"Champion of Champions" Chennai Super Kings

[Vivasaayi]

Chennai Super Kings


The IPL 2010 and Champions league WINNERS, is considered the best franchise Twenty20 team in the world. Led by the Charismatic leader MS Dhoni and representing the most sportive crowd of India, they have not just played hard - but also played fair, winning the fair play awards of the tournament.

Chennai has been the most consistent team in IPL and is the first team in Cricket circuit to make a legendary name for itself just like the Football teams Manchester United or Arsenal.

Lets cheer this Champion team and discuss about them

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/gallery/CSKGallery.aspx [Fifth pic ]

[Mods please enable this pic]

[ajaybaskar]

4 seasons? 3 thaane?

[sathya_1979]

CSK ku already oru thread irundhadhaa nyaabagam. illayaa? :confused2:

[ajaybaskar]

That was archived i guess.. 'Irumbu Dhoniyum murattu chennai singangalum' thread.

[Vivasaayi]

Stya, that was archived:)

Planning to start a poll - "Which Tamilnadu player would you like retain?"

vijay
badri
ashwin
balaji


or any other poll ideas?

[ajaybaskar]

This is good..

[Vivasaayi]

After a lot of thought between Ashwin or vijay - voted for vijay

[ajaybaskar]

Vivs,

Thread title terror ah irukkanum.. :-)

[Vivasaayi]

Vivs,

Thread title terror ah irukkanum.. :-)


neengellam suggest pannunga..maathidalam

[Maniraj]

voted for ashwin

[GP]

voted for Ashwin,
but practically Dhoni and/or Raina only will be retained.
no TN player will be retained, but I wish they select Ashwin and Vijay in auction.

[Plum]

Wish Badri is retained - vijay, ashwinlAm EdhAvadu oru maanga franchise vAngiduvAnga but paavam Badri, he never got a fair deal in life and career. Edho idhulayaavadhu sambAdhichuttu pOgattum :(

(P.s: manasa kallAkkkittu, voted for Ashwin)

[Riyazz]

Voted for ashwin

[Dhakshan]

Voted for Ashwin.. He gave breakthrough in most of the critical situations.. If all were included in the poll, my vote would hav been surely for Kutti Thala Raina :thumbsup:

[Sourav]

voted 4 ashwin!

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Voted for Vijay. Next in line for a permanent(???) slot in the Indian team :clap:

[Plum]

PuLi, apram pazhamozhi solliduvEn - koorai kozhi vaanam vaigundhamnu :evil:
Vijay modhalla csk-la permnent aagattum

[Riyazz]

PuLi, apram pazhamozhi solliduvEn - koorai kozhi vaanam vaigundhamnu :evil:
Vijay modhalla csk-la permnent aagattumcorrecta soninga

[Vivasaayi]

PuLi, apram pazhamozhi solliduvEn - koorai kozhi vaanam vaigundhamnu
Vijay modhalla csk-la permnent aagattum

vijaykku enna?...Not just the runs...the way he scores them also looks pleasing.... :)

[Sourav]

vijay siddle, nannes etc aus bowlers-i samalikkurathu konjam kashtam than... paakkalaam.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Srikkanth - Main Hoon Na

Test:
Plum, as you have said already Dravid is in his last legs as a Test player. Vijay has done decently well in the few opportunities given at Test level. So I am kind of hoping that he would be considered as replacement for Dravid (unless there is some politics to play Yuvi and Raina in the same team or giving opportunities to Pujara). I am assuming Gambhir would be No. 3 (due to his recent test accomplishments) and Vijay would open. That would allow him to settle in the Test team.

ODI:
After the world cup I am sort of predicting (if fans don't mind me saying) another batting slot to open in Indian team. So adhuvum opener role-ngaradhaala Vijay might be tried as there isn't another good opener in the whole country right now (hence DK is opening :banghead:). Again Gambhir would be happy to play No. 3 as he had done in the Australia tri-series in Australia.

T20:
iththai naanga madhikkaradhu illai. But he might still get chances.

So Vijay-ku ore thevai Indian pitches-la sila match. Plus eppadiyum CSK-la velayaandadhaala Dhoni-ya friend pudichiruppaannu (ennai vida chinna paya-nudhaan ir-u vittutten oppicer) nenaikkaren :wink:

vaanam eruradhukku route kannukku theriyudhu. But poradhu Vijay kaiyiladhaan irukku. vaangonum, thondonum, kattonum.

[Sourav]

vj 50... :clap:

[Sourav]

Srikkanth - Main Hoon Na

Test:
Plum, as you have said already Dravid is in his last legs as a Test player. Vijay has done decently well in the few opportunities given at Test level. So I am kind of hoping that he would be considered as replacement for Dravid (unless there is some politics to play Yuvi and Raina in the same team or giving opportunities to Pujara). I am assuming Gambhir would be No. 3 (due to his recent test accomplishments) and Vijay would open. That would allow him to settle in the Test team.
His opening partnership avg with viru is above 100.... so, i believe he will be surely picked in the squad 4 aus series.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Wish Badri is retained - vijay, ashwinlAm EdhAvadu oru maanga franchise vAngiduvAnga but paavam Badri, he never got a fair deal in life and career. Edho idhulayaavadhu sambAdhichuttu pOgattum :(

(P.s: manasa kallAkkkittu, voted for Ashwin)
Well done Plum. Vote potta effect nethe therinjudhu :rotfl:

[Vivasaayi]

so...we have to win warriors or wayamba has to win bushrangers

[Sourav]

wayamba ellam jeikka mattange... they look very ordinary... csk than jeikanum.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

wayamba ellam jeikka mattange... they look very ordinary... csk than jeikanum.
Yeah, I am afraid the Bushrangers have a great chance to improve their NRR as well. Mendis edhavadhu suzhatti vittaarunna undu.

