Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 Team Preview: Key Stats, Predicated XI & Analysis

Captain: Ruturaj gaikwad

Coach: Stephen fleming

Home venue: Ma chidambaram stadium, chennai

Best Finishes: Champions (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023)

Last season: Fifth

Key Stats

1. Spin-friendly Fortress

7.13 – The Economy Rate for Spinners at Chepauk, The lowest aml venues with over 15 matches.

Chennai’s Home Ground Continues to Favor Spinners, Making Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, and Noor Ahmad Crucial Assets. CSK’s Well-Orned Spin Attack is Built to Thrive in these conditions.

2. MS Dhoni: The Finishing Maestro

220.54-MS Dhoni’s Strike Rate in IPL 2024, The Second-Highest Ever for Batters with 100+ Runs in a Season.

Playing the Finisher’s Role to Perfection, Dhoni Smashed 13 Sixes and 14 Fours in Just 73 Balls, Averaging a boundary every three deliveries. He remained unbeated in egght of his 11 innings, proving his late-order dominance once again.

3. PowerPlay Concerns

8.55-CSK’s PowerPlay Run Rate Over the Last Three Seasons, The Third-Lest in the IPL.

With ruturaj gaikwad and rachin ravindra likely to open in IPL 2025, Chennai May Continue to Play Conservatively in the First Six Over. Gaikwad’s T20 Strike Rate of 131.90, Compared to Ravindra’s 140.46, sugges a measred start, putting pressure on the middle order to access.

Predicted playing xi

Top order

– Ruturaj Gaikwad

– Rachin Ravindra

– Rahul Tripathi

Middle Order & All-Rounders

– Shivam Dube

– Ravindra Jadeja

– MS Dhoni

– Sam Curran

Bowlers

– R Ashwin

– Noor Ahmad

– Matheesha Pathirana

– Khaleel Ahmed

Impact player: Andre Siddharth / Anshul Kamboj

Final Thoughts

CSK’s success will relay on its spinners at chepauk and its ability to accelerate in the power. Can the Defending Champion Adjust to its Evolving Squad?

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