Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings

• Captain-MS Dhoni (@msdhoni)

• Head Coach- S. Fleming (@SPFleming7)

• Bowling Coach- A. Bichel (@BichelAndy)

• Fielding Coach- S. Rixon 

• Official Team Twitter Handle-  @chennaiipl
• Official Website- http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/

SQUAD-

 MS Dhoni, Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Baba Aparajith, Ben Hilfenhaus, Samuel Badri, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Matt Henry, Mithun Manhas, Ishwar Pandey, Pawan Negi, Vijay Shankar, John Hastings, Ronit More

               

My Views-

             A lot of things have gone wrong for CSK, off the field in last 10 months. The team will want to rub off all the stains of their names. MS Dhoni and co. will be eyeing third IPL trophy in this 7th edition of IPL. In this auction CSK have baught Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum, two of the most destructive batsmen in history of T20 Internationals. Along with these two, they have Faf, Mr. Consistent Raina, MSD himself and then the all-rounder Bravo and Jaddu. In my opinion, either Mithun Manhas or Baba Aparajith will be part of this star-studded batting line-up!
                      To strengthen their bowling line-up they may have to play only one from McCullum and Faf, so that they can bring in Ben Hilfenhaus premium new ball swing bowler. Ravi Ashwin is in tremendous form and hence how he bowls his 4 overs will mostly decide course of the match. Ishwar Pandey's pace vs Ashish Nehra's experience vs Mohit Sharma's accuracy will be the case for Dhoni to fill up the two spots in the bowling department. 

According to me, CSK's playing XI will mostly be as follows:-

1. Dwayne Smith
2. Brendon McCullum/Faf du Plessis
3. Suresh Raina
4. MS Dhoni
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Mithun Manhas/Baba Aparajit
8. Mohit Sharma
9. Ravi Ashwin
10. Ishwar Pandey/Ashish Nehra
11. Ben Hilfenhaus