CSK Players List IPL 2021: Full Chennai Super Kings Squad for IPL 2021

The auction for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) took place in Chennai on Thursday. A total of 57 players were sold in the event with all of 22 overseas slots up for grabs getting filled. The three-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had only one overseas slot to fill and they secured the services of England all-rounder Moeen Ali for a whopping amount of Rs 7 crore.

Many had predicted it after the southpaw had hit some amazing sixes in the losing cause during the second Test between India and England at Chepauk earlier this week. Moeen Ali‘s inclusion gives an additional off-spin option to the Men in Yellow apart from his aggressive batting. However, he wasn’t the most expensive of the MS Dhoni-led side.

Karnataka all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham was their expensive pick of the night as CSK shelled out a huge amount of Rs 9.25 crore. They won an intense bidding war with SRH and KKR to bag him eventually.

Cheteshwar Pujara to finally play in IPL for the first time since 2014

Meanwhile, the Yellove was also showered on India’s Test number three, the wall, Cheteshwar Pujara as the franchise picked him for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. All the auction attendees clapped in appreciation after Pujara was sold in the auction as he did an incredible job for India on the recent Australia tour helping the team win the series for the second consecutive time down under.

CSK’s auction table was largely silent after picking Gowtham and Moeen Ali for whopping prices and they went only three more uncapped players late in the evening. M Harisankar Reddy, K Bhagath Varma and C Hari Nishaanth were picked by CSK for their base price of Rs 20 lakh each.

After a poor show in the IPL 2020 where they couldn’t make it to the playoffs for the first time, CSK will now be keen on putting up a good show in the upcoming season. Inclusions of Moeen and Gowtham seem definitely good for the team in terms of balance and expect MS Dhoni to use them well.

Here are the players CSK picked in IPL 2021 Auction:

Moeen Ali – 7 crore, K Gowtham – 9.25 crore, Cheteshwar Pujara – 50 lakh, M Harisankar Reddy – 20 lakh, K Bhagath Varma – 20 lakh, C Hari Nishaanth – 20 lakh

Here’s the Final squad of CSK for IPL 2021:

MS Dhoni (C & WK), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Krishnappa Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth.