches Scorecard
7 21 April Rajasthan Royals Chennai Won by 7 wickets, MoM South Africa Francois du Plessis 73 (52) Scorecard
8 25 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Scorecard
9 28 April Kings XI Punjab Chennai Lost by 7 runs Scorecard
10 30 April Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
11 4 May Deccan Chargers Chennai Won by 10 runs, MoM India Suresh Raina 32 (24) and 1/5 Scorecard
12 6 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 2 wickets Scorecard
13 10 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 4 wickets, MoM Australia Ben Hilfenhaus 2/8 Scorecard
14 12 May Delhi Daredevils Chennai Won by 9 wickets, MoM Australia Ben Hilfenhaus 3/27 Scorecard
15 14 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 5 wickets, MoM Australia Mike Hussey 56 (39) Scorecard
16 17 May Kings XI Punjab Dharamsala Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
17 23 May Mumbai Indians (Eliminator) Bengaluru Won by 38 runs, MoM India Mahendra Singh Dhoni 53* (20) Scorecard
18 25 May Delhi Daredevils (Qualifier #2) Chennai Won by 86 runs, MoM India Murali Vijay 113 (58) Scorecard
19 27 May Kolkata Knight Riders (Final) Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
Overall Record of 10 – 8 (One match no result)

Runners-up of the 2012 Indian Premier League

Qualified for 2012 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s
Raina, SureshSuresh Raina 18 441 25.94 135.69 73 0 1
du Plessis, FrancoisFrancois du Plessis 12 398 33.16 118.84 73 0 3
Bravo, DwayneDwayne Bravo 16 371 46.37 140.53 48 0 0
Dhoni, MSMS Dhoni 17 357 29.75 128.41 51* 0 1
Vijay, MuraliMurali Vijay 14 336 25.84 125.84 113 1 0

Most wickets

Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w
Bravo, DwayneDwayne Bravo 18 15 30.80 8.01 2/10 0
Ashwin, RavichandranRavichandran Ashwin 18 14 30.78 6.54 3/23 0
Hilfenhaus, BenBen Hilfenhaus 9 14 16.64 6.85 3/27 0
Morkel, AlbieAlbie Morkel 15 13 29.61 7.77 3/29 0
Jadeja, RavindraRavindra Jadeja 14 12 22.75 7.80 5/16 1

Champions League Twenty20

Match log

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
14 October Australia Sydney Sixers Johannesburg Lost by 14 runs

Scorecard

16 October South Africa Highveld Lions Cape Town Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
20 October India Mumbai Indians Johannesburg Won by 6 runs, MoM Australia Ben Hilfenhaus 2/14 (4 overs) Scorecard
22 October England Yorkshire Carnegie Durban Won by 4 wickets, MoM India Subramaniam Badrinath 47 (38) Scorecard
Overall Record of 2 – 2

Failed to make semi-finals

Most runs

Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s
du Plessis, FrancoisFrancois du Plessis 4 121 30.25 147.56 52 0 1
Raina, SureshSuresh Raina 4 116 29.00 134.88 57 0 1
Dhoni, MSMS Dhoni 4 108 27.00 142.10 35 0 0

Most wickets

Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w
Morkel, AlbieAlbie Morkel 3 5 15.00 6.52 2/12 0
Bollinger, DougDoug Bollinger 4 4 24.75 6.18 2/16 0
Hilfenhaus, BenBen Hilfenhaus 4 4 24.25 6.46 2/14 0

See also

References

  1. PTI (4 February 2012). "IPL auction 2012: Ravindra Jadeja becomes costliest player". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ESPNCricinfo. "Indian Premier League – 1st match Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians C". 4 April 2012. ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. Bhaskar, Rohit (27 May 2012). "KKR beat defending champs CSK to win maiden IPL title". Hindustan Times (Chennai, India). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. "I wanted to prove it, says Bisla". The Times of India.

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