[Vivasaayi]

wayamba ellam jeikka mattange... they look very ordinary... csk than jeikanum.

may be a gem of a knock by jeyawardhane and few magic by mends and herath...its not that bad team

[GP]

wayamba ellam jeikka mattange... they look very ordinary... csk than jeikanum.
Yeah, I am afraid the Bushrangers have a great chance to improve their NRR as well. Mendis edhavadhu suzhatti vittaarunna undu. Run rate pathi CSK kaval pada thEvai illa. No one can come near CSK run rate.
CSK> +2.567
Warriors> +0.975
Victoria> -0.407
even if Victoria substantially improve its run rate against Wayamba, they can at the maximum cross Warriors RR, but that too is very difficult.

[MADDY]

voted for Balaji since all others would automatically qualify :)

[ajaybaskar]

Dont worry.... CSK will crush the warriors to seal the S/F berth...

[Vivasaayi]

Come on wayamba and Jeyawardhane... :come ONN

[Sourav]

Maddy from India is liberal with his punctuation: "Lets pray Wayamba win today adds some more spice into the tournament..............fingers crossed!!!!!!!!" is this our maddy? :think:

[raajarasigan]

Wayamba :x mokkai pasanga... 81/2 -> 106 all out :hammer:

Field clear... CSK must win 3 in 3 to win the CLT20

[MADDY]

Maddy from India is liberal with his punctuation: "Lets pray Wayamba win today adds some more spice into the tournament..............fingers crossed!!!!!!!!" is this our maddy? :think:


haha :lol: not me

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Chennai playing 3 spinners and off to a cautious start - 37/0 after 6 overs.

[Plum]

Karunchiruthai Balaji illaiyEnu innikku Dhoni feel paNdra nelama varum pArunga - csk spinners sema adi vAnga pORAnga.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

appadiye spinners adi vaanginaalum, Balaji irundhurundha jeyichiruppomnu Dhoni yosikka maattaaru :D

[Plum]

Spinner adi vaangings :)
I think slow pitch spinnersa vechu mudiciralaamnu overA plan paNNi romna cautiosA under par score eduthurukkangannu

[Dhakshan]

Chennai Super Kings ku whistle podu :cheer: :clap:
Murali :notworthy:

[VinodKumar's]

:2thumbsup:

Dhoni rocks :thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

Albie fit ayittana illaiya?

[MADDY]

Albie fit ayittana illaiya?

GM: inime nee vayasukku vandha enna varatti enna

i think we are far better without Albie and with Kustin Jemp

[ajaybaskar]

Somebody has to play a big knock today and carry throughout. Either Hussey or Vijay. Losing their wickets in the 10th, 11th over is doing no good. The start is getting wasted.

[Sourav]

i hope vijay will score big today. praveen's pace will be perfect for his mid wkt heaves. he hammered praveen for 24 in an over in ipl-3. hope he does that again.

[hamid]

any news on Albie?
Raina will score big today :cool:

[RGowtham]

Albie can score more runs at last time!!!

He will be useful for containing the opponent runs :wink:

[Plum]

Plus minus paNNi pArthadhula, I think Bangalore have an edge. They have the better medium pace attack. Praveen and Vinay tend to get underrated. They can surprise on their day although they'll go for plenty on other days. And Durban is supposed to assist medium pacers more.
Our Spin strength doesnt seem that big a threat against a lineup containing Dravid, Kohli, White and even Manish Pandey.
Not to forget Mr Sathappan, who can really hit it big against spinners in small grounds.

CSK depends too much on Raina and incredibly, Vijay. Badri and Anirudha we can pretty much discount unless it is a low scoring match. Dhoni aNNan seemingly has neatly packed the big shots and put them in the loft in Ranchi. Kumble and Steyn arent going to give much. If one of Praveen/Vinay clicks, then Chennai is pretty much the underdog.

[Kalyasi]

Plus minus paNNi pArthadhula, I think Bangalore have an edge. They have the better medium pace attack. Praveen and Vinay tend to get underrated. They can surprise on their day although they'll go for plenty on other days. And Durban is supposed to assist medium pacers more.
Our Spin strength doesnt seem that big a threat against a lineup containing Dravid, Kohli, White and even Manish Pandey.
Not to forget Mr Sathappan, who can really hit it big against spinners in small grounds.

CSK depends too much on Raina and incredibly, Vijay. Badri and Anirudha we can pretty much discount unless it is a low scoring match. Dhoni aNNan seemingly has neatly packed the big shots and put them in the loft in Ranchi. Kumble and Steyn arent going to give much. If one of Praveen/Vinay clicks, then Chennai is pretty much the underdog.

Vanakkam Thala... U kandinu....

