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The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is still about six to seven months away. However, there has been a buzz about the tournament among the fans since the retention lists of the teams have come out. After that during the two days mega auction, the teams gave their best to recruit the players that are perfectly suited for the various roles in their team.
While some teams stuck to their tried and tested strategy of retaining a core in the auction, others have tried to revamp themselves. The five-time IPL champions, Chennai Super Kings was one of the teams who tried to retain their core and repurchase player who have played for them earlier. Before going into deeper analysis of the team, here is a look the CSK squad for IPL 2025 -
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, C Andre Siddharth, Vansh Bedi, Devon Conway, MS Dhoni, Shaik Rasheed, Rahul Tripathi
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Sam Curran, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Ramakrishna Ghosh
Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana
Strengths of Chennai Super Kings For IPL 2025
3. Stability In The Batting Order
One of the biggest strengths of the CSK looks like the stability in their batting order. With Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar in the line up, it looks like a line-up which won't crumble easily. Besides the solid outlook of the batting line-up, there seems to be a lot variety in the line up too. While they have designated grafters, they also have phase-wise big hitters, who can up the ante at any given stage of a game.
2. Tried And Tested Opening Pair
The Chennai Super Kings put in particular effort to secure the services of Devon Conway. The left-handed opening batter formed a successful partnership with the current CSK skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad during IPL 2023. Their consistency and impactful starts were one of the main reasons, that the 'Yellow Army' went onto win the title that year. Thus the partnership of Gaikwad and Conway at the top is tried and tested and they have already yielded consistent results. The returns of this pair at top will be a huge strength for the team in the upcoming tournament.
1. The Best Spin Unit
With Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Gopal and Noor Ahmad, CSK will have one of the best spin units in the tournament. The spin department of CSK seems to have depth, variety and flexibility in all the right proportions. The fact that they will be playing seven of their 14 league stage games on the slow tracks of Chepauk makes this a great strength for the team. In fact, CSK can go ahead and strategise to build spin friendly wickets consistently and the trap their oppositions there with their experienced and impactful spinners.
