IPL 2026: Complete Chennai Super Kings team; full players list

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings caput into the IPL auction with a sizeable purse of Rs 43.40 crore and 9 slots to fill, including 4 overseas positions, giving the five-time champions ample flexibility to reshape their squad.

CSK person opted for a bold reset, releasing respective high-profile names specified arsenic Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana and Sam Curran, on with experienced Indian players Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar and Rahul Tripathi.The determination underlines CSK’s intent to recalibrate their halfway portion continuing to backmost a beardown retained radical led by MS Dhoni and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. The franchise has besides shown religion successful a premix of younker and overseas talent, retaining players similar Dewald Brevis, Noor Ahmad and Nathan Ellis, alongside cardinal Indian contributors Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Choudhary.

Young prospects specified arsenic Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel and Anshul Kamboj further item CSK’s semipermanent planning.

With a steadfast purse and aggregate vacancies, CSK are expected to beryllium progressive astatine the auction, targeting proven match-winners arsenic good arsenic emerging endowment to bolster their squad. The availability of 4 overseas slots adds different furniture of intrigue, arsenic the franchise looks to onslaught the close equilibrium betwixt acquisition and younker up of the caller season.

Players Released:Ravindra Jadeja, Andre Siddarth, Deepak Hooda, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana, Sam Curran, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Tripathi, Shaikh Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Vijay ShankarPlayers Retained: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul KambojPlayers bought astatine auction: Akeal Hosein (Rs 2 crore)