[Dhakshan]

any news on Albie?
Raina will score big today :cool:

Apidi sollunga :2thumbsup:

[Sourav]

Bowling gives Chennai slight edge
http://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2010/content/current/story/478470.html

[hamid]

Chennai won toss and bat..

Albie and Balaji back for Jakati and Kemp

[RGowtham]

Vijay came up with a fantastic shot!!!

But Rain stopped play :(

[hamid]

any news on Albie?
Raina will score big today :cool:

:smokesmirk:

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

Mr.Hamid :D :D :D ... Neenga sonnadhu palichiruchu... Congrats to Hussey... Hadn't Steyn taken that catch, things would have been difficult for Csk :)

[hamid]

Vinod.. with the kind of mood Raina was.. i would say Steyn has escaped.. even if he was there maybe we would have been 15 runs short at max... thats it..

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

Accepted Hamid.... The kinda form in what Raina is... My goodness.... Punishing strokes..... Would have been more interesting to see him against Steyn :)

[hamid]

Vinod...itz our day today.. only thing that would have helped bangalore is the rain.. :lol:

wanted chennai to win,raina to hit big and uthappan to get out cheaply.. all happened...so happy..

gave them back a fitting reply...

[Kalyasi]

Wonderful Ferfarmans takes CSK to the Champions League Finals...

[hamid]

hey Kalyan...long time no see???

[Kalyasi]

hey Kalyan...long time no see???

Yeah konjam bissi a irunthen... inime regular a varuven...

[Kalyasi]

4 tournaments - 4 times in semifinals, 3 times in finals, 1(Possibly 2) time(s) Champion - Awesome

[Kalyasi]

"Dhoni is the only captain to make into the finals of World T20, IPL and CLT20 and that too all in debut"

[Dhakshan]

Chennai Super Kings ku whistle podu :happydance: :cheer: :happydance:

[TamilMoon]

"Dhoni is the only captain to make into the finals of World T20, IPL and CLT20 and that too all in debut"Dhoni raasi nallarukku... :clap:

[raghavendran]

best team in india..best team in the worldnnu innaiki ayidum..CSKukku whistele podu :thumbsup:

[littlemaster1982]

Congrats to Dhoni and CSK fans :thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

Vivs,

Change the thread title to 'Champion of Champions' Chennai Super Kings.

[satissh_r]

Vivs,

Change the thread title to 'Champion of Champions' Chennai Super Kings.

:clap: Well Done Singams!!

[Vivasaayi]

Vivs,

Change the thread title to 'Champion of Champions' Chennai Super Kings.

Changed the Title and first post introduction :)

[ajaybaskar]

Thanks a ton... :notworthy:

[ajaybaskar]

Appadiyae indha photovaiyum first pagela podunga... :-)

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/gallery/CSKGallery.aspx

[Vivasaayi]

Appadiyae indha photovaiyum first pagela podunga... :-)

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/gallery/CSKGallery.aspx

I have requested mod to enable the pic I posted on first page :)

[Arun Prasad]

Congratulations to the Champions of Champions Chennai Super Kings :notworthy: :cheer:

Chennai Super Kings ku whistle podu

[Riyazz]

Congrats chennai super kings . :cheer: :2thumbsup:

[Sanjeevi]

Congrats CSK :thumbsup:

[vanchi]

:notworthy: :victory: :pink: :2thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

Plus minus paNNi pArthadhula, I think Bangalore have an edge. They have the better medium pace attack. Praveen and Vinay tend to get underrated. They can surprise on their day although they'll go for plenty on other days. And Durban is supposed to assist medium pacers more.
Our Spin strength doesnt seem that big a threat against a lineup containing Dravid, Kohli, White and even Manish Pandey.
Not to forget Mr Sathappan, who can really hit it big against spinners in small grounds.

CSK depends too much on Raina and incredibly, Vijay. Badri and Anirudha we can pretty much discount unless it is a low scoring match. Dhoni aNNan seemingly has neatly packed the big shots and put them in the loft in Ranchi. Kumble and Steyn arent going to give much. If one of Praveen/Vinay clicks, then Chennai is pretty much the underdog.

I am not sure about Fleming. But Plum's chatterjees are doing wonders for CSK.. :D

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2010/content/story/478867.html

[ajaybaskar]

CSK Team for the last time together

http://picasaweb.google.com/ajaybaskar/CSKTeamForTheLastTimeTogether?feat=directlink

[SoftSword]

thangarajulations!!
very sad to even think that this team is gonna be dismantled... its not gonna be the same emotions we share with the CSK team if it were with a different group of players :(

[Plum]

adhellaam illai soft. Chennai-ngara pErukkE support irukkum ingE.

[SoftSword]

adhellaam illai soft. Chennai-ngara pErukkE support irukkum ingE.

plum,

chennaiku kandippa support irukkum and naanum iruppaen...
but what i mean is, the same kinda affection we have on the team based on the set of players we have now, thats would be unmatchable...

Sachin retire aanadhukku apram Indiavukku irukkappora supportum ippo irukka pora supportum onnaagumaa???

sappai matterku romba periya example edutthutaen... but hope it conveys wat i mean.

[ajaybaskar]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs358.ash2/63875_10150094585072788_41928427787_6721975_159162 _n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63875_10150094585067788_41928427787_6721974_227230 8_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63875_10150094585057788_41928427787_6721973_822078 5_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs713.snc4/63334_10150094585032788_41928427787_6721971_512958 6_n.jpg

[Riyazz]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs358.ash2/63875_10150094585072788_41928427787_6721975_159162 _n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63875_10150094585067788_41928427787_6721974_227230 8_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs698.snc4/63875_10150094585057788_41928427787_6721973_822078 5_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs713.snc4/63334_10150094585032788_41928427787_6721971_512958 6_n.jpg 3rd and 4 th photo :2thumbsup:

[satissh_r]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/oct/29/coach-stephen-fleming-inks-fresh-three-year-deal-with-chennai-super-kings.htm

Hope he has a say in retaining players!

[vanchi]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/csk-set-retain-dhoni-raina-766

NAGPUR, Nov. 19: Indian Premier League and Champion League winners, Chennai Super Kings are likely to be the first franchise to hand over player (retention) contracts. India captain M.S. Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M. Vijay and Albie Morkel (overseas) are the four players to be retained by the India Cements owned franchise.

The retained players will be paid a sum of $1.8 million, $1.5 million, $1.2 million and $900,000 respectively. The three Indian players are likely to be signed for the next three years during the course of the Test match here.

It is also reliably learnt that Muttiah Muralitharan has been conveyed the news and CSK will be going flat out for off-spinner R. Ashwin, who played a pivotal role in both the IPL and CL triumphs. Dhoni had said after winning in South Africa that retaining the nexus of the squad will be biggest challenge for the management and the owners are expected to try and retain most, if not all the players.

The governing council that met recently gave their nod of approval for four players to be retained before the floor is thrown open for auction on January 8 and 9. Indian players and others who have played 75% of matches during IPL-3 will go into the auction pool.

Of the five teams left (excluding Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI), only Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils have closing in on their final list of players to retain. Mumbai Indians are all set to retain Sachin Tendulkar, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard (both overseas) and Harbhajan Singh. Sources said the spinner got the nod ahead of speedster Zaheer Khan based on his superior ability with the bat.

Delhi are all set to retain the batting duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Ashish Nehra who shifted from Mumbai after IPL-1 is likely to be the third and final Indian player to be retained. The overseas slot is still undecided.

New outfit Pune Warriors, owned by Sahara, have shown tremendous interest in Raina and have also offered the southpaw captaincy, according to sources. The player has the right to refuse an offer but in the case of Raina, it is learnt he will continue with Chennai.

:pink: :2thumbsup: :smokesmirk:

[Dhakshan]

Raina will continue with Chennai

:bluejump: :happydance: :redjump:

[Puliyan_Biryani]

M Vijay ~ $ 1.2 or 0.9 million :cool: :clap:.

Run song: vaadaa machaan vayasukku vandhutta, meesai molaichu munnukku vandhutte :lol:

[MADDY]

Dhoni and his allrounder moham hmmm - dougie bollinger is not one to be missed......

[ajaybaskar]

Maddy,

As learnt, CSK will try to retain most of their players in the auction..

[Vivasaayi]

M Vijay retained.

what ya pleasent surprise :clap:

[directhit]

Morkel :banghead: MSD :hammer:

[raghavendran]

hope most of the earlier squad stays

[Plum]

aNNan albiekku badhilA ashwin-ai retain paNNi irukkalAm.
Key player in the sembians league trophy win...hmmm...

Is it VBC or MSD who is obsessed with Albie?

[Plum]

But thanga thambi harbhajan retained by mumbai indians. SRT :clap:

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Ashwin-ai ellaam auction-la sallisaa eduthuralaam. That might have been the plan.

[Plum]

Albir Morkelku mattum auctionla aayiram ponnA aaga pOvudhu?

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Some teams like DC, KKR are desperate for an all-rounder. Morkel segappa vera irukkaapla, auction poyirundhaa pimbilikki piyyaappi aayirukkum.

[Plum]

Morkel pOnA stuart broadu - avarai vAnginA umpires, referees ellAm sErthu vAnginA mAdhiri - enna vENa rules break paNNalAm, evanum kEkka mudiyAdhu. MorkelAla andha mAdhiri sammersalt adikka mudiyumA?

[satissh_r]

Bollingera edukarathukku than konjam padu padavendirukkum pola

[Dhakshan]

Mumbai Indians are all set to retain Sachin Tendulkar, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard (both overseas) and Harbhajan Singh. Sources said the spinner got the nod ahead of speedster Zaheer Khan based on his superior ability with the bat.

Plum, I was waiting for you to do this...

[Ramakrishna]

vijay ku bathila ashwin-a eduthirukalaam.

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=330

[ajaybaskar]

Irukkura kaasaiyellam kotti Dale Steyn maadhiri oru bowler'ai vaangidanum.

[Plum]

Steyn vENAm avarukku ipl holiday mAdhiri. Pick a good upcoming bowler with a point to prove, good talent and attitude

[Vivasaayi]

Pick Bollinger I say

[Kalyasi]

Pick Mitchel Johnson I say!!

[raajarasigan]

Pick Mitchel Johnson I say!!ivan venamnga.. sila nerathula wicket eduthallum pala nerathula niraya runs leak panniduvaapla...

