CSK Captain in IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings who won IPL titles five times have failed to qualify for the playoffs last season as they managed to win only seven games out of the 14 league matches.
Though RCB and CSK shared the same match wins, the NRR gave a boost to CSK’s rival team an edge and pushed them into the playoffs. CSK won the IPL titles in the 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023 seasons.
CSK Captain in IPL 2025
With a mega auction planned for the 2025 season, CSK decided to stick with their previous captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad. Chennai Super Kings named Ruturaj Gaikwad the team’s captain ahead of the IPL 2024 season.
In the 2024 season, Ruturaj Gaikwad led Chennai Super Kings in 14 games and won seven games but failed to lead the team into the playoffs round.
Check out the full list of CSK Captains in IPL History below:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2024-2025
- MS Dhoni: 2008-2023
- Suresh Raina: 2010-2019(6 Matches)
- Ravindra Jadeja – 2022-2022(8 Matches)
IPL 2025 Squad – CSK
Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 CSK Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:
(R) – Retained
| Player | Auction Price | Nation | Role |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (R) | INR 18 Cr | India | Batter |
| MS Dhoni (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | WK-Batter |
| Shivam Dube (R) | INR 12 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Ravindra Jadeja (R) | INR 18 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Matheesha Pathirana (R) | INR 13 Cr | Sri Lanka | Bowler |
| Noor Ahmad | INR 10 Cr | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Ravichandaran Ashwin | INR 9.75 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Devon Conway | INR 6.25 Cr | New Zealand | WK-Batter |
| Syed Khaleel Ahmed | INR 4.80 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Rachin Ravindra | INR 4 Cr | New Zealand | Allrounder |
| Anshul Kamboj | INR 3.40 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Rahul Tripathi | INR 3.40 Cr | India | Batter |
| Sam Curran | INR 2.40 Cr | England | Allrounder |
| Gurjapneet Singh | INR 2.20 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Nathan Ellis | INR 2 Cr | Australia | Bowler |
| Deepak Hooda | INR 1.70 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Jamie Overton | INR 1.50 Cr | England | Allrounder |
| Vijay Shankar | INR 1.20 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Vansh Bedi | INR 30 Lakh | India | WK-Batter |
| Andre Siddarth | INR 30 Lakh | India | Batter |
| Shreyas Gopal | INR 30 Lakh | India | Allrounder |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh | INR 30 Lakh | India | Allrounder |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Mukesh Choudhary | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Shaik Rasheed | INR 30 Lakh | India | Batter |
CHECK: IPL 2025 Squad of All Teams – 10 Team Updated List
IPL 2025 Mega Auction
BCCI planned to host the IPL 2025 mega auction on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ahead of the auction, all teams have revealed their retained players list. The two-day Mega Auction will commence at 12:30 PM local time on Sunday, November 24, 2024.
According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
Though this year’s auction was planned to be hosted outside India, fans can still enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live streaming from their home.
