2014 Chennai Super Kings season

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 2014 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the seventh season in succession by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Chennai Super Kings

2014 season
Coach	Stephen Fleming
Captain	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
IPL	Play-offs
CLT20	Champions
Most runs	Dwayne Smith (566)
Most wickets	Mohit Sharma (23)
Most catches	Faf du Plessis (13)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	MS Dhoni (4)
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The Super Kings reached the play-offs of the 2014 IPL, and qualified for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20. They won their second Champions League title after defeating the Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in the final of the Champions League.

Background

Before the players mega-auction in 2014, the Super Kings retained five players: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo. The retention left them with a purse of INR21 crores to spend at the auction. At the auction, the franchise bought the likes of Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma among others.^{[citation needed]}

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2014 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
3	Suresh Raina	India	(1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
12	Mithun Manhas	India	(1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
13	Francois du Plessis	South Africa	(1984-07-13)13 July 1984 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas
29	David Hussey	Australia	(1977-07-15)15 July 1977 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
All-rounders
5	Baba Aparajith	India	(1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
8	Ravindra Jadeja	India	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
11	John Hastings	Australia	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
41	Vijay Shankar	India	(1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
47	Dwayne Bravo	Trinidad and Tobago	(1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas. Withdrew from the tournament.
50	Dwayne Smith	Barbados	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
7	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	(1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
Bowlers
6	Pawan Negi	India	(1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
15	Ishwar Pandey	India	(1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
18	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
20	Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
21	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
22	Ronit More	India	(1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
64	Ashish Nehra	India	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
77	Samuel Badree	Trinidad and Tobago	(1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas
99	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kings XI Punjab (R)	14	11	3	0	22	0.968
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.418
3	Chennai Super Kings (3)	14	9	5	0	18	0.385
4	Mumbai Indians (4)	14	7	7	0	14	0.095
5	Rajasthan Royals	14	7	7	0	14	0.060
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	12	−0.399
7	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	5	9	0	10	−0.428
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	2	12	0	4	−1.182

Source: ^[1]

• Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to the Qualifier and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
•   advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
•   advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Qualifying Stage

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	18 April 2014	Kings XI Punjab	Abu Dhabi	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
2	21 April 2014	Delhi Daredevils	Abu Dhabi	Won by 93 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina 56 (41)	Scorecard
3	23 April 2014	Rajasthan Royals	Dubai	Won by 7 runs, MoM – Ravindra Jadeja 36* (33) & 4/33 (4 overs)	Scorecard
4	25 April 2014	Mumbai Indians	Dubai	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Mohit Sharma 4/14 (4 overs)	Scorecard
5	27 April 2014	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sharjah	Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Dwayne Smith 66 (46)	Scorecard
6	2 May 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	Won by 34 runs, MoM – Ravindra Jadeja 17* (10) & 4/12 (4 overs)	Scorecard
7	5 May 2014	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Dwayne Smith 79 (51)	Scorecard
8	7 May 2014	Kings XI Punjab	Cuttack	Lost by 44 runs	Scorecard
9	10 May 2014	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 4 wickets, MoM – Dwayne Smith 57 (51)	Scorecard
10	13 May 2014	Rajasthan Royals	Ranchi	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Ravindra Jadeja 11* (6) & 2/18 (4 overs)	Scorecard
11	18 May 2014	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
12	20 May 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
13	22 May 2014	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Ranchi	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
14	24 May 2014	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – MS Dhoni 49* (28)	Scorecard
15	28 May 2014	Mumbai Indians (Eliminator)	Mumbai	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Suresh Raina 54* (33)	Scorecard
16	30 May 2014	Kings XI Punjab (qualifier 2)	Mumbai	Lost by 24 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 10–6. Reached playoffs. Qualified for 2014 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike rate	Highest Score	100s	50s
Dwayne Smith	16	566	35.37	136.05	79	0	5
Suresh Raina	16	523	40.23	145.68	87	0	5
Brendon McCullum	14	405	31.15	121.62	71*	0	3
MS Dhoni	15	371	74.20	148.40	57*	0	1
Faf du Plessis	12	303	27.54	128.93	54*	0	2

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Average	Economy rate	Best Bowling	4w
Mohit Sharma	16	23	19.65	8.39	4/14	1
Ravindra Jadeja	16	19	23.31	8.15	4/12	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	16	16	27.31	7.30	3/30	0
Ashish Nehra	4	8	17.75	9.46	3/33	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	8	8	30.75	8.78	2/32	0

Champions League Twenty20

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	4	0	0	16	+0.716
Chennai Super Kings	4	2	1	1	10	+0.945
Perth Scorchers	4	2	2	0	8	−0.038
Lahore Lions	4	1	2	1	6	-0.051
Dolphins	4	0	4	0	0	−1.338

  Advanced to semifinals

Match log

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
17 September 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	Lost by 3 wickets	Scorecard
22 September 2014	Dolphins	Bangalore	Won by 54 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina 90 (43)	Scorecard
25 September 2014	Lahore Lions	Bangalore	Match abandoned	Scorecard
27 September 2014	Perth Scorchers	Bangalore	Won by 13 runs, MoM – Ravindra Jadeja 44* (28)	Scorecard
2 October 2014	Kings XI Punjab (semi-final)	Hyderabad	Won by 65 runs, MoM – Dwayne Bravo 67 (39)	Scorecard
4 October 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders (final)	Bangalore	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Pawan Negi 5/22	Scorecard
Overall Record of 4 – 1 Champions of the 2014 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike rate	Highest Score	100s	50s
Suresh Raina	5	234	58.50	173.33	109*	1	1
Dwayne Bravo	4	133	44.33	130.39	67	0	1
Brendon McCullum	5	127	25.40	132.29	49	0	0

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Average	Economy rate	Best Bowling	4w
Ashish Nehra	5	10	15.30	8.05	4/21	1
Mohit Sharma	5	8	16.25	8.12	4/41	1
Pawan Negi	2	7	7.14	6.25	5/22	1