# 2023 Chennai Super Kings season

The 2023 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. They are one of ten teams that competed in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The side have won the IPL title four times. This team qualified for the final of IPL 2023 for the 10th time. Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL Title after defeating Gujarat Titans in the rain affected 2023 Indian Premier League final.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as if 31 March 2023, the date of the first match of the season
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Captain ||||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni | India | (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Wicket-keeper |
| Batters ||||||||
| 9 | Ambati Rayudu | India | (1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | |
| 21 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | |
| 88 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | (1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Overseas Wicket-keeper |
| 30 | Subhranshu Senapati | India | (1996-12-30)30 December 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 31 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | India | (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |
| 66 | Shaik Rasheed | India | (2004-09-24)24 September 2004 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg spin | 2023 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 18 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | |
| 29 | Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa | (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 55 | Ben Stokes | England | (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2023 | Overseas |
| 74 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2018 | Overseas |
| 25 | Shivam Dube | India | (1993-06-26)26 June 1993 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 19 | Ajay Mandal | India | (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | |
| 28 | Bhagath Varma | India | (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off-break | 2021 | |
| 10 | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | India | (2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 27 | Nishant Sindhu | India | (2004-04-09)9 April 2004 (aged 18) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2023 | |
| Spin bowlers ||||||||
| 46 | Prashant Solanki | India | (2000-02-22)22 February 2000 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2022 | |
| 61 | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | (2000-08-01)1 August 2000 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | Overseas |
| Pace bowlers ||||||||
| 58 | Sisanda Magala | South Africa | (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2023 | Overseas |
| 90 | Deepak Chahar | India | (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |
| 12 | Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast | 2023 | Overseas |
| 24 | Tushar Deshpande | India | (1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 33 | Mukesh Choudhary | India | (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 17 | Simarjeet Singh | India | (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 26 | Akash Singh | India | (2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | |
| 81 | Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka | (2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | Overseas |

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | Kasinath Viswanathan |
| Team manager | Russell Radhakrishnan |
| Consultant | Sundar Raman |
| Head coach | Stephen Fleming |
| Batting coach | Michael Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Dwayne Bravo |
| Fielding coach | Rajiv Kumar |
* Source: Chennai Super Kings

## Matches
### League stage

The schedule for the group stages was published on 17 February 2023.
* Match 1 31 March 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 178/7 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans (H) 182/5 (19.2 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 92 (50) Rashid Khan 2/26 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 63 (36) Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Tushar Deshpande for Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) and Sai Sudharsan for Kane Williamson (Gujarat Titans) were the first Impact Players to be used in the IPL.
* Match 6 3 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 217/7 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 205/7 (20 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 57 (31) Ravi Bishnoi 3/28 (4 overs) | | Kyle Mayers 53 (22) Moeen Ali 4/26 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 12 8 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Mumbai Indians 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 159/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Ishan Kishan 32 (21) Ravindra Jadeja 3/20 (4 overs) | | Ajinkya Rahane 61 (27) Kumar Kartikeya 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 12 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 175/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 172/6 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 52 (36) Ravindra Jadeja 2/21 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 50 (38) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 17 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 226/6 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 218/8 (20 overs) |
| Devon Conway 83 (45) Wanindu Hasaranga 1/21 (2 overs) | | Glenn Maxwell 76 (36) Tushar Deshpande 3/45 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 29 21 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 138/3 (18.4 overs) |
| Abhishek Sharma 34 (26) Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 77* (57) Mayank Markande 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 33 23 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 235/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 186/8 (20 overs) |
| Ajinkya Rahane 71* (29) Kulwant Khejroliya 2/44 (3 overs) | | Jason Roy 61 (26) Maheesh Theekshana 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 49 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Chennai Super Kings)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 37 27 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 202/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 170/6 (20 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 77 (43) Tushar Deshpande 2/42 (4 overs) | | Shivam Dube 52 (33) Adam Zampa 3/22 (3 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 32 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 41 30 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 200/4 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 201/6 (20 overs) |
| Devon Conway 92* (52) Sikandar Raza 1/31 (3 overs) | | Prabhsimran Singh 42 (24) Tushar Deshpande 3/49 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 45 3 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Lucknow Super Giants 125/7 (19.2 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings |
| Ayush Badoni 59* (33) Moeen Ali 2/13 (4 overs) | | |
* No result BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* The match was shifted from May 4 to May 3 due to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation elections.
* Match 49 6 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 139/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 140/4 (17.4 overs) |
| Nehal Wadhera 64 (51) Matheesha Pathirana 3/15 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 44 (42) Piyush Chawla 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Raghav Goyal (Mumbai Indians) made his T20 debut.
* Match 55 10 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 167/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 140/8 (20 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 25 (12) Mitchell Marsh 3/18 (3 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 35 (37) Matheesha Pathirana 3/37 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 61 14 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 144/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 147/4 (18.3 overs) |
| Shivam Dubey 48* (34) Sunil Narine 2/15 (4 overs) | | Nitish Rana 57* (44) Deepak Chahar 3/27 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 67 20 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 223/3 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 146/9 (20 overs) |
| Devon Conway 87 (52) Chetan Sakariya 1/36 (4 overs) | | David Warner 86 (58) Deepak Chahar 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 77 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Qualifier 1

* 23 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 172/7 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 157 (20 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 60 (44) Mohammed Shami 2/28 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 42 (38) Ravindra Jadeja 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 15 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Chennai Super Kings qualified for the final for the 10th time in IPL history.

## Final

* 29 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Gujarat Titans 214/4 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 171/5 (15 overs) |
| Sai Sudharsan 96 (47) Matheesha Pathirana 2/44 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 47 (25) Mohit Sharma 3/36 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets (DLS method) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was scheduled to be held on 28 May, but was pushed to 29 May owing to rain. It ended on 30 May at 01:35 IST, thus, becoming the longest ever IPL final.
* Chennai Super Kings were set a revised target of 171 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
* By winning in the final, Chennai Super Kings equalled Mumbai Indians for winning the most IPL trophies (5).

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Devon Conway | 16 | 15 | 2 | 672 | 92* | 51.69 | 481 | 139.70 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 18 |
| 2 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 16 | 15 | 1 | 590 | 92 | 42.14 | 400 | 147.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 30 |
| 3 | Shivam Dube | 16 | 14 | 3 | 418 | 52 | 38.00 | 264 | 158.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Ajinkya Rahane | 14 | 11 | 1 | 326 | 71* | 32.60 | 189 | 172.48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 16 |
| 5 | Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 12 | 4 | 190 | 25* | 23.75 | 133 | 142.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
* Source:

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Tushar Deshpande | 16 | 16 | 56.5 | 0 | 564 | 21 | 3/45 | 26.85 | 9.95 | 16.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 16 | 57.0 | 0 | 431 | 20 | 3/20 | 21.55 | 7.56 | 17.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Matheesha Pathirana | 12 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 376 | 19 | 3/15 | 19.52 | 8.00 | 14.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Deepak Chahar | 10 | 10 | 34.0 | 0 | 297 | 13 | 3/22 | 22.84 | 8.73 | 15.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maheesh Theekshana | 13 | 13 | 49.0 | 0 | 392 | 11 | 2/23 | 35.63 | 8.00 | 26.72 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: