IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Chennai Super Kings & Schedule

Chennai Super Kings

Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Players: Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh,

Foreign Players: Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Chennai Super Kings Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 08 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Chennai
Apr 13 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 16 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Chennai
Apr 18 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Kochi
Apr 22 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 25 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chennai
Apr 27 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
May 01 - Su	Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Chennai
May 04 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Chennai
May 07 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Kolkata
May 09 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Jaipur
May 12 - Th	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Chennai
May 18 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Chennai
May 22 - Su	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Bengaluru
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL Team Preview: Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings, owned by India Cements, managed to get the prized services of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the inaugural edition of IPL. Quite understandably, the Indian captain commanded the highest price at the player auctions - a whopping USD 1.5 million. Australia's batting tour de force Matthew Hayden was roped in to give the batting a destructive edge - and he played his role to perfection in two successive seasons.

Stephen Fleming, who doubled as coach in the second season; the wily Muralidaran; batsman Suresh Raina; and all-rounder Albie Morkel helped Chennai reach the final. When the second round of auctions took place, Andrew Flintoff joined as one of the highest-paid players. In 2009, Hayden scored prolifically while his team entered the semi-final, only to be pipped at the post by RCB. Fleming has now been bought out by the side and is just the coach. At the 2010 auction, the team bought South African Justin Kemp, they also brought in Sri Lankan Thisara Perera for a sum of USD 50,000.

M S Dhoni (Captain), M Muralidaran, M Vijay, Manpreet Gony, Sudeep Tyagi, Shadab Jakati, R Ashwin, K B Arun Karthik, Justin Kemp, Thisara Perera, Hemang Badani, L Balaji, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Thilan Thushara, George Bailey, Parthiv Patel, Ganapathy Chandrasekhar

Leading Batsmen - IPL 2009
	Mts	Avg	S/R	Runs
ML Hayden	12	52	144.81	572
SK Raina	14	31	116.98	434
MS Dhoni	14	41.50	127.20	332
Leading Bowlers
	Mts	Wkts	S/R	Economy
M Muralidaran	13	14	21.4	5.22
SB Jakati	9	13	13.3	7.48
Albie Morkel	12	13	18.4	8.20