I would rather prefer McKay / Hastings who are masters of slower balls... also, Jacobs in place of Hayden :thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

[tscii:1fc7a5c7bd]Super Kings – top IPL team in status chart!
Monday, Jan 03 2011

Chennai: The Chennai Super Kings topped among all the Indian Premier League teams in the list of status trends in India on the social network site Facebook.

The Chennai outfit, winners of the 2010 IPL and the Champions League titles, was ranked overall eighth in the list, one better than the Tamil cine superstar Rajinikanth.

Under skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Super Kings authored a fairytale success story that saw them bounce back from a near-hopeless position in the IPL and go on to win the title.

The Super Kings’ popularity was also due to their consistent performance in the IPL with a record of reaching the final in the inaugural edition in 2008 and then semi-finals in 2009 before annexing the trophy this year.

The Super Kings went one step further by achieving a rare double by winning the Champions League tournament that was held in South Africa.

Topping the status messages list on a global scale was “Hit Me Up” (HMU) while in India, it was the Commonwealth Games followed by the 2010 World Cup football.

“The results reflect the highs and lows of World events that started a global conversaion, new uses of language online and the sharing of popular culture,” a statement from the website said.

Besides the Super Kings, the top-10 list includes popular Tamil film, the Rajinikanth-starrer and blockbuster Endhiran.

http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=333[/tscii:1fc7a5c7bd]

[Plum]

A lot of CSK's popularity owes it to Dhoni. vada nAttula ellAm DhonikkAgavE CSK support even from rabid indhi imperialists. mumbaila irundhappO, mukkA vAsi office CSK support purely because of Dhoni, especially the Delhi-Lukcnow-Bihar gang, which was sizeable in my office.

[lawmani]

Auction today. Who are the players CSK should bid for? Budget: 4.5 mil

Here's one list:
Bollinger 200
Nannes 200
Siddle 200
McKay 100
Mitchell Stark 100
Tamim Iqbal 100
Irfan 200
Balaji 100
Ashwin 100
Bardi 100
Saurab Tiwary 100
Steyn 200
Parnell 100
Collin Ingram 100
Herath 50

Note: This is not the team we should end up with. Its just a list to consider for bidding

[Kalyasi]

I will Pick Bollinger, Nannes, Collin Ingram, Badri, Ashwin, Balaji, Irfan, Mckay and May be Siddle from this lis...

Apart from this I will try for Ross Taylor

[directhit]

Ross Taylor or another decent hitter for low down the order and two good bowlers (Nannes wud be nice) wud do it... I would love to see Irphan picked for CSK ..

[directhit]

Wud be great if we manage to get hold of Y Pathan also :smokesmirk: or maybe Manish Pandey with some under the table dealing since he is not part of auction

[lawmani]

Auction to begin at 11!

[Plum]

Pathan will probably go to Mallya or Deccan. Mallya would want all the big hitting boys

[Ramakrishna]

Mallya would want all the big hitting boys

Amaam, avaru oothi kuduthu correct panniduvaaru.

[directhit]

CSK needs one good opener/one hitter/one pacer and one spinner :oops:

Opener - Tamim/Warner or Gibbs
Low Order Hitter - Tiwary or Morgan
Pacer - Bollinger/Steyn/Nannes/Anderson (so many choices - also get PK as well if psbl)
Spinner - Ashwin or Swann (Ojha might have many bids)

[directhit]

CSK gets Hussey as well :banghead: Morkel and Hussey - how fit wud they be for 3 years??! enna selection o... MSD and Fleming :hammer:

[ajaybaskar]

DH,'

Watch Aus Vs Pak T20WC SF.

[directhit]

AB - i dont hate Hussey - but this is for 3 years la... anyways namma pora pokka paatha might get Parthiv/Oram and Badri pola

[ajaybaskar]

Its better to go for ordinary players than go for superstars..

[directhit]

1
2 M Vijay
3 Raina
4 Hussey
5 MSD
6 Bravo
7 Morkel
8
9 Ashwin
10
11 Bollinger

what a team ya :x bowling Bravo/Morkel/Bollinger and Ashwin - nalla thaan irukku paaka. but 4 foreigners quota filled... need another opening bat plus a utility player and another spinner!

[MADDY]

we need one explosive opener - enough of suffering due to parthivs and haydens........indian playera dhaan irukkanum - manish pandey vithhacha? :roll:

[Sourav]

explosive opener-nuttu yethukku manish pandey-vai ketkureenga... :lol2:

[directhit]

we need to buy him outside of auction.. which essentially means we wont be able to :lol:

[MADDY]

trying for pujara :banghead:

[MADDY]

thank god - they dropped out of it :P

[directhit]

oru 300-400 kku mela pona namma team 'door lock' dhaan

[MADDY]

oru 300-400 kku mela pona namma team 'door lock' dhaan

:lol:

GM in pondatti sonna kettukanum: unakkum venaam, enakkum venaam - oru rendu rooba vechittu, toilet fulla clean panni kududhidu

[MADDY]

pls miss badri somehow

[MADDY]

bloody kochi increased badri's rate to 850 thousand :banghead:

[directhit]

CSK buys back Badri for 800K :rotfl3: loosungalaa idhukku RD or VVS aye eduthirukkalaam for better price

[Siv.S]

Unchanged CSK team for next 3 years :neutral: i lost interest... they have not bought any hitters till now...

