IPL 2021 Auction | Complete Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad and Final list of Players
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had a forgettable outing in the last IPL season as they finished second last. Even though they started with a win against Mumbai Indians, they went through a poor run of form as they kept losing games. They did end up winning their last three games but it was too late by then.
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However, CSK made some exciting reinforcements to their squad during the IPL 2021 Auction. Here we’ll take a look at them.
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Squad: Retained Players
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, Faf Du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Ravi Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, R Sai Kishore, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Robin Uthappa (Traded in)
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Squad: Released Players ahead of Auction
Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson (retired), Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Monu Kumar, Harbhajan Singh
Salary cap remaining: Rs 19.9 crores
Overall slots remaining: 6
Overseas slots remaining: 1
Where Chennai Super Kings stood among all squads before IPL 2021 Auction
| VIVO IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots | ||||||
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 19 | 7 | 65.1 | 19.9 | 6 | 1 |
| DC | 17 | 5 | 71.6 | 13.4 | 8 | 3 |
| KXIP | 16 | 3 | 31.8 | 53.2 | 9 | 5 |
| KKR | 17 | 6 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 8 | 2 |
| MI | 18 | 4 | 69.65 | 15.35 | 7 | 4 |
| RR | 16 | 5 | 47.15 | 37.85 | 9 | 3 |
| RCB | 14 | 5 | 49.6 | 35.4 | 11 | 3 |
| SRH | 22 | 7 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 3 | 1 |
Chennai Super Kings squad before IPL 2021 auction
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, Faf Du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Ravi Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, R Sai Kishore, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Robin Uthappa (Traded in)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2021 Auction Purchases
Moeen Ali (INR 7 crore), Krishnappa Gowtham, Harisankar Reddy, Bhagvath Varma and Cheteshwar Pujara
Final Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad for IPL 2021
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, Faf Du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Ravi Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, R Sai Kishore, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Robin Uthappa (Traded in), Moeen Ali, Krishnappa Gowtham, Harisankar Reddy, Bhagvath Varma and Cheteshwar Pujara