Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK has won four IPL championships and is the second most successful team in league history. The team paid  Rs. 14 crore for Daryl Mitchell at the season 2024 auction. They also brought in Sameer Rizvi (Rs. 8.40 crore), Shardul Thakur (Rs. 4 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs. 2 crore), Avanish Rao Aravelly (Rs. 20 lakh) and Rachin Ravindra (Rs. 1.8 crores), to complete their 25-person lineup.

CSK Probable Playing XI

Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Daryl Mitchell, Ajinkya Rahane, Rachin Ravindra/Mitchell Santner, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana/Mustafizur Rahman.