[directhit]

yeah no change... this stupid thinking of going with an unchanged winning combination has gone too far :banghead: Steyn or Nannes for bowling with one big hitter wud have been good!

[vanchi]

yeah, nannes or steyn wd be rocking.
enna approach.

[sathya_1979]

CSK exposed their strategy of retention, so that others increased the prices of these players. Very dumb :banghead:

[satissh_r]

I'm happy with the buys so far, Badri mattum than konjam vela jasthi nu thonuthu and as Sathya said we made it obvious. May be we should have gone for A Mendis or G Swann. May be we would think about it and come back to buy them tomorrow

[Vivasaayi]

Excellent selection from CSK :clap:

could have gone for murali till 1.2 million..other than that perfect!

This steyn build up is mainly due to his work on a grassy pitch with the red ball..come on..this is T20 on a flat pitch with the white ball. Bollinger is the right pick.

Its not about having superstars in a team..but about having a team that is very cohesive

They should go for Jakati and a good Batsman. Job perfectly done

[Vivasaayi]

Unchanged CSK team for next 3 years :neutral: i lost interest... they have not bought any hitters till now...

You have Raina, Morkel , Dhoni in a team and you still need some big hitter?..thats greedy!

[Vivasaayi]

Badri was a bit overbid..but then he is in form and have contributed in crucial situations for CSK.

[Sourav]

This steyn build up is mainly due to his work on a grassy pitch with the red ball..come on..this is T20 on a flat pitch with the white ball. Bollinger is the right pick.

:roll:
Styen had a fantastic IPL last yr.... Way better choice than bolli.. even nannes would have been a better choice than bolli... imo...

[Plum]

Badrikku vAzhvaLiththa Dhoni/NS :clap:
Uthappanukku 2m kdoukkarachE Badrikku 850k kudukkalaam.
Strangely, they havent fixed their weak points - opener and fast bowler. Maybe epdi team kuduththalum Dhoni jeyichchu kuduthudvaarnu namibikkayO?
Steyn ellAm IPL holidaykku varuvvaan. Not of use.

[Vivasaayi]

Hussey (Bat)
Vijay (Bat)
Raina (Bat/Bowl)
Dhoni(Bat/WK/Captain)
Badri(Bat)
Anirudh srikanth(Bat)
Bravo(Genuine Allrounder)
Morkel(Genuine Allrounder)
Ashwin(Bowl)
Bollinger(Bowl)


We need Jakati or another genuine fast bowler

[Vivasaayi]

Sourav,

Commitment thaan mukkiyam. Its not about the ability. A player who plays in IPL with the same intensity as they are playing national team will be the right pick.

Bollinger was really commited in the last IPL. Steyn..Im not sure.

[satissh_r]

Vivs, Saha would open with Vijay I reckon..

[Vivasaayi]

Vivs, Saha would open with Vijay I reckon..

No way! Saha was picked as a back up wicket keeper.

Did you hear Junior Meyyapan say this : Hussey is one of the best openers in the world..Mr. Cricket.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Vivs, Saha would open with Vijay I reckon..
:shock: adhukku Raina-vaye opening erakkiralaam.

[satissh_r]

Watched it live only for the last 20 mins so missed it I guess. You think Saha would settle for being dropped?

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Badrikku vAzhvaLiththa Dhoni/NS :clap:
+1. eppadiyum Indian team-la edukka maattaanga, ippadiyaavadhu Badri sambaadhichuttu pogattum.

Anirudha Srikanth-ku evlo kuduppaainga :lol2:.

[Vivasaayi]

Watched it live only for the last 20 mins so missed it I guess. You think Saha would settle for being dropped?
ohh...avarukku kOvam vera varumO?

Boucher-e veliya gammunnu veliya okandhirukaru..

[Vivasaayi]

Badrikku vAzhvaLiththa Dhoni/NS :clap:
+1. eppadiyum Indian team-la edukka maattaanga, ippadiyaavadhu Badri sambaadhichuttu pogattum.

Anirudha Srikanth-ku evlo kuduppaainga :lol2:.

anirush will not be in auction as he has not played 75% of IPL games.

[Vivasaayi]

One thing I had on mind is "Keep the same team and add an X factor to it by picking some awesome player"

May be thats Bravo :)

[satissh_r]

Watched it live only for the last 20 mins so missed it I guess. You think Saha would settle for being dropped?
ohh...avarukku kOvam vera varumO?

Boucher-e veliya gammunnu veliya okandhirukaru..

Dhoni adutha keeper avan thane, P Patel open pannum bothu ivan en panna kudathu :?

[Vivasaayi]

Watched it live only for the last 20 mins so missed it I guess. You think Saha would settle for being dropped?
ohh...avarukku kOvam vera varumO?

Boucher-e veliya gammunnu veliya okandhirukaru..

Dhoni adutha keeper avan thane, P Patel open pannum bothu ivan en panna kudathu :?

Because there is no space for him in the team as a batsman(wicket keeper job goig to Dhoni)

You have Hussey, Vijay, Raina, Dhoni, Morkel, Bravo, Badri, Anirudh

where would you place him...may be possible replace badri or anirudh...may be..but certainly not an opener.

