IPL 2020: From MS Dhoni To R Sai Kishore; Salaries Of CSK Players

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are one of most successful franchises in Indian Premier League (IPL). CSK have always believed in retaining ir core team and this time was different. y did t trade any players and after ir player releases, y were left with a purse of ₹14.6 crores going into IPL 2020 auction. ir available purse was  second-smallest among all 8 franchises.

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CSK's first buy of season was English all-rounder Sam Curran who y bought for ₹5.5 crore. Curran played for Kings XI Punjab in last edition of IPL. Piyush Chawla was CSK's next pick, which surprised many as his performances in domestic arena have been below aver. CSK bought him for a whopping ₹6.75 crore. He played for Kolkata Knight Riders in last IPL.

CSK were looking to rope in an overseas fast bowler and y bagged a good deal in form of Australian speedster Josh Hazlewood, who y bought for ₹2 crore. y also added a spinner in ir bowling arsenal. R Sai Kishore was highest wicket-taker in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019 with 20 wickets from 12 matches.

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CSK players and ir salaries for IPL 2020

MS Dhoni (Retained) – ₹15 crore

Suresh Raina (Retained) – ₹11 crore

Kedar Jadhav (Retained) – ₹7.8 crore 

Ravindra Jadeja (Retained) – ₹7 crore 

Dwayne Bravo (Retained) – ₹6.4 crore

Sam Curran (Bought) –  ₹5.5 crore

Karn Sharma (Retained) – ₹5 crore

Shane Watson (Retained) – ₹4 crore 

Shardul Thakur (Retained) – ₹2.6 crore 

Ambati Rayudu (Retained) – ₹2.2 crore 

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Harbhajan Singh (Retained) – ₹2 crore 

Murali Vijay (Retained) – ₹2 crore 

Faf du Plessis (Retained) – ₹1.6 crore 

Imran Tahir (Retained) – ₹1 crore 

Piyush Chawla (Bought) – ₹6.75 crore

Deepak Chahar (Retained) – ₹80 lakh

Lungi Ngidi (Retained) – ₹50 lakh 

Josh Hazlewood (Bought) – ₹2 crore

Mitchell Santner (Retained) – ₹50 lakh

KM Asif (Retained) – ₹40 lakh 

Monu Singh (Retained) – ₹20 lakh 

Narayan Jagadeesan (Retained) – ₹20 lakh 

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Retained) – ₹20 lakh

R Sai Kishore (Bought) – ₹20 lakh

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