# 2022 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title four times (in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021) and were the defending champions in 2022.
The season was the first time since the inaugural season of the tournament that Suresh Raina was not a member of the team as he was not picked in the mega auction. Part way through the season Ravindra Jadeja resigned as the team's captain, with MS Dhoni, the side's long-term captain, taking back the position.

## Background

The side retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.

### Retained

    MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad.

### Released

    Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.

### Acquired during the auction

    Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Ambati Rayudu, Tushar Deshpande, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Chezhian Harinishanth, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Narayan Jagadeesan, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Milne, Mukesh Choudhary, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 31 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | India | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹6 crore (US$720,000) | |
| 9 | Ambati Rayudu | India | (1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹6.75 crore (US$810,000) | |
| 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 |
| 30 | Subhranshu Senapati | India | (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 16 | Chezhian Harinishanth | India | (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Left-arm slow orthodox | 2022 | ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million) | Captain |
| 10 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | Overseas |
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo | Trinidad and Tobago | (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹4.4 crore (US$530,000) | Overseas |
| 25 | Shivam Dube | India | (1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2022 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | India | (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | |
| 29 | Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa | (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 74 | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 7 | MS Dhoni | India | (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Captain |
| 77 | Robin Uthappa | India | (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | |
| 6 | Narayan Jagadeesan | India | (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) | Right-handed | | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 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 |
| 46 | Prashant Solanki | India | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) | |
| 27 | Bhagath Varma | India | (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off-break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 90 | Deepak Chahar | India | (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹14 crore (US$1.7 million) | |
| 24 | KM Asif | India | (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 42 | Tushar Deshpande | India | (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 98 | Simarjeet Singh | India | (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 99 | Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka | (2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (equivalent to ₹21 lakh or US$25,000 in 2023) | Overseas; Replacement for Adam Milne |
| 20 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹1.9 crore (equivalent to ₹2.0 crore or US$240,000 in 2023) | Overseas |
| 33 | Mukesh Choudhary | India | (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | England | (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹3.6 crore (equivalent to ₹3.8 crore or US$460,000 in 2023) | Overseas |
| Source:CSK Players |||||||||
* 1 2 Ravindra Jadeja resigned as captain mid-season which led to the reappointment of MS Dhoni.

## Administration and support staff

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

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.316 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | A | Rajasthan Royals (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.298 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.251 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.253 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.204 | |
| 6 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.126 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.146 | |
| 8 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.379 | |
| 9 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.203 | |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.506 | |

## Group stage

The schedule for the group stages of IPL 2022 was published 7 March 2022.

### Matches

* Match 1 26 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 131/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 133/4 (18.3 overs) |
| MS Dhoni 50* (38) Umesh Yadav 2/20 (4 overs) | | Ajinkya Rahane 44 (34) Dwayne Bravo 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium,
* Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 7 31 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 210/7 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 211/4 (19.3 overs) |
| Robin Uthappa 50 (27) Ravi Bishnoi 2/24 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 65 (45) Dwaine Pretorius 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Evin Lewis (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 11 3 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 180/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 126 (18 overs) |
| Liam Livingstone 60 (32) Chris Jordan 2/23 (4 overs) | | Shivam Dube 57 (30) Rahul Chahar 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 54 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Liam Livingstone (Punjab Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 9 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 154/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 155/2 (17.4 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 48 (35) Washington Sundar 2/21 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 75 (50) Dwayne Bravo 1/29 (2.4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets DY Patil Stadium,
* Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 12 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 216/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 193/9 (20 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 95* (46) Wanindu Hasaranga 2/35 (3 overs) | | Shahbaz Ahmed 41 (27) Maheesh Theekshana 4/33 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 23 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 29 17 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 170/7 (19.5 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 73 (48) Alzarri Joseph 2/34 (4 overs) | | David Miller 94* (51) Dwayne Bravo 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 3 wickets MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field
* Match 33 21 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 156/7 (20 overs) |
| Tilak Varma 51* (43) Mukesh Choudhary 3/19 (3 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 40 (35) Daniel Sams 4/30 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Mukesh Choudhary (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Hrithik Shokeen (Mumbai Indians) made his T20 debut.
* Match 38 25 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 187/4 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 176/6 (20 overs) |
| Shikhar Dhawan 88* (59) Dwayne Bravo 2/42 (4 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 78 (39) Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 11 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 46 1 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 202/2 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 189/6 (20 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 99 (57) T. Natarajan 2/42 (4 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 64* (33) Mukesh Choudhary 4/46 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 49 4 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 160/8 (20 overs) |
| Mahipal Lomror 42 (27) Maheesh Theekshana 3/27 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 56 (37) Harshal Patel 3/35 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 13 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 55 8 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 208/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 117 (17.4 overs) |
| Devon Conway 87 (49) Anrich Nortje 3/42 (4 overs) | | Mitchell Marsh 25 (20) Moeen Ali 3/13 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 91 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 59 12 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 97 (16 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 103/5 (14.5 overs) |
| MS Dhoni 36* (33) Daniel Sams 3/16 (4 overs) | | Tilak Varma 34* (32) Mukesh Choudhary 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Daniel Sams (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Chennai Super Kings were eliminated as a result of this match.
* Match 62 15 May 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 133/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 137/3 (19.1 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 53 (49) Mohammed Shami 2/19 (4 overs) | | Wriddhiman Saha 67* (57) Matheesha Pathirana 2/24 (3.1 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Wriddhiman Saha (Gujarat Titans)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 68 20 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 151/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 93 (57) Obed McCoy 2/20 (4 overs) | | Yashasvi Jaiswal 59 (44) Prashant Solanki 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 14 | 14 | 0 | 368 | 99 | 26.28 | 291 | 126.46 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 |
| 2 | Shivam Dube | 11 | 11 | 1 | 289 | 95* | 28.90 | 185 | 152.97 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 16 |
| 3 | Ambati Rayudu | 13 | 11 | 0 | 274 | 78 | 24.90 | 224 | 122.32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 |
| 4 | Devon Conway | 7 | 7 | 1 | 252 | 87 | 42.00 | 173 | 145.66 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 |