New Delhi. Chennai Super Kings have strengthened their squad by placing a strong bid in the IPL 2024 auction. Chennai team i.e. CSK bought 5 best players in IPL auction. Chennai Super Kings and other teams can easily guess that MS Dhoni’s team’s roadmap for the auction was clear. CSK neither overspend on any player nor waited for base price players due to lack of money. This was the reason why the picture of Chennai Super Kings became clear when the IPL auction was underway.
Chennai Super Kings released several players through the trade window last month. After this, he needed an all-rounder and a batsman in his team. Chennai Super Kings have overcome this deficiency. CSK strengthened its batting lineup by buying Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra in the player auction held in Dubai. Both these players from New Zealand are all-rounders. CSK sold Daryl Mitchell for Rs. 14 crores and Rachin Ravindra Rs. He was included in his team by bidding 1.80 crores.
Apart from Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra, Chennai Super Kings have bought Shardul Thakur and Mustafizur Rahman. Cricket lovers know that Shardul Thakur is a cricketer who bowls well as well as bats well in the lower order. Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh is a left-arm fast bowler who is also known for his slow pace.
Apart from these four known cricketers, CSK has also bet on an unknown cricketer. He is none other than Sameer Rizvi. 20-year-old Sameer Rizvi plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He played a good innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this month. Chennai Super Kings bid Rs 8.40 crore for Sameer Rizvi. From this it can be inferred that the CSK management had already planned for Sameer Rizvi.
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Sameer Rizvi, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Tishant, N . Sindhu., Sheikh Rashid, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Mukesh Chaudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjit Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matisha Pathirana.
In the IPL auction, the Chennai Super Kings team landed with a purse of Rs 31.40 crore. He had to take a maximum of 6 players with this amount as he only had slots left for 6 players.
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Tags: Chennai Super Kings, CSk, Indian Premier League, IPL, IPL 2024, IPL Auction, MS Dhoni, Shardul Thakur
First published: December 19, 2023, 20:28 IST