The Chennai Super Kings have strengthened their position at the top of the cricket20 power rankings after claiming their second IPL title at the weekend.The Chennai Super Kings became the first team to win back to back IPL titlse after their comprehensive 58 run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.Murali Vijay led the way with a man of the match performance with the bat, scoring 95 runs to help the Chennai Super Kings reach 205-5 after MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.Despite suffering a heavy defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore move up into second place just ahead of the Mumbai Indians who end the tournament as the third best team in the world.Just behind the trio of IPL franchises are the West End Redbacks who won the KFC Big Bash in January, the Redbacks will take part in Septembers t20 Champions League before the team is replaced by the new Big Bash league franchise the Adelaide Strikers.Rounding out the top five are the Hampshire Royals who get their Friends Life t20 title defence under way tonight against the Somerset Sabres at the Rose Bowl in a rematch of last years dramatic final.
Chennai Super Kings Cricket Schedule 2012. Below is a list of upcoming matches of Chennai Super Kings cricket team. The list includes those matches whose fixtures or schedule has been announced by Chennai Super Kings'sCricket Board. Below list also includes matches of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Team in 2011. For timetable and venue details kindly go through series details. Chennai Super Kings is one of the teams that play in the IPL T20 cricket tournament. As the name suggests, the team is based in the Indian city of Chennai. The team is owned by a company called India Cements, which is run by M. Srinivasan. He is also the secretary of BCCI which is the governing body of the game in the country. Captain of the team is M. S. Dhoni, who also happens to be the captain of the Indian national cricket team in both the formats of the game. The team exclusively participates in the IPL & in the T20 Champions League. Other notable players in the team include Suresh Raina, Michael Hussy, Albie Morkel, Dwayne Bravo, Tim Southee, Scott Styris etc. The team has an excellent record in IPL having won the tournament twice already in 2010 & 2011. They reached the final in the first edition of the tournament & were defeated in the semis in the very next one in 2009.
Team Members
Srikkanth Anirudha
Ravichandran Ashwin
Subramaniam Badrinath
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Doug Bollinger
Dwayne Bravo
MS Dhoni
Michael Hussey
Shadab Jakati
Joginder Sharma
Suraj Randiv
Justin Kemp
Nuwan Kulasekara
Albie Morkel
Muttiah Muralitharan
Suresh Raina
Wriddhiman Saha
Tim Southee
Scott Styris
Murali Vijay
Schedule
| Match Number | Date | Time | Teams | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday Apr 4 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 6 | Saturday Apr 7 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings | Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
| 11 | Tuesday Apr 10 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 13 | Thursday Apr 12 | 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 17 | Saturday Apr 14 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune |
| 25 | Thursday Apr 19 | 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 27 | Saturday Apr 21 | 10:30 GMT |16:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 35 | Wednesday Apr 25 | 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 38 | Saturday Apr 28 | 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 42 | Monday Apr 30 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 47 | Friday May 4 | 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 50 | Sunday May 6 | 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST | Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 56 | Thursday May 10 | 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST | Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 59 | Saturday May 12 | 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| 63 | Monday May 14 | 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST | Kolkata Knight Riders vChennai Super Kings | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 66 | Thursday May 17 | 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST | Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
