Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian
Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid
IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. There is no Icon Player for the
team.
Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The
franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights
of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth
is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V.
B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector. The brand ambasssadors for the team
will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.
The M.A.Chidambaram stadium (often referred to as Chepauk, the place where
the stadium is located) will be the home ground of the IPL team. The theme song
of Chennai Super Kings, penned by Vairamuthu, is presently being composed by G V
Prakash Kumar.
The name “Super Kings” is to honor the rulers of the golden era of Tamil
culture, the team logo has a Lion to reflect the King of the Jungle. In addition
the word “Super” is colloquially used in the state of Tamil Nadu to reflect all
things thrilling and exciting and is a word of the lips of almost every one in
Tamil Nadu. Incidentally the Chennai team playing in the ICL (the rebel league)
is named as “Chennai Superstars”.
Players
Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The
lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they
managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A
listed players.
The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list
of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the
three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been
allocated to it.
Batsmen
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Matthew Hayden - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Stephen Fleming - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman
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Suresh Raina - India - Left-handed Batsman
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Michael Hussey - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
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Anirudha Srikkanth - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Subramaniam Badrinath - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Napoleon Einstein - India - Right-handed Batsman
Wicketkeepers
All Rounders
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Jacob Oram - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm
medium-fast
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Albie Morkel - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm
fast-medium
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Shadab Jakati - India - Slow left-arm orthodox spin
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Abhinav Mukund - India - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm
leg-break
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Viraj Kadbe - India - Right-arm leg-break
Bowlers
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Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka - Right-arm off-break
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Joginder Sharma - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Makhaya Ntini - South Africa - Right-arm fast
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R. Ashwin - India - Right-arm off-break
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Sudeep Tyagi - India - Right-arm fast-medium
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Lakshmipathy Balaji - India - Right-arm fast-medium
Administration and Coaching Staff
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Owner - India Cement Ltd.
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CEO - TBA
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Ambassador - Kris Srikkanth, film stars Joseph Vijay and Nayantara
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Chief Selector - V. B. Chandrasekhar
Coaches:
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Head Coach - Kepler Wessels
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Assistant Coach - TBA
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Physiotherapist - Tommy Simsek
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Physical Trainer - Gregory King
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