If not an opener...they will setlle for anirudh for final minute pinch hitting..instead of Saha

[raajarasigan]

Balaji enna aanan.. freeya kodukkaraangalama... :roll:

Bravo ... Chennai team'la WI player -- mattattra magizhchi.. :D very lucky to have him.. that too with his base price itself..

kaikkaasa pottu Mckay illatti hastings edungappa... :)

[satissh_r]

Because there is no space for him in the team as a batsman(wicket keeper job goig to Dhoni)

You have Hussey, Vijay, Raina, Dhoni, Morkel, Bravo, Badri, Anirudh

where would you place him...may be possible replace badri or anirudh...may be..but certainly not an opener.

If not an opener...they will setlle for anirudh for final minute pinch hitting..instead of Saha

Agree but we still dont know how much Dhoni rates him.. We'll only know when the season starts

[MADDY]

Hussey and Vijay would open - rendu perum slow starters dhaan......if vijay presses fast button, he would eject out prematurely......Hussey ellam 5-6 RPO dhaan

Raina - good, great infact...but what if he fails or gets injured

Dhoni - 20-80........20 times he score well and quickly, 80 times he would either get out quickly or play slowly.....

Badri - inner circle clear panna boundary/sixer-nnu vechha vena 50 runs adippaaru.....

Morkel - jai channakesava

Bravo - MI would be rejoicing that he missed their bus.......he has lost it long back

Ashwin - good bowling but batting 0

Bollinger - good bolwing but batting 0

they desperately need a solid bowler and a good hitter - that too from left out indian players......this is a below par, poor team on paper

[MADDY]

people they missed IMO:

Aaron finch and Eoin Morgan - they were the hep, batsmen who would give "momentum" which we missed a lot in IPL3 and CL2.....

[Vivasaayi]

MADDY,

idhE lista ella teamkum podalam... :)

because for every player you can write something like that against their name...

Two things that has to be considered are

1)the team will rock others outside if it has a good day - This team is capable

2) The team will manage somehow even if their key players misses out - This team is capable.

Why would you need badri to clear boundary when you have raina/Dhoni/Morkel who could clear much easier.

Badri is necessay for situations when it was necessary to keep the score decent when the big guns misses to fire.

Hussey - He gives some sort of stability.= and could press the button if necessary. He can hit it long.

[Vivasaayi]

people they missed IMO:

Aaron finch and Eoin Morgan - they were the hep, batsmen who would give "momentum" which we missed a lot in IPL3 and CL2.....

Aaron finch/ Eoin morgan ahead of whom? adhaana kElvi?

[Vivasaayi]

What did Kevin petersons and Collingwoods and shaun marshs do last time..

Even in this season pietorson is going to come for a holiday give that he was bought a base price..

badri would give evrything that he is capable of for the team''s cause....on paper peterson might look better..but Badri would be on the crease with some purpose.

[Plum]

Vivs, gangup paNNi nAn chatterjee poda kudadhunnu plan execute paNNittu ippO apdi sonnavangaLE chatterjee pOdarAnga. IdhukkellAm sincere reply vERa

[Vivasaayi]

chaterjeeyaa?

apdinaa sollidungappaa.. :roll:

[directhit]

Vivs - Morkel laam waste nga.. we needed a much better alrounder, anyways he was retained much earlier

we needed a good hitter - someone in the mould of Yusuf/Morgan/Finch who cud be used as #3 as well if needed to speed up scoring etc... MSD is not the hitter he used to be, am not saying he cannot - he did prove that again v KXI - but too often he plays 'responsibly'

[Vivasaayi]

If I was sitting there I would have bid 1.5 Millions for murali and would have never minded about running out of money because the team was already formed.

Gurunath panna orE thappu..missing out on Murali..

[directhit]

Bowling - Bollinger was good for 2 matches, thts it - he is a much less bowler even for Australia off late. Nannes oda accuracy is v.good. atleast a good indian pacer wud have been perfect, we tried for both RP Singh and Irphan - but didnt go ahead with the bidding

Badri as a backup if our batting fails?! come on there are much better batsmen in the auction they cud have gone for - one plus is Badri's fielding though

[directhit]

If I was sitting there I would have bid 1.5 Millions for murali and would have never minded about running out of money because the team was already formed.

Gurunath panna orE thappu..missing out on Murali.. IMO Murali is past his date... especially since we have Ashwin - not sure why we didnt pick Swann...

[Vivasaayi]

Vivs - Morkel laam waste nga.. we needed a much better alrounder, anyways he was retained much earlier

we needed a good hitter - someone in the mould of Yusuf/Morgan/Finch who cud be used as #3 as well if needed to speed up scoring etc... MSD is not the hitter he used to be, am not saying he cannot - he did prove that again v KXI - but too often he plays 'responsibly'

How much oppurtunities did albie get in IPL?.. you expect him to tee off from the first ball especially when he comes in the 19th over..and he managed that in some matches.

[Vivasaayi]

Bowling - Bollinger was good for 2 matches, thts it - he is a much less bowler even for Australia off late. Nannes oda accuracy is v.good. atleast a good indian pacer wud have been perfect, we tried for both RP Singh and Irphan - but didnt go ahead with the bidding

Badri as a backup if our batting fails?! come on there are much better batsmen in the auction they cud have gone for - one plus is Badri's fielding though

like whom?

