Chennai Super Kings
2008 season
CoachKepler Wessels
CaptainMahendra Singh Dhoni
IPLRunner Up
CLT20Cancelled
Most runsSuresh Raina (421)
Most wicketsAlbie Morkel (17)
Most catchesSuresh Raina (10)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsMS Dhoni (6)

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 took part in the 2008 Indian Premier League which was the inaugural season of the IPL. They were captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Kepler Wessels. They finished runners-up in the IPL after losing the finals to the Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets. They qualified for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20 but the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Pre-season player signings

During the first player auctions for the inaugural IPL season, conducted in January 2008, the Chennai team bought a number of contemporary star cricketers such as M.S. Dhoni, Matthew Hayden, Stephen Fleming, Muttiah Muralitharan and Michael Hussey. Dhoni became the costliest player of the auction, as the Chennai franchise bought him for $1.5 million.[1] They also bought Indian players such as Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Joginder Sharma and foreign players like Makhaya Ntini, Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram. Apart from these they signed several Indian domestic players like Subramaniam Badrinath, Manpreet Gony, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Anirudha Srikkanth, Sudeep Tyagi, Shadab Jakati and Abhinav Mukund.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2008 IPL season are listed in bold.

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
03Suresh Raina India27 November 1986 (aged 21)Left-handedRight-arm off breakVice Captain
06Abhinav Mukund India6 January 1990 (aged 18)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
10Anirudha Srikkanth India14 April 1987 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break
12Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan India3 December 1981 (aged 26)Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox
28Matthew Hayden Australia29 October 1971 (aged 36)Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
33Subramaniam Badrinath India30 August 1980 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
42Arun Karthik India15 February 1986 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
43Stephen Fleming New Zealand1 April 1973 (aged 35)Left-handedOverseas
48Michael Hussey Australia27 May 1975 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
Chamara Kapugedera Sri Lanka24 February 1987 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
All-rounders
24Jacob Oram New Zealand28 July 1978 (aged 29)Left-handedRight arm medium-fastOverseas
81Albie Morkel South Africa10 June 1981 (aged 26)Left-handedRight arm medium-fastOverseas
Selvam Suresh Kumar India. 20 March 1985 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Napoleon Einstein India16 August 1989 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
07Mahendra Singh Dhoni India7 July 1981 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
09Parthiv Patel India9 March 1985 (aged 23)Left-handed
Bowlers
08Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka17 April 1971 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas
11Lakshmipathy Balaji India27 August 1981 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
13Joginder Sharma India23 October 1983 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
14Ravichandran Ashwin India17 September 1986 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm off break
16Makhaya Ntini South Africa6 July 1977 (aged 30)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumOverseas
17Sudeep Tyagi India19 September 1987 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastWithdrew from tournament
21Palani Amarnath India1 June 1982 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
25Shadab Jakati India27 November 1980 (aged 27)Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox
76Manpreet Gony India4 January 1984 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Viraj Kadbe India19 November 1989 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Indian Premier League

Chennai Super Kings playing the Kolkata Knight Riders at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in the 2008 IPL.

The Super Kings won their first game against Kings XI Punjab by 33 runs, after scoring 240/5 which was the highest total of the tournament, a record surpassed by themselves in 2010 by scoring 246 runs.[2] Chennai also managed to win a close match against Mumbai Indians by 6 runs despite Mumbai batsman Abhishek Nayar scoring an unbeaten 45. Then they went on to beat Kolkata Knight Riders comfortably by 9 wickets and Royal Challengers Bangalore by 13 runs in their next two games. But their winning run in the tournament took a hit when their overseas stars Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram had to leave for national duties. Their departure immediately affected their performance as they lost their next three games. The batting, although inconsistent, eventually adjusted to the losses of Hayden and Hussey with contributions from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel. In the home game against Delhi Daredevils, CSK were unable to defend a target of 170 due to half-centuries by Delhi openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. At Jaipur against the home team Rajasthan Royals, the Super Kings batsmen struggled against Pakistani fast-bowler Sohail Tanvir who picked up the best bowling figures in the IPL 2008 (6/14). This was also the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 match until 2011, when Somerset spinner Arul Suppiah took figures of 6 for 5 against Glamorgan. CSK lost another home game to Deccan Chargers which was only the second victory for the latter in the tournament. Chennai beat Delhi Daredevils in their next game by chasing a target of 188, mainly due to the cameos by Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Fleming and Morkel. In their next game, Chennai defeated Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs after Subramaniam Badrinath and skipper Dhoni scored half-centuries. The match also witnessed Chennai's Lakshmipathy Balaji claiming the first hat-trick of the tournament and in the process also getting the first five-for (5/24 in 4 overs) in IPL history. However, they were crushed by the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai as opener Sanath Jayasuriya struck an unbeaten 114 off just 48 balls for the home team, to hand a 9-wicket defeat to the Super Kings. In their eleventh match of the season, they beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 runs (D/L method) in a rain-affected match at the Eden Gardens. In the same match, Makhaya Ntini took the third hat-trick of the tournament and won the Man of the match award for his 4/32 in 4 overs. The Super Kings were unable to chase down a modest total of 127 despite being 60/0 at one stage and suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore. In another home game, against Rajasthan Royals, CSK went down by 10 runs chasing 212. Albie Morkel's all-round efforts (2/35 in 4 overs and 71 off 40 balls) went in vain as the Super Kings succumbed to a second straight defeat. In their last league fixture, the Super Kings could easily beat the struggling Deccan Chargers by 7 wickets, with Raina scoring an unbeaten half-century. The Super Kings managed to get a semi-final spot with this win as they finished in third place in the league table with 16 points.[3]

