# 2024 Chennai Super Kings season

The 2024 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They were the defending champions, having won their 5th IPL title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain-affected 2023 Indian Premier League final. The Chennai Super Kings drew an average home attendance of 36,442 in the IPL in 2024.
Ahead of the 2024 season, MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. After their 7th loss on 18 May 2024, Chennai was eliminated from the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished the League stage at the 5th place with 7 wins and 7 losses, garnering 14 points.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* * denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Captain |||||||||
| 31 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | India | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | – | 2019 | ₹6 crore (US$720,000) | |
| Batters |||||||||
| 21 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 66 | Shaik Rasheed | India | (2004-09-24) 24 September 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg spin | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 1 | Sameer Rizvi | India | (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20) | Right-handed | – | 2024 | ₹8.40 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni | India | (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | |
| 88 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 2 | Aravelly Avanish Rao | India | (2005-06-02) 2 June 2005 (age 19) | Left-handed | – | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 18 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 25 | Shivam Dube | India | (1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 10 | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | India | (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million) | |
| 19 | Ajay Mandal | India | (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 75 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹14 crore (US$1.7 million) | Overseas |
| 17 | Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2024 | ₹1.8 crore (US$220,000) | |
| 74 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas |
| 27 | Nishant Sindhu | India | (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 9 | Deepak Chahar | India | (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹14 crore (US$1.7 million) | Withdrawn |
| 33 | Mukesh Choudhary | India | (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 24 | Tushar Deshpande | India | (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 81 | Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka | (2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 90 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2024 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 98 | Simarjeet Singh | India | (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 54 | Shardul Thakur | India | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 11 | Richard Gleeson | England | (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas; Replacement |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 46 | Prashant Solanki | India | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2022 | ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) | |
| 61 | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹70 lakh (US$84,000) | Overseas |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | Kasinath Viswanathan |
| Team manager | Russell Radhakrishnan |
| Head coach | Stephen Fleming |
| Batting coach | Michael Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Dwayne Bravo |
| Fielding coach | Rajiv Kumar |
| Source: Official website ||

## Sponsors

* Kit manufacturer: SEVEN
* Main shirt sponsor: TVS Eurogrip
* Back shirt sponsor: Etihad Airways
* Chest branding: Gulf Oil

## League stage
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1.428 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad (R) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.414 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Rajasthan Royals (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.273 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.459 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.392 | Eliminated |
| 6 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.377 | Eliminated |
| 7 | A | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.667 | Eliminated |
| 8 | B | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | −1.063 | Eliminated |
| 9 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.353 | Eliminated |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 | Eliminated |

### League progression

League progression :
| Team | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F |
| Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | | | |
| Win | Loss | No result |
* Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
* Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

