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2015 Chennai Super Kings season

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the eighth season in succession by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Chennai Super Kings
2015 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMahendra Singh Dhoni
Ground(s)M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
IPLRunners-up
CLT20Defunct
Most runsBrendon McCullum (436)[1]
Most wicketsDwayne Bravo (26)[2]
Most catchesDwayne Bravo (13)
Ravindra Jadeja (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsMahendra Singh Dhoni (11)[4]
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The Super Kings reached the final of the 2015 IPL where they lost to Mumbai Indians.

IPL auction 2015

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Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2015 auction:[5]

Squad

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  • Players with international caps before the 2015 IPL season are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
3 Suresh Raina   India (1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹95 million (US$1.1 million) Vice-captain
12 Mithun Manhas   India (1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
13 Faf du Plessis   South Africa (1984-07-13)13 July 1984 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹47.5 million (US$570,000) Overseas
42 Brendon McCullum   New Zealand (1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹32.5 million (US$390,000) Overseas
48 Michael Hussey   Australia (1975-05-27)27 May 1975 (aged 39) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2015 ₹15 million (US$180,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Baba Aparajith   India (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹3 million (US$36,000)
8 Ravindra Jadeja   India (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹75 million (US$900,000)
47 Dwayne Bravo   Trinidad and Tobago (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹40 million (US$480,000) Overseas
50 Dwayne Smith   Barbados (1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹45 million (US$540,000) Overseas
56 Irfan Pathan   India (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹15 million (US$180,000)
68 Andrew Tye   Australia (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹2 million (US$24,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
1 Eklavya Dwivedi   India (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 26) Right-handed 2015 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni   India (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹125 million (US$1.5 million) Captain
9 Ankush Bains   India (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 19) Right-handed 2015 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
Bowlers
6 Pawan Negi   India (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
15 Ishwar Pandey   India (1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹15 million (US$180,000)
18 Mohit Sharma   India (1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹30 million (US$360,000)
19 Pratyush Singh   India (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
21 Matt Henry   New Zealand (1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 ₹3 million (US$36,000) Overseas
22 Ronit More   India (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2014 ₹1 million (US$12,000)
27 Rahul Sharma   India (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2015 ₹3 million (US$36,000)
64 Ashish Nehra   India (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 35) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹20 million (US$240,000)
77 Samuel Badree   Trinidad and Tobago (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹3 million (US$36,000) Overseas
87 Kyle Abbott   South Africa (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 ₹3 million (US$36,000) Overseas
99 Ravichandran Ashwin   India (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹55 million (US$660,000)

IPL

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Standings

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Chennai Super Kings finished first in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.709
2 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.043
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 14 7 5 2 16 1.037
4 Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 5 2 16 0.062
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 6 1 15 0.253
6 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 7 7 0 14 −0.239
7 Delhi Daredevils 14 5 8 1 11 −0.049
8 Kings XI Punjab 14 3 11 0 6 −1.436
Source: [6]
  • Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to the Qualifier
  •   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results

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League matches

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All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
9 April
(H) Chennai Super Kings
150/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
149/9 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 1 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
Dwayne Smith 34 (31)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/30 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 73* (55)
Ashish Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
11 April
(H) Chennai Super Kings
209/4 (20 overs)
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
164/6 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
Brendon McCullum 100* (56)
Trent Boult 1/34 (4 overs)
David Warner 53 (42)
Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
17 April
(H) Mumbai Indians
183/7 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
189/4 (16.4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
Kieron Pollard 64 (30)
Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 62 (30)
Harbhajan Singh 2/44 (4 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
19 April
Chennai Super Kings
156/4 (20 overs)
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Rajasthan Royals (H)
157/2 (18.2 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (RR)
Dwayne Bravo 62* (36)
Chris Morris 1/19 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 76* (55)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/29 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
22 April
Chennai Super Kings
181/8 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
154/8 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
Suresh Raina 62 (32)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/40 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 51 (42)
Ashish Nehra 4/10 (4 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
25 April
(H) Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
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Kings XI Punjab
95/9 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
Brendon McCullum 66 (44)
Axar Patel 1/35 (4 overs)
Murali Vijay 34 (32)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
28 April
(H) Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
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Kolkata Knight Riders
132/9 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
Robin Uthappa 39 (17)
Dwayne Bravo 3/22 (3 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
30 April
Chennai Super Kings
165/9 (20 overs)
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
169/3 (19.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (KKR)
Brendon McCullum 32 (12)
Brad Hogg 4/29 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 80* (58)
Mohit Sharma 1/22 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
2 May
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
192/7 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
170/6 (20 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 22 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
David Warner 61 (28)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (22)
Moises Henriques 2/20 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
4 May
(H) Chennai Super Kings
148/9 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
Suresh Raina 52 (46)
Mitchell Starc 3/24 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 48 (44)
Ashish Nehra 3/19 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
8 May
(H) Chennai Super Kings
158/5 (20 overs)
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Mumbai Indians
159/4 (19.2 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (MI)
Parthiv Patel 45 (32)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/17 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
10 May
(H) Chennai Super Kings
157/5 (20 overs)
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Rajasthan Royals
145/9 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA)and CK Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
Brendon McCullum 81 (61)
Chris Morris 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 28 (30)
Ravindra Jadeja 4/11 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
12 May
Chennai Super Kings
119/6 (20 overs)
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Delhi Daredevils (H)
120/4 (16.4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Faf du Plessis 29 (23)
Zaheer Khan 2/9 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 70* (49)
Ishwar Pandey 2/27 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
16 May
(H) Kings XI Punjab
130/7 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
134/3 (16.5 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: CK Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (CSK)
Axar Patel 32 (29)
Pawan Negi 2/25 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (41)
Sandeep Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

Playoffs

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All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata
1Chennai Super Kings162 (19 ov)2Mumbai Indians202/5 (20 ov)
2Mumbai Indians (H)187/6 (20 ov)22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi1Chennai Super Kings161/8 (20 ov)
1Chennai Super Kings140/7 (19.5 ov)
20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune3Royal Challengers Bangalore139/8 (20 ov)
3Royal Challengers Bangalore180/4 (20 ov)
4Rajasthan Royals109 (19 ov)
Qualifier 1
19 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
187/6 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51)
Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 45 (34)
Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat
Qualifier 2
22 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Chennai Super Kings
140/7 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 41 (43)
Ashish Nehra 3/28 (4 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (46)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wickets
JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Final

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Main article: 2015 Indian Premier League final
24 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
202/5 (20 overs)
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Chennai Super Kings
161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45)
Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 57 (48)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Brendon McCullum 14 14 436 33.53 155.71 100 1 2 51 23
Dwayne Smith 16 16 399 24.93 119.10 62 0 2 52 16
Faf du Plessis 17 15 280 29.23 125.00 55 0 1 37 5
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]

Most wickets

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Player Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Dwayne Bravo 17 16 26 16.38 8.14 3/22 12.00 0 0
Ashish Nehra 16 16 22 20.40 7.24 4/10 16.90 1 0
Mohit Sharma 16 16 14 34.35 8.43 3/25 24.40 0 0
  • Bravo won the Purple Cap award as the player who took the most wickets in the tournament
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Auction 2015". IPLT20.com. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ^ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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