The side played their semi-final against the Kings XI Punjab, whom they managed to defeat by 9 wickets, thus entering the final. Electing to bat first, Kings XI scored only 112/8 in their 20 overs as Chennai bowlers dented the innings with wickets at regular intervals. Suresh Raina and Parthiv Patel scored unbeaten fifties and took the team to victory with more than five overs to spare.[4] The Chennai outfit faced the resurgent Rajasthan Royals in the final which was played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Batting first, Chennai made a decent total, 163/5, in their 20 overs, with Raina top-scoring with 43 and Parthiv Patel also contributing 38 runs. Rajasthan's run-chase was in trouble at one stage, with the scoreboard reading 42/3 in the seventh over. However, Rajasthan's all-rounder Shane Watson added 57 runs for the fourth wicket with Yusuf Pathan, who went on to score 56 off just 39 balls. With 8 required off the last over for the Royals with 3 wickets in hand, the match went down to the last ball, off which Sohail Tanvir scored a single to give his side the victory.[5] Royals' all-rounder Yusuf Pathan won the Man-of-the-Match award for his all-round performance. The Chennai Super Kings won $600,000 prize money as they finished the tournament as runners-up.

Season standings

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Rajasthan Royals (C) 14 11 3 0 22 0.632
2 Kings XI Punjab 14 10 4 0 20 0.509
3 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.192
4 Delhi Daredevils 14 7 6 1 15 0.342
5 Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 14 0.570
6 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 7 1 13 −0.147
7 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 4 10 0 8 −1.160
8 Deccan Chargers 14 2 12 0 4 −0.467
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Match log

No Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard link
119 AprilKings XI PunjabMohaliWon by 33 runs, MoM Michael Hussey 116* (54)Scorecard
223 AprilMumbai IndiansChennaiWon by 6 runs, MoM Matthew Hayden 81 (46)Scorecard
326 AprilKolkata Knight RidersChennaiWon by 9 wickets, MoM Jacob Oram 3/32 (4 overs)Scorecard
428 AprilRoyal Challengers BangaloreBangaloreWon by 13 runs, MoM Mahendra Singh Dhoni 65 (30)Scorecard
52 MayDelhi DaredevilsChennaiLost by 8 wicketsScorecard
64 MayRajasthan RoyalsJaipurLost by 8 wicketsScorecard
76 MayDeccan ChargersChennaiLost by 7 wicketsScorecard
88 MayDelhi DaredevilsDelhiWon by 4 Wickets, MoM Mahendra Singh Dhoni 33 (33)Scorecard
910 MayKings XI PunjabChennaiWon by 18 runs, MoM Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/24 (4 overs)Scorecard
1014 MayMumbai IndiansMumbaiLost by 9 wicketsScorecard
1118 MayKolkata Knight RidersKolkataWon by 3 runs (D/L method), MoM Makhaya Ntini 4/21 (4 overs)Scorecard
1221 MayRoyal Challengers BangaloreChennaiLost by 14 runsScorecard
1324 MayRajasthan RoyalsChennaiLost by 10 runs, MoM Albie Morkel 2/35 (4 overs) and 71 (40)Scorecard
1427 MayDeccan ChargersHyderabadWon by 7 wickets, MoM Suresh Raina 54* (43)Scorecard
1531 MayKings XI Punjab (Semi-final)MumbaiWon by 9 wickets, MoM Makhaya Ntini 2/23 (4 overs)Scorecard
161 JuneRajasthan Royals (Final)Navi MumbaiLost by 3 wicketsScorecard
Overall Record of 9 – 7

Runners-up of the 2008 Indian Premier League

Most runs

PlayerInningsRunsAverageStrike rateHighest Score100s50s
Suresh Raina1445638.27142.7155*03
MS Dhoni1441441.40133.546502
Parthiv Patel1330227.45101.685402
Albie Morkel1024134.42147.857101
Stephen Fleming1019621.77118.784500

Most wickets

PlayerInningsWicketsAverageEconomy rateBest Bowling4w
Albie Morkel131723.478.314/321
Manpreet Gony161726.057.383/340
Lakshmipathy Balaji91126.008.665/241
Muttiah Muralitharan151136.726.962/390
Joginder Sharma7828.879.682/270

Champions League Twenty20

Chennai Super Kings, being the runners-up of the IPL, were among the first sides to secure a berth for the event. However, the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks and Chennai Super Kings, along with Rajasthan Royals, received $1.3 million as compensation.

References

  1. Dhoni snapped up for 1.5 million dollars at IPL auction
  2. Alter, Jamie (19 April 2008). "Magnificent Hussey inspires Chennai win". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. Varghese, Mathew (27 May 2008). "Chennai Super Kings seal semi-final spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. Rajesh, S. (31 May 2008). "Inspired Chennai send Punjab packing". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. "Rajasthan champions after cliffhanger. Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, final, IPL Report. Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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