### Fixtures and results

* Match 1 22 March 2024 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 176/4 (18.4 overs) |
| Anuj Rawat 48 (25) Mustafizur Rahman 4/29 (4 overs) | | Rachin Ravindra 37 (15) Cameron Green 2/27 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mustafizur Rahman (Chennai Super Kings)
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the first Indian to reach 12,000 runs in T20s, and the first player to score 1,000 runs against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.
* Mustafizur Rahman (Chennai Super Kings) took his 50th wicket in the IPL.
* Match 7 26 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 206/6 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 143/8 (20 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 51 (23) Rashid Khan 2/49 (4 overs) | | Sai Sudharsan 37 (31) Tushar Deshpande 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 63 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Tushar Deshpande (Chennai Super Kings) took his 100th wicket in T20s.
* Match 13 31 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Capitals 191/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 171/6 (20 overs) |
| David Warner 52 (35) Matheesha Pathirana 3/31 (4 overs) | | Ajinkya Rahane 45 (30) Mukesh Kumar 3/21 (3 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 20 runs ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Khaleel Ahmed (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the first wicket-keeper to complete 300 dismissals in T20s.
* Match 18 5 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 166/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 45 (24) Shahbaz Ahmed 1/11 (1 over) | | Aiden Markram 50 (36) Moeen Ali 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 6 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 8 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 141/3 (17.4 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 34 (32) Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 67* (58) Vaibhav Arora 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) became the fifth player to take 100 catches in the IPL.
* Match 29 14 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 206/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 186/6 (20 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 69 (40) Hardik Pandya 2/43 (3 overs) | | Rohit Sharma 105* (63) Matheesha Pathirana 4/28 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the second player to complete 250 matches and to score 5,000 runs for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.
* Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) became the fastest Indian player, in terms of innings, to reach 2,000th run in IPL (57).
* Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) became the first Indian player to hit his 500th six in T20s.
* Match 34 19 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants (H) 180/2 (19 overs) |
| Ravindra Jadeja 57* (40) Krunal Pandya 2/16 (3 overs) | | KL Rahul 82 (53) Matheesha Pathirana 1/29 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 8 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) completed 5,000th run as a wicket-keeper in the IPL.
* Match 39 23 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 210/4 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 213/4 (19.3 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 108* (60) Matt Henry 1/28 (4 overs) | | Marcus Stoinis 124* (63) Matheesha Pathirana 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) scored his 1000th run in IPL.
* Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants) broke Paul Valthaty's record (120) for the highest individual score while batting second in an IPL match (124).
* Match 46 28 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 212/3 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 (18.5 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 98 (54) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/38 (4 overs) Jaydev Unadkat 1/38 (4 overs) | | Aiden Markram 32 (26) Tushar Deshpande 4/27 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Daryl Mitchell (Chennai Super Kings) took his 100th catch in T20s, and equalled the record of taking the most catches in an IPL innings (5).
* MS Dhoni became the first player to be part of 150 victories in the IPL.
* This was the 50th win for Chennai Super Kings at home in the IPL.
* Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) hit his 200th four in the IPL.
* Match 49 1 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 163/3 (17.5 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 62 (48) Rahul Chahar 2/16 (4 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 46 (30) Shivam Dube 1/14 (1 over) |
* Punjab Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 53 5 May 2024 15:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 167/9 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings (H) 139/9 (20 overs) |
| Ravindra Jadeja 43 (26) Rahul Chahar 3/23 (4 overs) | | Prabhsimran Singh 30 (23) Ravindra Jadeja 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 28 runs HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the first player to take 150 catches in IPL.
* Match 59 10 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Gujarat Titans 231/3 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 196/8 (20 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 104 (55) Tushar Deshpande 2/33 (4 overs) | | Daryl Mitchell 63 (34) Mohit Sharma 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 35 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) scored his 1,000th run in the IPL, becoming the fastest Indian to do so, in terms of innings (25).
* Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) became the fastest Indian to hit 100 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (992).
* Match 61 12 May 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 141/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 145/5 (18.2 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 47* (35) Simarjeet Singh 3/26 (4 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 42* (41) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Simarjeet Singh (Chennai Super Kings)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals) played in his 100th IPL match.
* This was the 50th win for Chennai Super Kings at home in the IPL.
* Match 68 18 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru 218/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 191/7 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 54 (39) Shardul Thakur 2/61 (4 overs) | | Rachin Ravindra 61 (37) Yash Dayal 2/42 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 27 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the second Indian player to play 400th T20 match.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the first player to score 3000 runs and hit 128 sixes at this venue, most by any batter at a single stadium in IPL, and became the second player to hit 700th four in IPL. He also became the first player to score 9000 runs in India, which was most by any batter in a single country.
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for the playoffs while Chennai Super Kings were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Innings | Highest score | Batting average |
| 583 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 14 | 108not out | 53.00 |
| 396 | Shivam Dube | 14 | 66 not out | 36.00 |
| 318 | Daryl Mitchell | 13 | 63 | 28.90 |
| 267 | Ravindra Jadeja | 11 | 57 not out | 44.50 |
| 242 | Ajinkya Rahane | 12 | 45 | 20.16 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo |}

### Most wickets

| Wickets | Player | Innings | Overs | Runs conceded | Best bowling | Bowling average |
| 17 | Tushar Deshpande | 13 | 48 | 424 | 4/27 | 24.94 |
| 14 | Mustafizur Rahman | 9 | 34.2 | 318 | 4/29 | 22.71 |
| 13 | Matheesha Pathirana | 6 | 22 | 169 | 4/28 | 13.00 |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | 14 | 47 | 369 | 3/18 | 46.12 |
| 5 | Simarjeet Singh | 4 | 12 | 121 | 3/26 | 24.20 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo