Current Squad

MS Dhoni 26 India Batsman / WK US$ 1,500,000
Muttiah Muralitharan 35 Sri Lanka Bowler US$ 600,000
Matthew Hayden 36 Australia Batsman US$ 375,000
Jacob Oram 28 New Zealand All Rounder US$ 675,000
Stephen Fleming 35 New Zealand Batsman US$ 350,000
Parthiv Patel 22 India Batsman / WK US$ 325,000
Albie Morkel 28 South Africa All Rounder US$ 675,000
Joginder Sharma 24 India Bowler US$ 225,000
Suresh Raina 21 India Batsman US$ 650,000
Makhaya Ntini 30 South Africa Bowler US$ 200,000
Michael Hussey 32 Australia Batsman US$ 350,000
Ashwin R 21 India Bowler None
Anirudha Srikkanth 21 India Batsman None
Sudeep Tyagi 20 India Bowler None
Subramaniam Badrinath 28 India Batsman None

The name "Chennai Super Kings" will be representing the Chennai team in the Indian Premier League . This team was previously acquired by the Indian cement group for an amount of $91 million for the next ten years.

This is team which acquired the highest paid player of the Indian Premier League Mahender Singh Dhoni. He is made the captain of the team as there is no iconic player for this team.

Former India test player Kris Srikanth, Tamil Actor Vijay and Actress Nayana Tara are the brand ambassadors for this team.

Even this team has some great players in their list apart from Mahender Singh Dhoni. This list includes top players like Muralidharan, Mathew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Stephen Fleming and all-rounder like Albe Morkel, Jacob Oram… who performed well in the T20 World Cup. This team will also have players from Kerala and Railways.

Former Indian Opening Batsman V.B.Chandra Shekar will be the chief selector and Kepller Wessels will be the coach for this team.
Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector. The brand ambassadors for the team will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.

The M.A.Chidambaram stadium (often referred to as Chepauk, the place where the stadium is located) will be the home ground of the IPL team

The theme song of Chennai Super Kings, penned by Vairamuthu, is presently being composed by Mani Sharma and directed by Rajeev Menon.
Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A listed players.

The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been allocated to it.