IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings, full schedule, match time, SWOT analysis

With five trophies already in their pocket, they would look to go for one last hurrah under the captaincy of Thala Dhoni to become the best team in IPL history with six titles to their name

The Chennai Super Kings under MS Dhoni was probably one of the best teams to have graced any sport or league, not only cricket and IPL. They are one of the most followed and revered units with the status of almost a cult fit. But in the 17th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), CSK will start their campaign under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad with Dhoni helping him to finetune his start of captaincy career. 

Super Kings have won five IPL titles so far and in IPL 2024, which is termed as CSK's transition year, it would be interesting to how the team fair under the leadership of new captain.

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Strength- Team balance

 

The biggest strength of the Chennai side is their team balance. Although Devon Conway is injured, the fact that they have already signed up Rachin Ravindra would serve them well, as he would easily slide into the role of an opening left-handed batter.

MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja during power-hitting drills in practice session. Photo: PTI

This planning is not just for one slot but almost all, except the captaincy one. They have Mitchell Santner if Maheesh Theekshana fails, Tushar Deshpande if Mathisha Pathirana fails to recover in time, and a young Nishant Sindhu if a player as big as Ravindra Jadeja gets injured.

CSK IPL 2024 Schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Time (IST)
Mar 22	CSK vs RCB	Chennai	20:00
Mar 26	CSK vs GT	Chennai	19:30
March 31	DC vs CSK	Visakhapatnam	19:30
April 5	SRH vs CSK	Hyderabad	19:30
April 8	CSK vs KKR	Chennai	19:30
April 14	MI vs CSK	Mumbai	19:30
April 19	LSG vs CSK	Lucknow	19:30
April 23	CSK vs LSG	Chennai	19:30
April 28	CSK vs SRH	Chennai	19:30
May 1	CSK vs PBKS	Chennai	19:30
May 5	PBKS vs CSK	Dharamsala	15:30
May 10	GT vs CSK	Ahmedabad	19:30
May 12	CSK vs RR	Chennai	15:30
May 18	RCB vs CSK	Bengaluru	19:30

Weakness- Injury concerns

Injury concerns are the biggest weakness of the yellow brigade. Conway has already been ruled out for the first month of the IPL at least, while Pathirana, Shivam Dube and, in fact, skipper Dhoni have not had the best of fitness coming into the IPL. Pathirana and Dube are not even declared fully fit as of yet.

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Ajinkya Rahane is ageing, Deepak Chahar is coming after recovery from an injury, and Moeen Ali is not in his best shape either. Thus, injury is the biggest weakness of CSK.

CSK IPL player and their salary

Player	Nationality	Role	Price
MS Dhoni	Indian	Wicket-Keeper	₹12,00,00,000
Ruturaj Gaikwad	Indian	Batsman	₹6,00,00,000
Moeen Ali	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹8,00,00,000
Ravindra Jadeja	Indian	All-Rounder	₹16,00,00,000
Deepak Chahar	Indian	Bowler	₹14,00,00,000
Shivam Dube	Indian	All-Rounder	₹4,00,00,000
Mitchell Santner	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹1,90,00,000
Rajvardhan Hangargekar	Indian	All-Rounder	₹1,50,00,000
Prashant Solanki	Indian	Bowler	₹1,20,00,000
Devon Conway	Overseas	Batsman	₹1,00,00,000
Maheesh Theekshana	Overseas	Bowler	₹70,00,000
Tushar Deshpande	Indian	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Simarjeet Singh	Indian	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Mukesh Choudhary	Indian	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Nishant Sindhu	Indian	All-Rounder	₹60,00,000
Ajinkya Rahane	Indian	Batter	₹50,00,000
Ajay Mandal	Indian	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
Shaik Rasheed	Indian	Batter	₹20,00,000
Matheesha Pathirana	Overseas	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Daryl Mitchell	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹14,00,00,000
Shardul Thakur	Indian	All-Rounder	₹4,00,00,000
Rachin Ravindra	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹1,80,00,000
Sameer Rizvi	Indian	Batter	₹8,40,00,000
Mustafizur Rahman	Overseas	Bowler