Chennai Super Kings Squad IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) completed its squad by purchasing 6 players in the IPL Auction 2024. Chennai spent the most money for Daryl Mitchell.
CSK Squad IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bought 6 players in the IPL Auction 2024 on Tuesday. CSK, which has won the title five times, now has a complete squad of 25 players. Chennai had entered the auction with an amount of Rs 31.4 crore. CSK made three surprise purchases in the form of Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi and Rachin Ravindra. The franchise spent the most money on New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell. Mitchell’s base price was Rs 1 crore and Chennai signed him for Rs 14 crore. Let us tell you that Mitchell remained unsold in the auction last year.
At the same time, defending champion Chennai gave Rs 8 crore 40 lakh from its own purse for Sameer Rizvi. The base price of uncapped Rizvi was just Rs 20 lakh. Rizvi himself, famous for his explosive batting, seemed surprised by such a big bid. CSK surprised New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra for Rs 1.8 crore. His base price was 50 lakhs. Rachin made headlines by making waves in the World Cup 2023. All-rounder Shardul Thakur has returned to Chennai. Thakur’s base price was Rs 2 crore and Chennai had to spend Rs 4 crore for him. Let us tell you that MS Dhoni-led Chennai had released players like Ben Stokes and Kyle Jamieson before the auction.
Players bought by CSK in IPL auction 2024: Daryl Mitchell (Rs 14 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 1.8 crore), Shardul Thakur (Rs 4 crore), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 8.40 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2 crore) ), Avnish Rao Arveli (Rs 20 lakh).
CSK full squad for IPL 2024: MS Dhoni (captain) (wk), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dubey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangarkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Chaudhary , Mathisha Pathirana, Avnish Rao Arveli, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rashid, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahesh Theekshana.
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