IPL 2025: Rating Teams based on their final squads

6. Chennai Super Kings - 7/10

Chennai Super Kings retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni ahead of the IPL 2025 mega-auctions. They built a strong core and added some of their players from the class of 2024 in Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway - which makes their batting unit extremely strong. However, the middle order looks slightly shaky.

The five-time champions Dube, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran and Jamie Overton are in the middle order, alongside Dhoni and Jadeja. That might not be enough to challenge for the title. With Dhoni in the side, one might expect him to do his magic and bring out the best in these players but it looks slightly pale. 

They invested heavily in Ravichandran Ashwin, which is a good buy, given the surface at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The bowling unit also features Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary and Pathirana, which is a decent unit. However, they could have done a better job for the middle order position as it now heavily depends on Dube.

Check the full squad below: