Five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings will be eyeing a strong comeback in the upcoming edition after a disappointing performance in IPL 2025 as they have made several changes midway through the season.
The team will be hoping for a good start to the tournament. This article contains F.full squad of Chennai Super Kings For the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Complete squad of Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2026 after the auction
Retentions made by Chennai Super Kings
CSK have traded and retained a good mix of young and experienced players like Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre and Dewald Brewis.
Key players of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026
sanju samson
Sanju Samson, who has been traded from RR to CSK for the 2026 season of the IPL, will in all likelihood bat in the top three and add much-needed experience to a batting line-up that features a lot of youngsters.
Sanju also brings with him an option who can keep wickets if MS Dhoni decides to rest for a few matches in a long tournament, as well as being a good fielder in the outfield.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will be looking to make up for the games he missed in IPL 2025 due to injury.
Ruturaj’s absence was bothering the former IPL champions in a big way, as CSK had to make some appointments in the mid-season due to various injuries.
It will be interesting to see if Ruturaj continues to bat in the middle order, as that was his decision last season.
Dewald Bruis
One of the few positives that emerged for Chennai Super Kings, which had a disappointing performance last season, was the performance of Dewald Bruise, who came as a breath of fresh air to the underperforming middle order.
In no time, the South African batsman has become an important part of the team and the onus will be on him to perform well in the upcoming season and control the team’s middle order.
-Anshul Kamboj
CSK will look to support its fast bowling unit, which includes young pacers like Anshul Kamboj, to give the team a good start by taking wickets in the first six overs in IPL 2026, which was not the case last season.
Performance of Chennai Super Kings in IPL
CSK has been one of the most successful teams in the history of IPL, with five titles in their kitty and would like to make it six titles by winning the next edition.
Complete squad of Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2026 after the auction
| Purse Expenses: | ₹122.60 crore | purse left: | ₹2.40 crore | |
| Players purchased: | 25 / 25 | Foreign Purchase: | 8 / 8 | |
| player | Situation | Type | Base Value (Crore) | Sold Price (Crore) |
| sanju samson | Maintained | bat | , | 18 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Maintained | bat | , | 18 |
| Karthik Sharma | New | bat | 0.3 | 14.2 |
| Prashant Veer | New | AR | 0.3 | 14.2 |
| Shivam Dubey | Maintained | AR | , | 12 |
| Noor Ahmed | Maintained | bowl | , | 10 |
| Rahul Chahar | New | bowl | 1 | 5.2 |
| Khalil Ahmed | Maintained | bowl | , | 4.8 |
| ms dhoni | Maintained | bat | , | 4 |
| -Anshul Kamboj | Maintained | AR | , | 3.4 |
| Gurjapneet Singh | Maintained | bowl | , | 2.2 |
| dewald brevis | Maintained | bat | , | 2.2 |
| nathan ellis | Maintained | bowl | , | 2 |
| Akil Hossein | New | bowl | 2 | 2 |
| matt henry | New | bowl | 2 | 2 |
| matthew short | New | AR | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| jamie overton | Maintained | AR | , | 1.5 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | New | bat | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| zak faulx | New | AR | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Aman Khan | New | AR | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Shreyas Gopal | Maintained | bowl | , | 0.3 |
| Ayush Mhatre | Maintained | bat | , | 0.3 |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh | Maintained | AR | , | 0.3 |
| Urvil Patel | Maintained | bat | , | 0.3 |
| Mukesh Chaudhary | Maintained | bowl | , | 0.3 |
