Chennai Super Kings, SWOT Analysis, available purse and remaining slots

The five-time champions Chennai Super Kings are all set to go in the IPL 2024 mini-auction to eye some big players for the next edition of the tournament. They released some big names before and on the IPL 2024 retention day, the list of players released by CSK, includes the likes of Benn Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, and Dwaine Pretorius, alongside some domestic players.

Notably, the CSK are the joint-most successful team in the history of the Indian Premier League, as they have the same number of titles won by Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians. Now, the yellow outfits will be looking ahead to clinch their sixth title and become the most successful team in the tournament.

With that said, here we’ll have a look at the detailed analysis of CSK, including its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Strengths

One of the first and foremost strengths of the Chennai Super Kings is none other than having one of the most successful captains ever to play the game, MS Dhoni. His brilliant tactics are the backbone of the side and have helped them to win the IPL title 5 times. Alongside his captaincy, his amazing quick work behind the stumps happens to be trouble for the opponents most of the time.

MS Dhoni-led CSK have a massive experience to their name when it comes to winning the tournament; they immediately clinched the IPL 2018 title after coming back from a two-year break from the tournament. Apart from that, the average age of the team is above 30, which is quite enough to reflect the experience of this side.

Weaknesses

The major concern for the defending champions is the lack of experience and efficiency in their lower middle order. The team is missing some power hitters who can hold the nerves under pressure and go for some big hits in the slog overs, be it in the first innings or while chasing the target.

Other than this, the pace bowling department is also a big question to address for CSK management. In IPL 2023, they only had Tushar Deshpande who is still an uncapped player, alongside Sri Lanka’s Matheesha Pathirana, who has a very low experience of playing at the bigger level of the game.

Opportunities

Chennai Super Kings will have an opportunity to clinch the IPL title for the sixth time owing to their brilliant form in the Indian Premier League 2023. Apart from that, it will be a chance for CSK players to bid a winning farewell to their skipper MS Dhoni as it could be his last appearance in the Indian Premier League.

Threats

The injury concern for CSK is one of the major threats which they might have to encounter in the upcoming season of IPL. Apart from that, the lack of some current in-form players will also be a big concern for the side.

Remaining Purse and Slots for CSK:

Chennai Super Kings are currently left with the remaining purse of INR 31.4 crores to go in the mini-auction for IPL 2024. They have currently 6 slots left with them, including three slots for overseas players.

Here’s a look at CSK’s squad ahead of Auction 2024:

MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Mitchell Santner, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, and Ajay Mandal.

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