The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise-based cricket team in Chennai, known for Tamil Nadu. They are known to play well in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008, the team plays its home games in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is led by Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd, and India Cement is the main participant, the team is led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and coached by Stephen Fleming. And has had the highest winning percentage of games among all teams in the IPL (59.83%). Here are the top 10 best batsmen of Chennai Super kings-
10. Dwayne Bravo
West Indies All-rounder and Right-Hand Lower Order Batsman Dwayne Bravo is ranked tenth in the list of Most Runs scored By Chennai Super Kings Batsman in IPL. He seals 927 runs in 89 Games (64 Innings) With a massive average of 26.48 and a striking rate of 135.52.
9. Shane Watson
Australian all-rounder Right Hand Top Order Batsman Shane Watson is ninth in the list of highest run-scorers by Chennai Super Kings Batsmen In The IPL. Scoring 953 runs in 32 Games (32 Innings) with a massive average of 30.74 and strike rate of 142.02.
8. Dwayne Smith
West Indies All-rounder Right Hand Lower Order Batsman Dwayne Smith is eighth in the list of run-scorer highest run hitters By Chennai Super Kings Batsmen In The IPL. He has hit 965 Runs in 32 Games (32 Innings) with an average of 30.15 and a strike rate of 128.49.
7. Matthew Hayden
Australian Left-Hand opener Matthew Hayden is Seventh in the list of top 10 best batsmen of Chennai Super Kings. He Scored 1107 hits in 32 Games (32 Innings) with an average of 36.90 and a striking rate of 137.51.
6. S. Badrinath
Right-handed middie-Order Indian, Batsman S Badrinath is Sixth on the list of the most runs scored by a Chennai Super Kings Batsman in the championship. He has made 1441 runs in 95 matches (67 Innings) with a massive average of 30.65 and strike rate of 118.89.
5. Faf Du Plessis
South African Faf Du Plessis, who joined CSK in 2012, has grown in importance over the years and is now one of the most essential strikers on the sidelines. With 449 runs, he was the team's all-time leading scorer in the IPL 2020, surpassing Michael Hussey for the third place on the list.
4. Murali Vijay
Indian Test Scholar Murali Vijay has also been on the side of CSK for more than a decade. Apart from Raina and Shane Watson, he is the third CSK player to score two significant hundred’s in the IPL.
3. Michael Hussey
Hussey was the backbone of the CSK team for the first few years and was one of the most successful strikers in the league until he resigned in 2015. Hussey's batting record in the IPL is also impressive due to his consistency. In 64 games, he managed to score only one duck.
2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dhoni, who has been on the CSK side with Raina since the inception of the IPL in 2008, has been one of the most trusted mid-order batsmen. They both spent about twice as much time in CSK in the middle as anyone else. Both of them have faced more than 3000 balls, (the fourth on the list - Michael Hussey - faced 1802 balls). Dhoni has scored the maximum sixes - 212 - in the CSK. He has also been the undefeated batsman in the team - 68.
1. Suresh Raina
Raina is one of five strikers who have scored more than 5000 runs in league history and until recently was the top scorer in the league before being overtaken by Virat Kohli. With two hundred and 35 half-centuries to his name, Suresh Raina has been a significant figure in Chennai Super Kings for many years.
