All eyes were on the Chennai Super Kings’ strategy for the IPL 2026 auction after their last season. After making some smart and shocking buys in the auction. We have the CSK squad 2026 with a lot of young players, which is completely different from what they have been doing for the last 18 years. The Indian Premier League 2026 will start from the 26th of March 2026 and will end on the 31st of May 2026.
The last season was the worst season for the Chennai Super Kings as they finished in 10th place for the first time. It was also for the first time since the start of the Indian Premier League that the Chennai Super Kings have failed to qualify for the playoffs for back-to-back seasons. It was pretty sure that the team would now think of moving ahead and planning to build a new core for the Chennai Super Kings.
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CSK squad 2026: Full list of players, New buys, and IPL 2026 strategy
There might be a lot of teams shocked by the way Chennai Super Kings started the Indian Premier League 2026 auction. They went for Cameron Green, but Kolkata outplayed them and took away Green from them. Chennai Super Kings kept calm and were waiting for their turn to come to buy the players.
They purchase two uncapped Indian players for a whomping ₹28.4 crore, which is what Chennai Super Kings is not known for. They purchase wicket-keeper batter Kartik Sharma and a like-to-like replacement for Ravindra Jadeja, Prashant Veer. The price tag is surely high, and when the Chennai Super Kings spend so much, then surely it is one to watch out for. They also purchase Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹5.2 crore), Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 Lakhs), Mathew Short (₹1.5 crore), Zakary Foulkes (₹75 Lakhs), and Aman Khan (₹40 Lakhs).
Chennai Super Kings will be captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, and they have the experience of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ayush Mhatre and Urvil Patel are other young guns who will have all the eyes on them and need to take on the responsibility for the Chennai Super Kings. Dewald Brevis is another overseas youngster who will play an important role in the team. The bowling department will be led by Nathan Ellis, and let’s not forget that they also traded Sanju Samson.
Full IPL 2026 Squad of Chennai Super Kings
- Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, and Sarfaraz Khan
- All-rounders: Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Zak Foulkes, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein
- Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson, and Kartik Sharma
- Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Anshul Kamboj, and Matt Henry