The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will head into Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 as five-time champions, find out their best probable starting XI from their entire squad players list
The franchise managed to secure a 25-man squad at the recently concluded IPL 2025 mega auction.
CSK IPL 2025 predicted playing 11, full squad players list, owner, captain, team head coach, coaching support staff and management
CSK POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Rutu
Conway ✈️
Rahul
Dube
Sam Curran ✈️
Dhoni
Jaddu
Ashwin
Noor Ahmed ✈️
Khaleel
Pathirana ✈️
Impact : Anshul Kamboj- hooda-
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Ahead of the auction, the team retained the services of skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 Cr), lead spin-allrounder Ravindra Jadeja (18 Cr), ‘Lasitha Malinga-regen’ Matheesha Pathirana (13 Cr), Shivam Dube (12 Cr), and Thala MS Dhoni (4 Cr).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) owner
Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited & India Cements, with N. Srinivasan as the CEO, are the owners of the franchise.
CSK coaches and support staff for IPL 2025 season
Given below is a list of all the coaches and support staff for the new season:
| Role | Coach/Support Staff |
| Head Coach | Stephen Fleming |
| Batting Coach | Michael Hussey |
| Bowling consultant | Eric Simons |
| Batting & Fielding Coach | Rajiv Kumar |
| Physiotherapist | Tommy Simsek |
| Trainer | Gregory King |
| High Performance Analyst | Lakshmi Narayan |
| Logistics Manager | Sanjay Natarajan |
| Masseur | Khalil Khan |
| Team Doctor | Dr. R Madhu Thottappillil |
| Team Manager | R Russell |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad for IPL 2025 season
Given below is the CSK squad for the upcoming season:
| Player | Price |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Retained |
| Shivam Dube | Retained |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Retained |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Retained |
| MS Dhoni | Retained |
| Devon Conway | 6.25 crore INR |
| Rahul Tripathi | 3.4 crore INR |
| Rachin Ravindra | 4 crore INR |
| R Ashwin | 9.75 crore INR |
| Khaleel Ahmed | 4.80 crore INR |
| Noor Ahmed | 10 crore INR |
| Vijay Shankar | 1.20 crore INR |
| Sam Curran | 2.40 crore INR |
| Shaik Rasheed | 30 lakh INR |
| Anshul Kamboj | 3.40 Crore INR |
| Mukesh Choudhary | 30 lakh INR |
| Deepak Hooda | 1.70 crore INR |
| Gurjapneet Singh | 2.20 crore INR |
| Nathan Ellis | 2 Crore INR |
| Jamie Overton | 1.50 Crore INR |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 30 Lakh INR |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh | 30 Lakh INR |
| Shreyas Gopal | 30 Lakh INR |
| Vansh Bedi | 55 Lakh INR |
| Andre Siddharth | 30 Lakh INR |
Chennai Super Kings best probable starting 11 for IPL 2025 season
While CSK retained Dhoni at a low price, his fitness and injuries with age will remain a concern. The team will likely stick with the Gaikwad-Conway combo at the top of the batting order. Meanwhile, Tripathi and Dube will come in behind at Numbers 3 and 4, respectively.
Either Deepak Hooda or Vijay Shankar could step in for the power-hitter role, alongside Overton as an all-rounder alternative. Ravindra could, meanwhile, step in as option 5, depending on how they use Noor Ahmad. Given below is the team’s best probable starting lineup for the IPL 2025 season:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (C)
- Devon Conway
- Rahul Tripathi
- Shivam Dube
- Deepak Hooda
- Sam Curran
- MS Dhoni (WK)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Matheesha Pathirana
Impact player: Rachin Ravindra / Noor Ahmad
Bench:
- Anshul Kamboj
- Nathan Ellis
- Vijay Shankar
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Shaik Rasheed
- Jamie Overton
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Shreyas Gopal