IPL2021: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Team Review

CSK squad

Chennai Super Kings has been the most dynamic team after MI. However, in the year 2020 it was not able to perform much well in the tournament as expected. This year, the hopes are high as the team has made some changes in its squad. Let’s see what the yellow Jersey has in store for us. Will they let us down or will it rise under the captaincy of MS Dhoni? Who knows. Only IPL 2021 will tell us. 

After the disaster made in IPL 2020, the team is not leaving any stone unturned for its prepping. 

Shane Watson has announced his retirement from cricket , so this might prove to be a big loss for CSK. But there is no need to worry at all as the team is still under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, who is the backbone of the team.  Also the team has compensated the loss by buying many new players and nonetheless, we can still have high hopes from CSK. Here’s a detailed review of the CSK squad and the coach which will definitely enthrall you to watch the tournament.  

Chennai Super Kings Coaching Crew

This is the list of the coaches and Captain of CSK, some very renowned names.

• Team manager – Russell Radhakrishnan
• Head coach – Stephen Fleming
• Captain – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Bowling coach – Lakshmipathy Balaji
• Bowling consultant – Eric Simons
• Batting coach – Michael Hussey
• Fielding coach – Rajiv Kumar
• Physical trainer –  Greg King

List of retained players of CSK

Here is the list of the players that have been retained in CSK for IPL 2021. They will be playing for CSK this IPL too.

Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Faf du Plessis, KM Asif, MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Monu Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, N Jagadeesan, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood

List of bought players of CSK at IPL 2021 Auction

Here is the list of the players who were bought at this IPL auction. They will be playing for CSK this IPL.

• Moeen Ali – He was bought at Rs. 7 crore while his base price was Rs. 2 Crore.
• Cheteshwar Pujara- He was bought at Rs. 50 lakh while his base price was Rs. 50 lakh only.
• K Gowtham fixed a base price of Rs.20 Lakh while he was bought at the price of Rs. 9.25 Cr
• Harishankar Reddy was bought at Rs 20 lakh which was his base price as well.
• Bhagath Verma was bought at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
• Hari Nishant was also bought at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

List of released players of CSK for IPL 2021

Here is the list of players who were released out and they won’t continue to play for CSK.

Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Monu Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav

So this was a detailed analysis of CSK squad for IPL 2021. Our hopes are high this time from CSK. Let’s see if the team performs well in this IPL or not. But nonetheless, watching Dhoni playing again would definitely be a treat for the eyes. It’s all a matter of time and we will be watching the live streaming of IPL 2021.