CSK is one of the most successful franchises in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). One of the main reasons behind their success is skipper MS Dhoni – He has always stood in front and guided the entire team to many victories. So Let’s look at the current squad’s entire strengths and weaknesses. Here are Chennai Super Kings  Team Strengths and Weaknesses.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squad:

Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Verma, Mukesh Choudhary, Simranjeet Singh.

Chennai Super Kings franchise is one of the most followed and popular T20 teams worldwide. They have got fans all over the world and the only reason behind the craze is MS Dhoni. Till now they have won four IPL titles and they will definitely eye for a 5th Title win this season.

Unfortunately, the franchise had to face a 2-year ban during 2015 for betting and Spot-fixing activities – but despite all the hurdles, they have shown true potential by giving a strong comeback into the tournament.

They have a well-balanced composed team with a mix of heavily experienced players and speaking about it let’s look at their predicted 11.

Chennai Super Kings Predicted 11:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Coway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne.

Chennai Super Kings Strengths and Weaknesses:

Strengths: 

  • CSK’s main standing strength is their skipper MS Dhoni – He is the driving force for the side and not only as a captain, even as a finisher he has won few matches for the side. He is continuously working with the franchise team in order to get things started for this season.
  • Their Franchise owners were successful in regaining their 8 players in the auctions – Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Adam Milne. This will be a big boost for them because they can have the same momentum running in the team.
  • Great Experience On the Side – They really have a good amount of experienced players in the form of Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, and Dwayne Bravo.

Weakness:

  • One of the main drawbacks for the side is lack of experience in the middle order – Suresh Raina was the key member for the setup but they have not picked him. He has won many matches single-handedly for the side and his absence might hurt them for this edition.
  • Lack of Experience in Top-Order – CSK was heavily dependent on Faf du Plessis at the top-order. And unfortunately, they have not retained him for this edition nor bought him back. He played a lot of handy innings with the help of Gaikwad and has always given a good head start to the CSK’s batting innings.

Chennai Super Kings will start as favorites for this IPL 2022 season and they will definitely eye for a title win.