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All you need to know about Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018.
Updated : May 05, 2018, 09:35 AM IST
Chennai Super Kings are back in the Indian Premier League.
After one match at home at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Super Kings will play their remaining home matches of the Indian Premier League in Pune. They play their first IPL 2018 at Pune on Friday, 20 April against Rajasthan Royals. The matches have been moved from CSK's home ground MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai to MCA international stadium, Pune. The new CSK match schedule has been updated on IPL website too.
The decision was taken by the BCCI and the IPL governing council after the local police said they would not be able to guarantee the security of the players amidst protests over the Cauvery water sharing dispute. CSK’s first home game of IPL 2018, against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), saw massive protests both in and out of the MA Chidambaram stadium over Cauvery water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
While there were massive protests including buring of IPL tickets and CSK jerseys in Chennai city, an identified protestor flung a shoe at CSK’s Ravindra Jadeja during the match in the stadium.
All set here in the den! #GameReady #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/8634PkXjro
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 30, 2018
MS Dhoni is back leading the side after having played for the Rising Pune Supergiant in the previous two seasons.
Chennai were quick to retain Dhoni along with Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. However they will miss the services of another regular R Ashwin.
Chennai Super Kings focussed on experience in the IPL acuction- they have picked up veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir and Faf du Plessis among others.
They have also managed to ratain one of their biggest signings- Dwayne Bravo.
They do have some young talents in form of Lungi Ngidi, Sam Billings and Mark Wood from overseas and Jagadeesan Narayan, Deepak Chahar, Asif KM, Dhruv Shorey and Monu Singh from the domestic circuit. However, they have been hit by injury to Mitchell Santner.
Here is the full Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2018:
MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Lungisani Ngidi, Asif K M, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi.
Full list of Chennai Super Kings' schedule for IPL 2018 | |||
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DATE | OPPONENTS | TIME | VENUE |
April 7 Saturday | Mumbai Indians | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | Wankhede Stadium Mumbai |
April 10 Tuesday | Kolkata Knight Riders | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
April 15 Sunday | Kings XI Punjab | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | Holkar Stadium Indore |
April 20 Friday | Rajasthan Royals | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
April 22 Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 04:00 pm IST 1030 hrs GMT | Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Stadium, Hyderabad |
April 25 Wednesday | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
April 28 Saturday | Mumbai Indians | 08:oo pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
April 30 Monday | Delhi Daredevils | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
May 3 Thursday | Kolkata Knight Riders | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | Eden Gardens Kolkata |
May 5 Saturday | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 04:00 pm IST 1030 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
May 11 Friday | Rajasthan Royals | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
May 13 Sunday | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
May 18 Friday | Delhi Daredevils | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi |
May 20 Sunday | Kings XI Punjab | 08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT | MCA International Stadium, Pune |
Where to watch Chennai Super Kings IPL 2018 matches:
The IPL 2018 will be telecast on the Star Sports network. They matches will be live streamed on Hotstar.com.
Where to get Chennai Super Kings IPL 2018 match tickets:
The tickets can be booked online at iplt20.com and www.cskipltickets.in