 "IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings, full schedule, match time, SWOT analysis")
The Chennai Super Kings under MS Dhoni was probably one of the best teams to have graced any sport or league, not only cricket and IPL. They are one of the most followed and revered units with the status of almost a cult fit. But in the 17th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), CSK will start their campaign under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad with Dhoni helping him to finetune his start of captaincy career.
Super Kings have won five IPL titles so far and in IPL 2024, which is termed as CSK's transition year, it would be interesting to how the team fair under the leadership of new captain.
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Strength- Team balance
The biggest strength of the Chennai side is their team balance. Although Devon Conway is injured, the fact that they have already signed up Rachin Ravindra would serve them well, as he would easily slide into the role of an opening left-handed batter.
MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja during power-hitting drills in practice session. Photo: PTI
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CSK IPL 2024 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) |
| Mar 22 | CSK vs RCB | Chennai | 20:00 |
| Mar 26 | CSK vs GT | Chennai | 19:30 |
| March 31 | DC vs CSK | Visakhapatnam | 19:30 |
| April 5 | SRH vs CSK | Hyderabad | 19:30 |
| April 8 | CSK vs KKR | Chennai | 19:30 |
| April 14 | MI vs CSK | Mumbai | 19:30 |
| April 19 | LSG vs CSK | Lucknow | 19:30 |
| April 23 | CSK vs LSG | Chennai | 19:30 |
| April 28 | CSK vs SRH | Chennai | 19:30 |
| May 1 | CSK vs PBKS | Chennai | 19:30 |
| May 5 | PBKS vs CSK | Dharamsala | 15:30 |
| May 10 | GT vs CSK | Ahmedabad | 19:30 |
| May 12 | CSK vs RR | Chennai | 15:30 |
| May 18 | RCB vs CSK | Bengaluru | 19:30 |
Weakness- Injury concerns
Injury concerns are the biggest weakness of the yellow brigade. Conway has already been ruled out for the first month of the IPL at least, while Pathirana, Shivam Dube and, in fact, skipper Dhoni have not had the best of fitness coming into the IPL. Pathirana and Dube are not even declared fully fit as of yet.
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Ajinkya Rahane is ageing, Deepak Chahar is coming after recovery from an injury, and Moeen Ali is not in his best shape either. Thus, injury is the biggest weakness of CSK.
CSK IPL player and their salary
| Player | Nationality | Role | Price |
| MS Dhoni | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹12,00,00,000 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Indian | Batsman | ₹6,00,00,000 |
| Moeen Ali | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹8,00,00,000 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹16,00,00,000 |
| Deepak Chahar | Indian | Bowler | ₹14,00,00,000 |
| Shivam Dube | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹4,00,00,000 |
| Mitchell Santner | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹1,90,00,000 |
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| Prashant Solanki | Indian | Bowler | ₹1,20,00,000 |
| Devon Conway | Overseas | Batsman | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | Overseas | Bowler | ₹70,00,000 |
| Tushar Deshpande | Indian | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Simarjeet Singh | Indian | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Mukesh Choudhary | Indian | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Nishant Sindhu | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹60,00,000 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Indian | Batter | ₹50,00,000 |
| Ajay Mandal | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹20,00,000 |
| Shaik Rasheed | Indian | Batter | ₹20,00,000 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Overseas | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Daryl Mitchell | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹14,00,00,000 |
| Shardul Thakur | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹4,00,00,000 |
| Rachin Ravindra | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹1,80,00,000 |
| Sameer Rizvi | Indian | Batter | ₹8,40,00,000 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Overseas | Bowler |