In the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful sides and the 2020 IPL provides no exception to it as the league is scheduled to be held in the UAE. The under MS Dhoni is must be a strong contender to take this year’s IPL title.

In the year 2019, the three-times champion ended runners-up after losing the final match to Mumbai Indians. This time Chennai Super Kings will definitely try its best to go one step ahead.

Stumpsandbails analyzed the Chennai Super Kings in detail. So, let’s dig into those.

  1. Strength

So far, the Chennai Super Kings never failed to reach the qualifiers level and apart from CSK, no other team has broken this record, not even Mumbai Indians, who is four-times IPL champion. The extraordinary mentorship of MS Dhoni has played a crucial role in this along with the persistence of Super Kings to keep their core strength intact. This time, in 2020 IPL is not different from that. Along with MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Dwayne Bravo lead their campaign with Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, and Faf du Plessis. From the last auction of IPL, they have included Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla to their team. All these fantastic players have played many matches and performed their best in any circumstances. The tracks in the UAE is on the slower side and that will definitely help the Chennai Super Kings.

  1. Weakness

No one can deny the fact that experience matters a lot, which has taken CSK to lift up the 2018 title and reach in the 2019 IPL but this time in 2020 IPL, this is not the same thing. Now they have not enough experienced players. Captain MS Dhoni has last played an international match in 2019 July, the semifinal exit of India from the 2019 ICC World Cup to be precise. Some other players like Bravo, Tahir, Harbhajan, and Watson too have taken a long break from the game. In this case, can CSK regain that confidence that makes them a dangerous side?

3. Squad

MS Dhoni, KM Asif, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, N Jagadeesan, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, M Vijay, Monu Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Watson, Ruturaj Gaikwad,  Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Piyush Chawla, R Sai Kishore.

4. Stars to watch out for

MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood.

  1. IPL prediction

The team of Chennai Super Kings may struggle to get the right strategy in 2020 IPL. But the aura of MS Dhoni and a blend of sparkling stars could carry them to reach play-offs this time also.