2009 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings were one of the eight teams that took part in the 2009 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the second season in succession.

Chennai Super Kings
2009 season
CoachStephen Fleming
CaptainMahendra Singh Dhoni
IPLSemifinalists
CLT20DNQ
Most runsMatthew Hayden (572)
Most wicketsMuttiah Muralitharan (14)
Most catchesSuresh Raina (7)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsMS Dhoni (8)

Background

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Chennai Super Kings had finished as runners-up in the 2008 season of IPL. They had qualified for the 2008 CLT20, but the tournament was cancelled in the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[citation needed]

Pre-season player signings

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The Super Kings bought English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for $1.55 million at the 2009 auction making him the highest-paid IPL cricketer along with English teammate Kevin Pietersen who was bought for the same amount by Royal Challengers Bangalore.[1] Apart from Flintoff, the Chennai Super Kings also bought Murali Vijay, Thilan Thushara and George Bailey. Stephen Fleming, who had decided to retire from all forms of the game after the first season of the IPL, took over as the coach of the Super Kings team from Kepler Wessels. Their batting department was further weakened as Michael Hussey decided to skip the season in order to focus on international cricket ahead of the Ashes.[2]

Squad

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Players with international caps before the start of the 2009 IPL season are listed in bold.

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
03 Suresh Raina   India (1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 22) Left-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain
08 Murali Vijay   India (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
10 George Bailey   Australia (1982-09-07)7 September 1982 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
12 Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan   India (1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Player withdrew from the tournament.
28 Matthew Hayden   Australia (1971-10-29)29 October 1971 (aged 37) Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
33 Subramaniam Badrinath   India (1980-08-30)30 August 1980 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
42 Arun Karthik   India (1986-02-15)15 February 1986 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
11 Andrew Flintoff   England (1977-12-06)6 December 1977 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas. Player withdrew from the tournament.
24 Jacob Oram   New Zealand (1978-07-28)28 July 1978 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
81 Albie Morkel   South Africa (1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
Wicket-keepers
07 Mahendra Singh Dhoni   India (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 27) Right-handed Captain
09 Parthiv Patel   India (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 24) Left-handed
Bowlers
08 Muttiah Muralitharan   Sri Lanka (1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 37) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
11 Lakshmipathy Balaji   India (1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
13 Joginder Sharma   India (1983-10-23)23 October 1983 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
14 Ravichandran Ashwin   India (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break
16 Makhaya Ntini   South Africa (1977-07-06)6 July 1977 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
17 Sudeep Tyagi   India (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
21 Palani Amarnath   India (1982-06-01)1 June 1982 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
25 Shadab Jakati   India (1980-11-27)27 November 1980 (aged 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
76 Manpreet Gony   India (1984-01-04)4 January 1984 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
97 Thilan Thushara   Sri Lanka (1981-03-01)1 March 1981 (aged 28) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
Viraj Kadbe   India (1989-11-19)19 November 1989 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm leg break

Indian Premier League

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The Chennai Super Kings were defeated in their first game of the tournament by the Mumbai Indians by 19 runs. Mumbai skipper Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten half-century and fast bowler Lasith Malinga picked up 3/15 in 4 overs.[3] The Super Kings defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their next game by 92 runs, thanks to Matthew Hayden's 65 (35). CSK, however, lost against the Delhi Daredevils by 9 runs at Durban, where Delhi batsman AB de Villiers scored the first century of the season. Hayden, once again starred with the bat as he scored 57 off 27 balls in the same match. After an abandoned game against Kolkata Knight Riders at Cape Town, CSK lost to the Deccan Chargers by 6 wickets, giving the latter their fourth consecutive win of the season. The Super Kings then returned to form by winning their next five games. Riding on Suresh Raina's 98 (55), Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs at SuperSport Park in Centurion. In the next match against the Delhi Daredevils, left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati impressed with figures of 4/24 as he picked up the crucial wickets of Warner, Dilshan and Dinesh Karthik, giving his team an 18-run victory. At East London, the Super Kings beat Deccan Chargers by 78 runs, with skipper MS Dhoni scoring 58* and spinner Jakati taking 4/22 in 4 overs. They won their next game against Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs in an 18-overs-a-side match. CSK opener Matthew Hayden top-scored with 89 (58), a knock that overpowered half-centuries from KXIP's Yuvraj Singh and Simon Katich. With Subramaniam Badrinath scoring an unbeaten fifty, Chennai cruised to their fifth consecutive win, by beating Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. Their winning streak came to an end against the Royal Challengers in a low-scoring game at Durban where RCB won the match by two wickets with two balls to spare after Chennai were bundled out for 129 in the first innings. The Super Kings were able to beat the Mumbai Indians at Port Elizabeth by 7 wickets, thanks once again to Hayden who scored another half-century. Despite scoring 188/3 in 20 overs, the Super Kings went down on the last ball of the match to Kolkata Knight Riders, who were helped by fifties from Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge. In their last league match, the Chennai Super Kings successfully defended a score of 116/9 against Kings XI Punjab. This still remains the record for the lowest successfully defended total in the history of IPL. This win also ended Punjab's chances of reaching the semi-finals.[4]

