IPL: 5 lesser-known facts about Chennai Super Kings

2. Only team with 10 consecutive Playoffs qualifications

Coming back to their domination on the field, Chennai are the only franchise in the history of the cash-rich league to have played 10 consecutive Playoffs. Excluding the 2016 and 2017 season during which they served their ban, CSK made it to every single IPL playoffs from 2008 to 2019, a record no other franchise has been able to match. 

In the 10 consecutive seasons when they made it to the playoffs, their worst campaign was in 2012 wherein they stood fourth in the standings. However, they eventually ended up as the runners-up in the same season, losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the finals.

It is worth mentioning that MS Dhoni’s CSK have not qualified in the playoffs in mere two occasions (2020, 2022) of the 16 editions played thus far. The yellow outfit also became the first team to do the domestic double in 2010, when they clinched the IPL title and the Champions League T20 (CLT20).