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Chennai Super Kings |
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| Owner |
India Cement |
Founded |
2008 |
| CEO |
Charu Sharma |
Head Coach |
Kepler Wessels |
| President |
TBA |
Team Value |
US$91 million |
| Captian |
MS Dhoni |
Icon Player |
none |
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| Team Profile |
Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. There is no Icon Player for the team.
The name "Super Kings" is to honor the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture, the team logo has a Lion to reflect the King of the Jungle. In addition the word "Super" is colloquially used in the state of Tamil Nadu to reflect all things thrilling and exciting.
The company today announced that it has signed up Tamil actors Vijay and Nayanthara as brand ambassadors for the team - Chennai Super Kings. |
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| Franchise |
Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector.
The brand ambasssadors for the team will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.
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| Current Team |
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| Name |
Age |
Nationality |
Playing role |
Bidding Price |
| MS Dhoni |
26 |
India |
Batsman / WK |
US$ 1,500,000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
35 |
Sri Lanka |
Bowler |
US$ 600,000 |
| Matthew Hayden |
36 |
Australia |
Batsman |
US$ 375,000 |
| Jacob Oram |
28 |
New Zealand |
All Rounder |
US$ 675,000 |
| Stephen Fleming |
35 |
New Zealand |
Batsman |
US$ 350,000 |
| Parthiv Patel |
22 |
India |
Batsman / WK |
US$ 325,000 |
| Albie Morkel |
28 |
South Africa |
All Rounder |
US$ 675,000 |
| Joginder Sharma |
24 |
India |
Bowler |
US$ 225,000 |
| Suresh Raina |
21 |
India |
Batsman |
US$ 650,000 |
| Makhaya Ntini |
30 |
South Africa |
Bowler |
US$ 200,000 |
| Michael Hussey |
32 |
Australia |
Batsman |
US$ 350,000 |
| Ashwin R |
21 |
India |
Bowler |
None |
| Anirudha Srikkanth |
21 |
India |
Batsman |
None |
| Sudeep Tyagi |
20 |
India |
Bowler |
None |
| Subramaniam Badrinath |
28 |
India |
Batsman |
None |
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Disclaimer
* Trademark Ownership & Symbol Ownership are Properties of Respective Organization / Firm / Body.Its for represent purpose only. |
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