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Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings is the IPL franchise that represents Chennai. The team had a very solid start for the IPL 2008 tournament winning their first 4 matches. But after Matthew Hayden, Micahel Hussey and Jacob Oram left the team for their international matches, the team lost 3 consecutive matches. However, Captain, Mahendra S. Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel continued the batting attack. While the bowling attack was carried on by Makhaya Ntini. After defeating Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets in the semi-final match, they loast the championship to Rajasthan Royals in the finals.
Here is some information about Chennai Super Kings:
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Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Coach: Stephen Fleming (NZ) Owners: India Cements Ltd. Most Expensive Player: Andrew Flintoff ($1.55 million) Total Cost Of The Franchise: $91 million Team Stats: Played 16 | Won 9 | Lost 7 |
The Team is as follows:
| Batsmen | All Rounders | Bowlers | Wicket Keepers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden (Aus) Michael Hussey (Aus) George Bailey (Aus) Suresh Raina (Ind) Subramaniam Badrinath (Ind) Murali Vijay (Ind) Abhinav Mukund (Ind) Ankit Gupta (Ind) Arun Karthik (Ind) |
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) Makhaya Ntini (SA) Manpreet Gony (Ind) Sudeep Tyagi (Ind) Lakshmipathy Balaji (Ind) Palani Amarnath (Ind) |
Andrew Flintoff (Eng) Jacob Oram (NZ) Albie Morkel (SA) Thilan Thushara (SL) Shadab Jakati (Ind) Napoleon Einstein (Ind) Viraj Kadbe (Ind) Selvam Suresh Kumar (Ind) Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (Ind) Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) Joginder Sharma (Ind) |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) Parthuv Patel (Ind) |
Although, Chennai Super Kings lost the championship last year, they still showed that they were not only a strong team but their team combination was also phenomenal. It would not be a surprise if they win the championship this year.
