Chennai_Super_Kings_in_2021

Chennai Super Kings in 2021

Chennai Super Kings in 2021

Indian cricket team

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is the franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which has been playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008. They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title thrice (in 2010, 2011 and 2018). In the final, they beat Kolkata Knight Riders to win their fourth IPL title.[1]

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Background

Chennai Super Kings kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on 20 January after that they traded in[2]Robin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals and looking ready for Auction at 18 February with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.

Slots left : 6 (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).

Retained Players : MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (Vc), Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa(Traded).[3][4]

Released Players : Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson(Retired).[5]

Auctioned Players : Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.[citation needed]

Supportive Players : Hardus Viljoen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana added for training camp.[6]

COVID-19 impact

On 3 May 2021 three non-playing members of the team tested positive for COVID-19, including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
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Administration and support staff

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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

Results by match

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Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table

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Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[10]

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § League stage

Matches

Match 2
10 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
188/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
190/3 (18.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 54 (36)
Chris Woakes 2/18 (3 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 85 (54)
Shardul Thakur 2/53 (3.4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 8
16 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
106/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
107/4 (15.4 overs)
Shahrukh Khan 47 (36)
Deepak Chahar 4/13 (4 overs)
Moeen Ali 46 (31)
Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)
Player of the match: Deepak Chahar (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 12
19 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
188/9 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
143/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (17)
Chetan Sakariya 3/36 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 49 (35)
Moeen Ali 3/7 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.[11]
Match 15
21 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
220/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
202 (19.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 95* (60)
Andre Russell 1/27 (2 overs)
Pat Cummins 66* (34)
Deepak Chahar 4/29 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Match 19
25 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
191/4 (20 overs)
v
Ravindra Jadeja 62* (28)
Harshal Patel 3/51 (4 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 34 (15)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/13 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 69 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.[12]
Match 23
28 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
171/3 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
173/3 (18.3 overs)
Manish Pandey 61 (46)
Lungi Ngidi 2/35 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 75 (44)
Rashid Khan 3/36 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first player to hit fifty fifties in the IPL, and fourth to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[13]
Match 27
1 May 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
218/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
219/6 (20 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 72* (27)
Kieron Pollard 2/12 (2 overs)
Kieron Pollard 87* (34)
Sam Curran 3/34 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Match 30
19 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
136/8 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 88* (58)
Adam Milne 2/21 (4 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 50* (40)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 35
24 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings
157/4 (18.1 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 70 (50)
Dwayne Bravo 3/24 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 38 (26)
Harshal Patel 2/25 (3.1 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 38
26 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
172/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 45 (33)
Shardul Thakur 2/20 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 43 (30)
Sunil Narine 3/41 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 44
30 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
134/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
139/4 (19.4 overs)
Wriddhiman Saha 44 (46)
Josh Hazlewood 3/24 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 45 (38)
Jason Holder 3/27 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Josh Hazlewood (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.[14]
Match 47
2 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
189/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
190/3 (17.3 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 101* (60)
Rahul Tewatia 3/39 (4 overs)
Shivam Dube 64* (42)
Shardul Thakur 2/30 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 50
4 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
136/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
139/7 (19.4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 55* (55)
Axar Patel 2/18 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 39 (35)
Shardul Thakur 2/13 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 3 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 53
7 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
139/4 (13 overs)
Faf du Plessis 76 (55)
Chris Jordan 2/20 (3 overs)
KL Rahul 98* (42)
Shardul Thakur 3/28 (3 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[15]

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § Playoffs
Qualifier 1

10 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
172/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
173/6 (19.4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 60 (34)
Josh Hazlewood 2/29 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 70 (50)
Tom Curran 3/29 (3.4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League final

15 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 86 (59)
Sunil Narine 2/26 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 51 (43)
Shardul Thakur 3/38 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

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  • Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap award as the player who scored the highest number of runs in the tournament
  • Source: Cricinfo[16]

Most wickets

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  • Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]

Awards and achievements

The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team:

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References

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