The 2023 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. They are one of ten teams that competed in the 2023 Indian Premier League.[1] The side have won the IPL title four times. This team qualified for the final of IPL 2023 for the 10th time. Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL Title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain affected 2023 Indian Premier League final.
| 2023 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Stephen Fleming | ||
| Captain | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | ||
| Ground(s) | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | ||
| Indian Premier League | Champions (5th titles) | ||
| Most runs | Devon Conway (672) | ||
| Most wickets | Tushar Deshpande (21) | ||
| Most catches | Ruturaj Gaikwad (17) | ||
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Squad
edit- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Ages are given as if 31 March 2023, the date of the first match of the season
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | |||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni |  India |
7 July 1981 (aged 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Wicket-keeper |
| Batters | |||||||
| 9 | Ambati Rayudu | India |
23 September 1985 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | |
| 21 | Ajinkya Rahane | India |
6 June 1988 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | |
| 88 | Devon Conway |  New Zealand |
8 July 1991 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Overseas Wicket-keeper |
| 30 | Subhranshu Senapati | India |
30 December 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 31 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | India |
31 January 1997 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |
| 66 | Shaik Rasheed | India |
24 September 2004 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg spin | 2023 | |
| All-rounders | |||||||
| 18 | Moeen Ali |  England |
18 June 1987 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | India |
6 December 1988 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | |
| 29 | Dwaine Pretorius |  South Africa |
29 March 1989 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 55 | Ben Stokes | England |
4 June 1991 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2023 | Overseas |
| 74 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand |
5 February 1992 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | Overseas |
| 25 | Shivam Dube | India |
26 June 1993 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 19 | Ajay Mandal | India |
25 February 1996 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | |
| 28 | Bhagath Varma | India |
21 September 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off-break | 2021 | |
| 10 | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | India |
10 November 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 27 | Nishant Sindhu | India |
9 April 2004 (aged 18) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | |
| Spin bowlers | |||||||
| 46 | Prashant Solanki | India |
22 February 2000 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2022 | |
| 61 | Maheesh Theekshana |  Sri Lanka |
1 August 2000 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | Overseas |
| Pace bowlers | |||||||
| 58 | Sisanda Magala | South Africa |
7 January 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2023 | Overseas |
| 90 | Deepak Chahar | India |
7 August 1992 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |
| 12 | Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand |
30 December 1994 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast | 2023 | Overseas |
| 24 | Tushar Deshpande | India |
15 May 1995 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 33 | Mukesh Choudhary | India |
6 July 1996 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 17 | Simarjeet Singh | India |
17 January 1998 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 26 | Akash Singh | India |
26 April 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | |
| 81 | Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka |
18 December 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | Overseas |
Administration and support staff
edit| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| CEO | Kasinath Viswanathan |
| Team manager | Russell Radhakrishnan |
| Consultant | Sundar Raman |
| Head coach | Stephen Fleming |
| Batting coach | Michael Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Dwayne Bravo |
| Fielding coach | Rajiv Kumar |
- Source: Chennai Super Kings[2]
Matches
editLeague stage
editThe schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023.[3]
Chennai Super Kings
178/7 (20 overs) |
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Gujarat Titans (H)
182/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Tushar Deshpande for Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) and Sai Sudharsan for Kane Williamson (Gujarat Titans) were the first Impact Players to be used in the IPL.
(H) Chennai Super Kings
217/7 (20 overs) |
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Lucknow Super Giants
205/7 (20 overs) |
- Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Mumbai Indians
157/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Chennai Super Kings
159/3 (18.1 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals
175/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
172/6 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
226/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
218/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
134/7 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
138/3 (18.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
235/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
186/8 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Rajasthan Royals
202/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Chennai Super Kings
200/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Punjab Kings
201/6 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Lucknow Super Giants
125/7 (19.2 overs) |
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- The match was shifted from May 4 to May 3 due to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation elections.[4]
Mumbai Indians
139/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
140/4 (17.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Raghav Goyal (Mumbai Indians) made his T20 debut.
(H) Chennai Super Kings
167/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
140/8 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Chennai Super Kings
144/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Kolkata Knight Riders
147/4 (18.3 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings
223/3 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals (H)
146/9 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
Playoffs
editQualifier 1
editChennai Super Kings
172/7 (20 overs) |
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Gujarat Titans
157 (20 overs) |
- Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history.[5]
Final
editGujarat Titans
214/4 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings
171/5 (15 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was scheduled to be held on 28 May, but was pushed to 29 May owing to rain. It ended on 30 May at 01:35 IST, thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final.[a][6][7]
- Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
- By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equalled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5).[8]
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon Conway | 16 | 15 | 2 | 672 | 92* | 51.69 | 481 | 139.70 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 18 |
| 2 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 1 | 590 | 92 | 42.14 | 400 | 147.50 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Shivam Dube | 14 | 3 | 418 | 52 | 38.00 | 264 | 158.33 | 3 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Ajinkya Rahane | 14 | 11 | 1 | 326 | 71* | 32.60 | 189 | 172.48 | 2 | 24 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 12 | 4 | 190 | 25* | 23.75 | 133 | 142.85 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
- Source: [9]
Most wickets
edit| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tushar Deshpande | 16 | 16 | 56.5 | 0 | 564 | 21 | 3/45 | 26.85 | 9.95 | 16.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ravindra Jadeja | 57.0 | 431 | 20 | 3/20 | 21.55 | 7.56 | 17.10 | |||||
| 3 | Matheesha Pathirana | 12 | 12 | 46.2 | 376 | 19 | 3/15 | 19.52 | 8.00 | 14.63 | |||
| 4 | Deepak Chahar | 10 | 10 | 34.0 | 297 | 13 | 3/22 | 22.84 | 8.73 | 15.69 | |||
| 5 | Maheesh Theekshana | 13 | 13 | 49.0 | 392 | 11 | 2/23 | 35.63 | 8.00 | 26.72 |
- Source: [10]
Notes
edit- ^ It was the first IPL in history which had a reserved day and the game held on it
References
edit- ^ "IPL 2023 Chennai Super kings retained players, ahead of Mini Auction". CricTracker. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Team, Chennai Super Kings.
- ^ "BCCI Announces Schedule For TATA IPL 2023". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Change in fixture – Match 46: LSG vs CSK". IPLT20. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "CSK squeeze the Titans to enter their tenth IPL final". ESPNcricinfo. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "CSK vs GT IPL 2023 final moved to reserve day; title winner to be decided on Monday". SportStar. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "'Longest Ever IPL Final' Fans React As Rain 'Stretches' CSK vs GT IPL 2023 Final to 'Three Days'". LatestLY. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Stats - Dhoni equals Rohit, CSK level with Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Chennai Super Kings most runs in 2023". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Chennai Super Kings most wickets in 2023". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2023.