The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will get underway on March 22. The opener will be played between reigning champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 22 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Ruturaj Gaikwad-led CSK’s second match is scheduled against Gujarat Titans (GT) on March 26, followed by a clash with Delhi Capitals (DC) on March 31. Their fourth and final match of the initial phase of IPL 2024 will be against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on April 5 in Hyderabad.
Take a comprehensive look at CSK's complete squad, players list, big buys, purse remaining, and available slots.
Here is the full squad and list of players bought at the auction by CSK. The squad strength is 25 including 8 overseas players.
CSK Team's Squad IPL 2024
| Wicketkeepers | Batters | All-rounders | Bowlers |
| MS Dhoni | Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) | Moeen Ali (ENG) | Deepak Chahar |
| Devon Conway (NZ) | Shaik Rasheed | Shivam Dube | Tushar Deshpande |
| Avanish Rao Aravelly | Ajinkya Rahane | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | Matheesha Pathirana (SL) |
| Sameer Rizvi | Ravindra Jadeja | Simarjeet Singh | |
| Mitchell Santner (NZ) | Prashant Solanki | ||
| Ajay Mandal | Maheesh Theekshana (SL) | ||
| Nishant Sindhu | Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) | ||
| Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | Mukesh Choudhary | ||
| Daryl Mitchell (NZ) | |||
| Shardul Thakur |
CSK Team's Top Buys in the IPL 2024 auction
Daryl Mitchell - Rs 14 crore
Sameer Rizvi - 8.40 crore
Shardul Thakur - Rs 4 crore
Mustafizur Rahman - Rs 2 crore
Rachin Ravindra - Rs 1.8 crore
Avanish Rao Aravelly - Rs 20 lakh
CSK Team's Purse and Available Slots
CSK purse remaining: Rs. 1 crore
CSK total player slots available: 0
CSK total overseas player slots available: 0
CSK have won five titles in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023. The franchise also finished as runners-up five times in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2019.
Dhoni handed over captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad on March 23, a day before of the IPL 2024 season opener.
The 42-year-old Dhoni has been a crucial part of CSK since the inaugural season of the T20 league. Leading the CSK team since 2008 (barring IPL 2022 when Ravindra Jadeja took over captaincy for a brief period), he has cemented his status as one of the greatest figures in Indian cricket. The right-handed batter Dhoni has featured in 250 IPL matches, predominantly representing Chennai-based franchise, except for his tenure with Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) from 2016 to 2017. Over these matches, he has amassed 5,082 runs at an average of 38.79. He has also notched up 24 half-centuries in the tournament and has taken 142 catches besides executing 42 stumping.
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