2021 Chennai Super Kings season
Indian cricket team
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Chennai Super Kings kicked off 2021 season by releasing 6 players on 20 January after that they traded inRobin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals and looking ready for Auction at 18 February with Rs 19.90 crores left in purse.
Slots left : 6 (5 Indians) (1 Overseas).
Retained Players : MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina (Vc), Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa(Traded).
Released Players : Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson(Retired).
Auctioned Players : Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.
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COVID-19 impact
On 3 May 2021 three non-playing members of the team tested positive for COVID-19, including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Vishwanathan.
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Administration and support staff
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Teams and standings
Results by match
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
League table
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-upThe four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.
Matches
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first player to hit fifty fifties in the IPL, and fourth to score 10,000 runs in T20s.
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match.
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
Playoffs
- Qualifier 1
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
- Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap award as the player who scored the highest number of runs in the tournament
- Source: Cricinfo
Most wickets
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements
The following players won player of the match awards whilst playing for the team: