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2021 Chennai Super Kings season
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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]
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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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Teams and standings
Results by match
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
League table
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.
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League stage
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The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[10]
Matches
Chennai Super Kings 188/7 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals 190/3 (18.4 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings 106/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Chennai Super Kings 107/4 (15.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 188/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Rajasthan Royals 143/9 (20 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings 220/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders 202 (19.1 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 191/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore 122/9 (20 overs) |
- 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]
Sunrisers Hyderabad 171/3 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 173/3 (18.3 overs) |
- 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]
Chennai Super Kings 218/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Mumbai Indians 219/6 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 156/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Mumbai Indians 136/8 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore 156/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Chennai Super Kings 157/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders 171/6 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 172/8 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/7 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 139/4 (19.4 overs) |
- 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]
Chennai Super Kings 189/4 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals 190/3 (17.3 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 136/5 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals 139/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 134/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Punjab Kings 139/4 (13 overs) |
- Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[15]
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Playoffs
- Qualifier 1
Delhi Capitals 172/5 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 173/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Chennai Super Kings 192/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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Statistics
Most runs
- 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
- Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]
Awards and achievements
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The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team:
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References
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