Returning after a two-year gap, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) would be looking forward to putting up a great show in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. As CSK returns to IPL this year, all eyes will be on MS Dhoni, who has been captaining their side since the inaugural season. The much-celebrated IPL franchise would be vying to win the coveted IPL trophy for the third time. In its eight-year history, CSK had won back-to-back titles in the year 2010 & 2011.

Ahead of the IPL 2018 auction, CSK retained Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja from their previous squad. At the auctions, CSK managed to bring back some of the players from the previous squad as well.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo and  Faf du Plessis being the prominent ones. While CSK missed out on spinner Ravi Ashwin, they added experienced campaigner Harbhajan Singh to their ranks.  Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, and Ambati Rayudu will be part of the CSK squad for this IPL as well.

Super kings open their IPL 2018 campaign against defending champions Mumbai Indians, which happens to be the season opener as well. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai continues to be the home venue for CSK. The Chennai-based franchise will play most of their home matches at 8 pm IST with a couple of games scheduled for 4 pm. Even most of their away games are scheduled to begin at 8 pm. This is mainly because CSK happens to be one of the most followed teams in the league.

Here’s a look at the complete schedule of CSK for IPL 2018:

Date

Teams Time (IST)

Venue

April 07

MI vs CSK 8:00 PM Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
April 10 CSK vs KKR 8:00 PM

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

April 15

KXIP vs CSK 8:00 PM PCA Stadium, Mohali
April 20 CSK vs RR 8:00 PM

MCA International Stadium, Pune

April 22

SRH vs CSK 4:00 PM Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
April 25 RCB vs CSK 8:00 PM

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

April 28

CSK vs MI 8:00 PM MCA International Stadium, Pune
April 30 CSK vs DD 8:00 PM

MCA International Stadium, Pune

May 3

KKR vs CSK 8:00 PM Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May 5 CSK vs RCB 4:00 PM

MCA International Stadium

May 11

RR vs CSK 8:00 PM

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

May 13

CSK vs SRH 4:00 PM MCA International Stadium, Pune
May 18 DD vs CSK 8:00 PM

Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi

May 20

CSK vs KXIP 8:00 PM

MCA International Stadium, Pune

Full Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018:

MS Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, Santner, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, M Vijay, Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, and Chaitanya Bishnoi.

The returning Chennai Super Kings side led by MS Dhoni would be eyeing glory for the third time in IPL T20 tournament history. Will the old-warhorse Dhoni be able to make his franchise third-time lucky in IPL?

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