Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Team: 2020 IPL Players List

During the IPL 2020 auction, Chennai Super Kings didn’t spend a lot of money on buying players and made some smart purchases by picking up players like England all-rounder Sam Curran, Australian pace ace Josh Hazlewood, former Kolkata Knight Riders leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and R Sai Kishore. Apart from these signings, CSK have retained the core of the 2019 IPL side for the upcoming season and will once again go out all guns blazing to lift the IPL 2020 title. Winning IPL 2020 title will bring CSK on equal terms with Mumbai Indians in terms of most IPL titles.  

Players released by CSK before IPL 2020 auction

With the core group of players retained and new signings made, CSK released 5 players to raise funds and sign new players. The players who were released ahead of the auction were the England duo of Sam Billings and David Willey, Haryana pacer Mohit Sharma, Delhi skipper Dhruv Shorey and all-rounder Chaitanya Bishnoi.

Total money spent by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020 auction

After releasing players ahead of the auction, CSK had ₹14.6 crores in its kitty for the auction. During the auction, CSK had the second-smallest available purse and bought only four players Piyush Chawla (Rs 6.75 crore), England all-rounder Sam Curran (Rs 5.50 crore), Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood (Rs 2 crore) and Indian left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (Rs 20 lakh).

Chennai Super Kings final squad for IPL 2020

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (Captain), N Jagadeesan.

Batsmen: Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad.

All-rounders: Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma.

Bowlers:  Lungi Ngidi,  Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Piyush Chawla, R Sai Kishore.

List of overseas players for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020

Faf du Plessis, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo

Sam Curran, Mitchell Santner.

List of Indian players for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020

MS Dhoni (Captain), N Jagadeesan, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif,  Piyush Chawla, R Sai Kishore, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma.