5 Greatest Chennai Super Kings players in IPL history
CSK played 10 IPL finals, winning five.
3. Suresh Raina
Popularly known as ‘Chinna Thala’, Suresh Raina played 176 matches for Chennai Super Kings and scored 4687 runs at a strike rate of 136.88. He is currently the leading run-scorer for the franchise and played a vital role in helping the team win three IPL trophies. Apart from that, he has also won two Champions Trophies with Chennai.
Raina was Dhoni’s deputy for the longest time. In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, when CSK were banned from IPL, the southpaw moved to Gujarat Lions - a team he captained for two seasons and in 2016, they were at the top of the table after the league stage.
The 37-year-old finished as CSK’s leading run-scorer on three occasions - 2008, 2010 and 2012. He was IPL’s leading run-scorer for several years before star batter Virat Kohli overtook him. Currently, he is the fifth-leading run-scorer in IPL history with 5528 runs to his name. He also has a century in the competition, which he hit against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2013.
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