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]
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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		55	Capped	150	150
Irfan Pathan		98	Capped	150	150
Rahul Sharma		44	Capped	30	30
Kyle Abbott		0	Capped	30	30
Andrew Tye		0	Uncapped	20	20
Pratyush Singh		0	Uncapped	10	10
Ankush Bains		0	Uncapped	10	10
Eklavya Dwivedi		0	Uncapped	10	10

Squad

• Players with international caps before the 2015 IPL season are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who was unavailable for the season.

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

9 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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11 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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17 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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19 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 156/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals  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

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22 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 181/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore  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

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25 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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28 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 134/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 132/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 29* (29) Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla 2/26 (4 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

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30 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 165/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders  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

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2 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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4 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 124 (19.4 overs)
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

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8 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 158/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 159/4 (19.2 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 39 (32) Jagadeesha Suchith 1/21 (4 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

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10 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

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12 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 119/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils  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

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16 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

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

Preliminary

Final

24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata

19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

1

Chennai Super Kings

162 (19 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians

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

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/8 (20 overs)	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)

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (MI)

• 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
Brendon McCullum	Chennai Super Kings	14	14	436	33.53	155.71	100	1	2	51	23
Dwayne Smith	Chennai Super Kings	16	16	399	24.93	119.10	62	0	2	52	16
Faf du Plessis	Chennai Super Kings	17	15	280	29.23	125.00	55	0	1	37	5

• Last Update: 24 May 2015.
• Source: Cricinfo^[8]

Most wickets

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

• Last Update: 24 May 2015.
•      The player with the most wickets at the end of the tournament receives the Purple Cap.
• Source: Cricinfo^[9]

Most catches

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

• Last Update: 24 May 2015
• Source: Cricinfo^[10]

References

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3. "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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.
7. "IPL 2015 Point Table". ESPNCricinfo. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
8. "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
9. "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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