Chennai Super Kings: Squad, schedule and possible playing 11 for IPL 2022

IPL 2022: On the basis of the new rule, where each team doesn't play the other twice in the league, catch the full schedule of Chennai Super Kings for this season's IPL here

Chennai Super Kings, the defending IPL champions would be heading into a new season with the old guard MS Dhoni still in the team and hungrier for more success, even if not as captain. The four-time title winners are just one title behind Mumbai Indians among IPL teams with the most number of league trophies. In this year's IPL, which begins with the Super Kings taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Ravindra Jadeja-led CSK unit will look to begin the season with a win. Dhoni who has led the Chennai side in every season since the inception of IPL -- barring the two years when CSK was facing a suspension -- passed on the mantle to Jadeja on March 24.   

IPL 2022 CSK Squad

Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Varma.

IPL 2022: Chennai Super Kings Schedule

The 2022 season is unique in the sense that, unlike previous editions, each team will not play the other twice, rather all 10 teams will play only 14 games each. In that regard, they will play five teams twice and four teams just once. To decide, which four teams will the team play once and which five twice, 10 teams are divided into two groups of five each. The group is based on the number of Trophies won and the number of participations in an IPL Final. 

The following is the division of Group

Group 1	Group 2
Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Knight Riders	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Delhi Capitals	Punjab Kings
Lucknow Super Giants	Gujarat Titans

Each team will play all the teams in its own group twice and the team parallel to it in the other group twice. And for the rest of the teams in the other group, the said team will play them only once. For e.eg CSK will play all the teams in its group twice and Mumbai Indians from the other group twice as well, but the other four teams from the Mumbai Indians' group i.e. Group 1 will play CSK only once. 

On that basis, here is the full schedule of CSK for IPL 2022

Versus (Team)	Match Number	Venue	Date and Time (IST)
Kolkata Knight Riders	01	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	26.03.2022, 1930 hrs
Lucknow Super Giants	07	Brabourne CCI, Mumbai	31.03.2022, 1930 hrs
Punjab Kings	11	Brabourne CCI, Mumbai	03.04.2022, 1930 hrs
Sunrisers Hyderabad	17	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	09.04.2022, 1530 hrs
Royal Challengers Bngalore	22	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	12.04.2022, 1930hrs
Gujarat Titans	29	MCA Stadium, Pune	17.04.2022, 1930 hrs
Mumbai Indians	33	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	21.04.2022, 1930 hrs
Punjab Kings	38	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	25.04.2022, 1930 hrs
Sunrisers Hyderabad	46	MCA Stadium, Pune	01.05.2022, 1930 hrs
Royal Challengers Bangalore	49	MCA Stadium, Pune	04.05.2022, 1930 hrs
Delhi Capitals	55	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	08.05.2022, 1930 hrs
Mumbai Indians	59	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	12.05.2022, 1930 hrs
Gujarat Titans	62	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	15.05.2022, 1530 hrs
Rajasthan Royals	68	Brabourne CCI, Mumbai	20.05.2022, 1930 hrs

The Chennai Super Kings might not have the services of Moeen Ali and Deepak Chahar in the first few games of IPL 2022. However, the below given team is most likely to feature in all conditions if all the players are 100% fit. 

IPL 2022 CSK Possible Playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (c), Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Adam Milne, Prashant Solanki