Chennai Super Kings in 2015

Chennai Super Kings
2015 season
Coach Stephen Fleming
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Overseas player Brendon McCullum
Faf du Plessis
Michael Hussey
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Smith
Samuel Badree
Andrew Tye
Kyle Abbott
Matt Henry
Ground(s) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
IPL Final
CLT20 TBD
Most runs Brendon McCullum (436)[1]
Most wickets Dwayne Bravo (26)[2]
Most catches Dwayne Bravo (13)
Ravindra Jadeja (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissals Mahendra Singh Dhoni (11)[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 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the eighth season in succession by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The Super Kings reached the final of the 2014 IPL where they lost to Mumbai Indians. They qualified for the 2015 Champions League Twenty20.

IPL auction 2015

Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2015 auction:[5]

Name Nat IPL
Matches
Capped /
uncapped
Base Price
in (in
lakhs)[6]
Auctioned
price in
(in lakhs)
Michael Hussey Australia 55 Capped 150 150
Irfan Pathan India 98 Capped 150 150
Rahul Sharma India 44 Capped 30 30
Kyle Abbott South Africa 0 Capped 30 30
Andrew Tye Australia 0 Uncapped 20 20
Pratyush Singh India 0 Uncapped 10 10
Ankush Bains India 0 Uncapped 10 10
Eklavya Dwivedi India 0 Uncapped 1010

Squad

No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina India 27 November 1986 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 95 million (US$1.4 million) Vice-captain
12 Mithun Manhas India 12 October 1979 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 1 million (US$15,000)
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 47.5 million (US$710,000) Overseas
42 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 27 September 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 32.5 million (US$480,000) Overseas
48 Michael Hussey Australia 27 May 1975 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2015 15 million (US$220,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith India 8 July 1994 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 3 million (US$45,000)
8 Ravindra Jadeja India 6 December 1988 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 75 million (US$1.1 million)
47 Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago 7 October 1983 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 40 million (US$590,000) Overseas
50 Dwayne Smith Barbados 12 April 1983 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 45 million (US$670,000) Overseas
56 Irfan Pathan India 27 October 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 15 million (US$220,000)
68 Andrew Tye Australia 12 December 1986 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 2 million (US$30,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
1 Eklavya Dwivedi India 22 July 1988 Right-handed 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 7 July 1981 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 125 million (US$1.9 million) Captain
9 Ankush Bains India 6 December 1995 Right-handed 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
Bowlers
6 Pawan Negi India 6 January 1993 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 1 million (US$15,000)
15 Ishwar Pandey India 15 August 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 15 million (US$220,000)
18 Mohit Sharma India 18 September 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 30 million (US$450,000)
19 Pratyush Singh India 4 September 1994 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
21 Matt Henry New Zealand 14 December 1991 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
22 Ronit More India 11 February 1992 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2014 1 million (US$15,000)
27 Rahul Sharma India 30 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 3 million (US$45,000)
64 Ashish Nehra India 30 April 1979 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 20 million (US$300,000)
77 Samuel Badree Trinidad and Tobago 9 March 1981 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
87 Kyle Abbott South Africa 18 June 1987 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 55 million (US$820,000)

IPL

Standings

Chennai Super Kings finished first in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Team[7] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.709
Mumbai Indians (C) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.043
Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 14 7 5 2 16 +1.037
Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 5 2 16 +0.062
Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 6 1 15 +0.253
Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 7 7 0 14 −0.239
Delhi Daredevils 14 5 8 1 11 −0.049
Kings XI Punjab 14 3 11 0 6 −1.436

Results

League Matches

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
9 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
150/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
149/9 (20 overs)
Dwayne Smith 34 (31)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/30 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 73* (55)
Ashish Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

11 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
209/4 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
164/6 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 100* (56)
Trent Boult 1/34 (4 overs)
David Warner 53 (42)
Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

17 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Mumbai Indians
183/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
189/4 (16.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 64 (30)
Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 62 (30)
Harbhajan Singh 2/44 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat

19 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
156/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals Home team
157/2 (18.2 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 62* (36)
Chris Morris 1/19 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 76* (55)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/29 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (RR)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
181/8 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore Home team
154/8 (20 overs)
Suresh Raina 62 (32)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/40 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 51 (42)
Ashish Nehra 4/10 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field

25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
95/9 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 66 (44)
Axar Patel 1/35 (4 overs)
Murali Vijay 34 (32)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

28 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
132/9 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 39 (17)
Dwayne Bravo 3/22 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

30 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
165/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders Home team
169/3 (19.5 overs)
Brendon McCullum 32 (12)
Brad Hogg 4/29 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 80* (58)
Mohit Sharma 1/22 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (KKR)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

2 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Sunrisers Hyderabad
192/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20 overs)
David Warner 61 (28)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (22)
Moises Henriques 2/20 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 22 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: David Warner (SRH)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

4 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
148/9 (20 overs)
v
Suresh Raina 52 (46)
Mitchell Starc 3/24 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 48 (44)
Ashish Nehra 3/19 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

8 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
159/4 (19.2 overs)
Parthiv Patel 45 (32)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/17 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (MI)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

10 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Chennai Super Kings
157/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
145/9 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 81 (61)
Chris Morris 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 28 (30)
Ravindra Jadeja 4/11 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA)and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

12 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
119/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils Home team
120/4 (16.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 29 (23)
Zaheer Khan 2/9 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 70* (49)
Ishwar Pandey 2/27 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
Chhattisgarh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (DD)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

16 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Kings XI Punjab
130/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
134/3 (16.5 overs)
Axar Patel 32 (29)
Pawan Negi 2/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (41)
Sandeep Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: CK Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (CSK)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

Playoffs

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Preliminary Final
  24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1 Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 ov)
2 Mumbai Indians Home team 187/6 (20 ov) 2 Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 25 runs  1 Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 41 runs 
22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
1 Chennai Super Kings 140/7 (19.5 ov)
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/8 (20 ov)
Chennai won by 3 wickets 
20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/4 (20 ov)
4 Rajasthan Royals 109 (19 ov)
Bangalore won by 71 runs 
Qualifier 1
19 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Home team Mumbai Indians
187/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51)
Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 45 (34)
Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
Qualifier 2
22 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
140/7 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 41 (43)
Ashish Nehra 3/28 (4 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (46)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wickets
JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Final

24 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
202/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45)
Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 57 (58)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
New Zealand Brendon McCullum Chennai Super Kings 14 14 436 33.53 155.71 100 1 2 51 23
Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Smith Chennai Super Kings 16 16 399 24.93 119.10 62 0 2 52 16
South Africa Faf du Plessis Chennai Super Kings 17 15 280 29.23 125.00 55 0 1 37 5

Most wickets

Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 17 16 26 16.38 8.14 3/22 12.00 0 0
India Ashish Nehra Chennai Super Kings 16 16 22 20.40 7.24 4/10 16.90 1 0
India Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 16 16 14 34.35 8.43 3/25 24.40 0 0

Most catches

Player Team Mat Ctch Max
Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 17 13 3
India Ravindra Jadeja Chennai Super Kings 17 13 3
India Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings 17 11 2

References

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  4. "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Auction 2015". IPLT20.com. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. "List of players up for auction". ESPNCricinfo. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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