Favorites To Win IPL 2022 — CSK

Robert Atkins
3 min readMar 16, 2022

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When it comes to the Indian Premier League, the first team name that strikes on anyone’s mind is CSK. The Chennai Super Kings are not just one of the most successful franchises in the competition but also one of the most loved franchises as well. This is a team that does not have fans, it has devotees. Chennai Super Kings are no doubt the heart of the Indian Premier League and there is absolutely no team in the whole of IPL which has a dedicated and huge fan base as the Chennai Super Kings.

However, the mega auction has stirred things up a bit as teams got shuffled and set team combinations were disturbed. However, one thing that has really surprised the fans from all around the world and not just the CSK fans is that Suresh Raina was not picked by CSK and he was not picked by any other franchise as well. Suresh Raina is one of the greatest IPL players who was IPL’s leading run-scorer for a long time. He was the backbone of this formidable CSK side that won so many championships. However, this year the fans will not be able to see Suresh Raina playing for CSK.

This might be the last season for MS Dhoni as a Chennai Super King player and captain. So Chennai Super Kings will be looking to make sure that MSD gets the best kind of farewell that he deserves and that is with an IPL trophy in his hand as he bows out. But trying to make that happen is tough. Trying to make that happen after the mega auction is tougher. But hey this is the Indian Premier League and this is Chennai Super Kings we are talking about so anything can happen. All MS Dhoni fans worldwide will be waiting to see MS Dhoni back in action. We certainly will too.

Let us look at their expected playing XI and their strengths and squads of the Chennai Super Kings -

Chennai Super Kings Squad IPL 2022:

Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Mahesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Verma, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Milne

Squad Composition 25 (Indian 17 Overseas 8)

Amount Remaining In Purse INR 2.95 Crore

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11 2022 (Suggested XI)

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Adam Milne, Prashant Solanki

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Robert Atkins

More than 14 years writing for sports magazines, digital, and print.