Chennai Super Kings’ journey in IPL 2024 ended after the defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a do-or-die match at Chinnaswamy on 18th May. In the must-win match, Chennai needed 201 runs in 20 overs to qualify but Gaikwad and company could only score 191 runs.
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The journey of IPL 2024 was nothing special for Chennai Super Kings, the first shock that Chennai fans felt at the beginning of this season was when they came to know that Dhoni is not leading the team this year. Under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad, the team had a good start to the tournament. In the first two games of the Chennai tournament, they defeated Bengaluru by six wickets and in the second match, CSK defeated Gujarat Titans by 63 runs to stake its claim in the tournament.
The defending champion had won four out of the first seven matches in the first half of the tournament. In the first half, They defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. In the second half, out of the seven matches played, Chennai won only three matches, due to which the path of qualification for the team became difficult.
In IPL-2024, Chennai Super Kings dominated all the teams in home matches. The defending champions won five out of seven matches played at their home ground, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, while Chennai won only two matches in away games. This was the biggest reason why the team could not even qualify for IPL-2024.
For your information, let us tell you that there is going to be a mega auction in IPL-2025, which means that all the franchises can retain only four players in their team. So, let us take a look at who will be the four players whom CSK franchise will retain in the Indian Premier League 2025.
CSK IPL 2024 Full SQUAD
MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avinash Rao Aravelly
CSK To Retain THESE FOUR Players for IPL 2025 Prediction
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
If there is any biggest question in the cricketing world then it is, will Mahendra Singh Dhoni be seen playing in IPL-2025 or not? Confirming this, Chennai Super Kings’ X player Suresh Raina believes that he can be seen playing for Chennai in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League also. “Ruturaj Gaikwad needs more time to mature, so MS Dhoni should play one more season,” Raina said on Jio Cinema.
Dhoni had a good IPL-2024 season, scoring a total of 161 runs at 53.67 and an explosive strike rate of 220. MSD was dominant over all the bowlers in the last over, his explosive batting and leading technique is needed by Chennai Super Kings, in such a situation, if he does not announce retirement then the Chennai franchise would definitely want to retain him.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Chennai would also like to retain Ruturaj Gaikwad, one of the most reliable players of Chennai Super Kings, in their team next year. Last season, Gaikwad had scored 590 runs in 16 innings at a class rate of 147, and in IPL-2024 too, a lot of runs came from his bat. In the 17th edition of IPL, Gaikwad scored 583 runs in 14 innings at an excellent average of 53.
Seeing Gaikwad’s excellent batting and leading quality, Dhoni handed him the captaincy in IPL-2024. While captaining, the 27-year-old player took many good decisions for the team with his temperament and skill. In such a situation, in the eyes of Chennai franchise, Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the first choice in the retention list.
Shivam Dube
Chennai Super Kings’ power striker Shivam Dube has been showing excellent batting performance for Chennai for some time now, this season proved to be a dream season for Dubey. Shivam Dubey, who has been giving excellent performance for some time, has also been named in the squad of T20 World Cup 2024. Dubey had scored 418 runs in IPL-2023 at a strike rate of 158.33, while in IPL-2024 he scored 396 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 162.
Dubey, 30, is seen hitting long balls against the opposition bowlers in the middle order with his power strike ability. Along with batting, Dube also bowls medium fast, which directly benefits the team.
Ravindra Jadeja
Who can forget Ravindra Jadeja? one of the star all-rounders of Chennai Super Kings Jadeja, the hero of IPL-2023, made Chennai the fifth time IPL winner by hitting a six and a four in the last two balls against Gujarat Titans. Jadeja had taken 20 wickets in 16 matches for Chennai in IPL-2023 with an excellent economy of 7.56 and with his batting, he had scored 190 runs at a strike rate of 142.86.
IPL-2024 was nothing special for Jadeja, he took only 8 wickets in total 14 matches and added 267 runs in batting at a strike rate of 142.78. Along with his spin bowling and batting, Jadeja also benefits the team with his prompt fielding.
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