IPL Chennai Super Kings (CSK) TEAM 2020 Players: CSK by far stands to be the second-most successful team in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL), they are the deserving three-time winners, proudly known to bank on more experienced players rather than just youngsters.
He only played for KXIP in the previous season. Piyush Chawla comes as a surprise pick for CSK, as the team spent a whopping Rs 6.75 crore for Piyush Chawla. The leg-spinner also was from KKR in the previous season.
CSK released New Zealand’s Scott Kuggeleijn from the squad, It got Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood fat a handy base price of 2 crores.
CSK also has added a spinner in their bowling department. R Sai Kishore came in the team, he was the highest wicket-taker in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019 claiming 20 wickets in just12 matches. Kishore had a bowling average of 10.40 with an economy rate of 4.63 runs per over.
Players released before the auction: Mohit Sharma, Sam Billings, David Willey, Dhruv Shorey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chaitanya Bishnoi.
CSK had a whopping amount of 14.60 crores in its purse, out of which it spent only 14.45 crores.
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, M Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina
Bowlers: Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla (Rs 6.75 crore), Josh Hazlewood (Rs 2 crore), R Sai Kishore (Rs 20 lakh)
All-rounders: Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Sam Curran (Rs 5.5 crore)
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (c), N Jagadeesan