The Super Kings finished with 17 points from 14 matches and earned a second place at the league table. At the semi-finals, the Super Kings met the Royal Challengers Bangalore who beat them by 6 wickets. CSK put up 146 on the board despite getting a brisk start from the openers. The Challengers chased down the total with 7 balls to spare after Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid set the platform for the run-chase with scores of 48 and 44 respectively.[5] Matthew Hayden of CSK, who scored 572 runs in 12 innings with 5 half-centuries at an average of 52 and strike-rate of 145, won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the season.[6] He was also adjudged Player of the Tournament.[citation needed]

Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils 14 10 4 0 20 0.311
2 Chennai Super Kings 14 8 5 1 17 0.951
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (R) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.191
4 Deccan Chargers (C) 14 7 7 0 14 0.203
5 Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 −0.483
6 Rajasthan Royals 14 6 7 1 13 −0.352
7 Mumbai Indians 14 5 8 1 11 0.297
8 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 3 10 1 7 −0.789
(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
Winner, runner-up and best-performing semi-finalist in the group stage qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.

Match log

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No Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard
1 18 April Mumbai Indians Cape Town Lost by 19 runs Scorecard
2 20 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Port Elizabeth Won by 92 runs, MoM –   Muttiah Muralitharan 3/11 Scorecard
3 23 April Delhi Daredevils Durban Lost by 9 runs Scorecard
4 25 April Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town Match Abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard
5 27 April Deccan Chargers Durban Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
6 30 April Rajasthan Royals Centurion Won by 38 runs, MoM –   Suresh Raina 98 (55) Scorecard
7 2 May Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg Won by 18 runs, MoM –   Shadab Jakati 4/24 Scorecard
8 4 May Deccan Chargers East London Won by 78 runs, MoM –   Mahendra Singh Dhoni 58* (37) Scorecard
9 7 May Kings XI Punjab Centurion Won by 12 runs (D/L method), MoM –   Matthew Hayden 89 (58) Scorecard
10 9 May Rajasthan Royals Kimberley Won by 7 wickets, MoM –   S. Badrinath 59* (41) Scorecard
11 14 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Lost by 2 wickets Scorecard
12 16 May Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Won by 7 wickets, MoM –   Matthew Hayden 60 (57) Scorecard
13 18 May Kolkata Knight Riders Centurion Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
14 20 May Kings XI Punjab Durban Won by 24 runs, MoM –   Muttiah Muralitharan 2/8 Scorecard
15 23 May Royal Challengers Bangalore (semi-final) Johannesburg Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
Overall record: 8–6. Failed to make finals, ending fourth.

Most runs

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Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s
Matthew Hayden 12 572 52.00 144.81 89 0 5
Suresh Raina 14 434 31.00 140.90 98 0 2
MS Dhoni 13 332 41.50 127.20 58* 0 2
Subramaniam Badrinath 11 177 19.66 107.92 59* 0 1
Parthiv Patel 9 142 15.77 112.69 36 0 0

Most wickets

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Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w
Muttiah Muralitharan 13 14 18.64 5.22 3/11 0
Shadab Jakati 8 13 16.69 7.48 4/22 2
Lakshmipathy Balaji 13 13 24.30 8.46 4/21 1
Albie Morkel 12 13 25.23 8.20 2/13 0
Suresh Raina 10 7 23.42 5.92 2/17 0

References

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  1. ^ Flintoff and Pietersen most expensive buys
  2. ^ Worn down Hussey won't play in IPL
  3. ^ "Tendulkar's experience sets up Mumbai's win. Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians, IPL, Cape Town Report. Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Chennai deal Punjab killer blow in low-scorer. Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, Durban Report. Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Efficient Bangalore outplay Chennai. Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings, IPL semi-final Report. Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  6. ^ IPL 2009 – Most Runs Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
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