Chennai Super Kings in 2014

Chennai Super Kings
2014 season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
IPL Play-offs
CLT20 Champions
Most runs Dwayne Smith (566)
Most wickets Mohit Sharma (23)
Most catches Faf du Plessis (13)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals MS Dhoni (4)

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 eight teams that competed in the 2014 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the seventh season in succession by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The Super Kings reached the play-offs of the 2014 IPL, and qualified for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20. They won their second Champions League title after defeating the Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in the final of the Champions League.

Background

Before the players mega-auction in 2014, the Super Kings retained five players: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo. The retention left them with a purse of INR21 crores to spend at the auction. At the auction, the franchise bought the likes of Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma among others.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2014 IPL season are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina India 27 November 1986 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain
12 Mithun Manhas India 12 October 1979 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break
13 Francois du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas
29 David Hussey Australia 15 July 1977 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith India 8 July 1994 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm off break
8 Ravindra Jadeja India 6 December 1988 (aged 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
11 John Hastings Australia 04 November 1985 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
41 Vijay Shankar India 26 January 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break
47 Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago 7 October 1983 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
50 Dwayne Smith Barbados 12 April 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 7 July 1981 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
42 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 27 September 1981 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
Bowlers
6 Pawan Negi India 06 January 1993 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
15 Ishwar Pandey India 15 August 1989 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
18 Mohit Sharma India 18 September 1988 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
20 Ben Hilfenhaus Australia 15 March 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
21 Matt Henry New Zealand 14 December 1991 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
22 Ronit More India 11 February 1992 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
64 Ashish Nehra India 30 April 1979 (aged 34) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
77 Samuel Badree Trinidad and Tobago 9 March 1981 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 September 1986 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Team[1] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Kings XI Punjab (R) 14 11 3 0 22 +0.968
Kolkata Knight Riders (C) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.418
Chennai Super Kings (3) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.385
Mumbai Indians (4) 14 7 7 0 14 +0.095
Rajasthan Royals 14 7 7 0 14 +0.060
Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 -0.399
Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 9 0 10 -0.428
Delhi Daredevils 14 2 12 0 4 -1.182

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
1 April 18, 2014 Kings XI Punjab Abu Dhabi Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
2 April 21, 2014 Delhi Daredevils Abu Dhabi Won by 93 runs, MoM – India Suresh Raina 56 (41) Scorecard
3 April 23, 2014 Rajasthan Royals Dubai Won by 7 runs, MoM – India Ravindra Jadeja 36* (33) & 4/33 (4 overs) Scorecard
4 April 25, 2014 Mumbai Indians Dubai Won by 7 wickets, MoM – India Mohit Sharma 4/14 (4 overs) Scorecard
5 April 27, 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Sharjah Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Barbados Dwayne Smith 66 (46) Scorecard
6 May 2, 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Ranchi Won by 34 runs, MoM – India Ravindra Jadeja 17* (10) & 4/12 (4 overs) Scorecard
7 May 5, 2014 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Barbados Dwayne Smith 79 (51) Scorecard
8 May 7, 2014 Kings XI Punjab Cuttack Lost by 44 runs Scorecard
9 May 10, 2014 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 4 wickets, MoM – Barbados Dwayne Smith 57 (51) Scorecard
10 May 13, 2014 Rajasthan Royals Ranchi Won by 5 wickets, MoM – India Ravindra Jadeja 11* (6) & 2/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
11 May 18, 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Ranchi Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
12 May 20, 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
13 May 22, 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Ranchi Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
14 May 24, 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Won by 8 wickets, MoM – India MS Dhoni 49* (28) Scorecard
15 May 28, 2014 Mumbai Indians (Eliminator) Mumbai Won by 7 wickets, MoM – India Suresh Raina 54* (33) Scorecard
16 May 30, 2014 Kings XI Punjab (Qualifier 2) Mumbai Lost by 24 runs Scorecard
Overall Record of 10 – 6

Reached play-offs, ended up third in the table

Qualified for 2014 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s
Smith, DwayneDwayne Smith 16 566 35.37 136.05 79 0 5
Raina, SureshSuresh Raina 16 523 40.23 145.68 87 0 5
McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum 14 405 31.15 121.62 71* 0 3
Dhoni, MSMS Dhoni 15 371 74.20 148.40 57* 0 1
du Plessis, FafFaf du Plessis 12 303 27.54 128.93 54* 0 2

Most wickets

Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w
Sharma, MohitMohit Sharma 16 23 19.65 8.39 4/14 1
Jadeja, RavindraRavindra Jadeja 16 19 23.31 8.15 4/12 2
Ashwin, RavichandranRavichandran Ashwin 16 16 27.31 7.30 3/30 0
Nehra, AshishAshish Nehra 4 8 17.75 9.46 3/33 0
Hilfenhaus, BenBen Hilfenhaus 8 8 30.75 8.78 2/32 0

Champions League Twenty20

Group standings

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
India Kolkata Knight Riders 4 4 0 0 16 +0.716
India Chennai Super Kings 4 2 1 1 10 +0.945
Australia Perth Scorchers 4 2 2 0 8 −0.038
Pakistan Lahore Lions 4 1 2 1 6 -0.051
South Africa Dolphins 4 0 4 0 0 −1.338

     Advanced to semifinals

Match log

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
17 September 2014 India Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad Lost by 3 wickets Scorecard
22 September 2014 South Africa Dolphins Bangalore Won by 54 runs, MoM India Suresh Raina 90 (43) Scorecard
25 September 2014 Pakistan Lahore Lions Bangalore Match abandoned Scorecard
27 September 2014 Australia Perth Scorchers Bangalore Won by 13 runs, MoM India Ravindra Jadeja 44* (28) Scorecard
2 October 2014 India Kings XI Punjab (Semi Final) Hyderabad Won by 65 runs, MoM Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo 67 (39) Scorecard
4 October 2014 India Kolkata Knight Riders (Final) Bangalore Won by 8 wickets, MoM India Pawan Negi 5/22 Scorecard
Overall Record of 4 – 1

Champions of the 2014 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s
Raina, SureshSuresh Raina 5 234 58.50 173.33 109* 1 1
Bravo, DwayneDwayne Bravo 4 133 44.33 130.39 67 0 1
McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum 5 127 25.40 132.29 49 0 0

Most wickets

Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w
Nehra, AshishAshish Nehra 5 10 15.30 8.05 4/21 1
Sharma, MohitMohit Sharma 5 8 16.25 8.12 4/41 1
Negi, PawanPawan Negi 2 7 7.14 6.25 5/22 1

References

  1. "IPL 2014 Point Table". IPL. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

External links

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