[Vivasaayi]

If I was sitting there I would have bid 1.5 Millions for murali and would have never minded about running out of money because the team was already formed.

Gurunath panna orE thappu..missing out on Murali.. IMO Murali is past his date... especially since we have Ashwin - not sure why we didnt pick Swann...

what?..when?..eppo?..

[directhit]

Albie had got atleast 4-5 chances to come in at overs 11-12 and hit big, if i remember he scored only in one match hitting some big sixes. his only scoring shot is a swing towards midwicket..

Murali - he is definitely not a bad bowler - he has records to back him up - but this is a team to build for the next 3 years and being a foreigner i'm glad he is not in the team and take up one slot for spinner - prefer Ashwin any day!

[Plum]

Of all teams, CSK have shown loyalty to players who contributed to their previous success - at diff levels, except Murali. I think this is not a bad move - dream employer rangekku poyiduvaangannu nenaikkaren. With Dhoni at helm, they may build a strong team ethic to compensate for x factor pathans. I wish youtube kaattan's'goose is cooked this season - not that difficult if captains keep their fast bowlers for him with kuri.

[directhit]

Bowling - Bollinger was good for 2 matches, thts it - he is a much less bowler even for Australia off late. Nannes oda accuracy is v.good. atleast a good indian pacer wud have been perfect, we tried for both RP Singh and Irphan - but didnt go ahead with the bidding

Badri as a backup if our batting fails?! come on there are much better batsmen in the auction they cud have gone for - one plus is Badri's fielding though

like whom? quite a lot - At the least i'd have preferred a Dinesh Karthik over Badri - almost same price!

[Vivasaayi]

Albie had got atleast 4-5 chances to come in at overs 11-12 and hit big, if i remember he scored only in one match hitting some big sixes. his only scoring shot is a swing towards midwicket..

Murali - he is definitely not a bad bowler - he has records to back him up - but this is a team to build for the next 3 years and being a foreigner i'm glad he is not in the team and take up one slot for spinner - prefer Ashwin any day!

His 4 overs were the main reason that we confidently defended totals like 140-150.

We were always a bowling side with a good captain to keep it tight and made the opponents feel the pressure even when they are chasing 150. Murali was the key factor when we are doing that defending.

[directhit]

These players didnt come up in auctions yesterday - hope we pick atleast some of em tomorrow

Herschelle Gibbs - unsold first time - can use as opener..
Kemar Roach - useful pacer - but with Bollinger picked not sure if CSK wud go for him
Murali Kartik (India) - surprisingly unsold - with Ashwin in our team, Murali turning away from the right hander wud be perfect
Phillip Hughes - if not Gibbs, we can go for him for opener
Shaun Tait - he can be intimidating, however might break down any day.. but prefer him than bollinger! but too late..

[Vivasaayi]

These players didnt come up in auctions yesterday - hope we pick atleast some of em tomorrow

Herschelle Gibbs - unsold first time - can use as opener..
Kemar Roach - useful pacer - but with Bollinger picked not sure if CSK wud go for him
Murali Kartik (India) - surprisingly unsold - with Ashwin in our team, Murali turning away from the right hander wud be perfect
Phillip Hughes - if not Gibbs, we can go for him for opener
Shaun Tait - he can be intimidating, however might break down any day.. but prefer him than bollinger! but too late..

giibs as opener - sutham!!

roach - avan edhukku?

hughes aa??

shaun tait??

endru thaniyum indha velinaatu mOgam?

murali karthi - if he is fit..is much better bowler than even ojha...lets see..

[satissh_r]

quite a lot - At the least i'd have preferred a Dinesh Karthik over Badri - almost same price!

Obbjection your honour, DK has been miserable this season, to say the least. May be he'll come back to form but Badri is already in great form so why miss out. Only problem though is the inflated price

[directhit]

Albie had got atleast 4-5 chances to come in at overs 11-12 and hit big, if i remember he scored only in one match hitting some big sixes. his only scoring shot is a swing towards midwicket..

Murali - he is definitely not a bad bowler - he has records to back him up - but this is a team to build for the next 3 years and being a foreigner i'm glad he is not in the team and take up one slot for spinner - prefer Ashwin any day!

His 4 overs were the main reason that we confidently defended totals like 140-150.

We were always a bowling side with a good captain to keep it tight and made the opponents feel the pressure even when they are chasing 150. Murali was the key factor when we are doing that defending. Vivs - if we keep on looking at the past i think even Indian team have to hang on to Kapil/Gavaskar/Kumble/Ganguly etc..

an Ashwin along with Murali aint my cup of tea - again whatever we write is their own opinion - wud have preferred Ojha/Vettori/M Kartik or someone else.. and that too for above 1 M - glad atleast CSK didnt lose their mind there

[Vivasaayi]

sathish..

CSK is the team that should be least bothered about inflated price.

We got Dhoni for 1.5 ..raina for 1.25 Just imagine how much these guys would really cost in teh bid.

Except Badri we purched for right prices.

[Vivasaayi]

Vivs - if we keep on looking at the past i think even Indian team have to hang on to Kapil/Gavaskar/Kumble/Ganguly etc..

an Ashwin along with Murali aint my cup of tea - again whatever we write is their own opinion - wud have preferred Ojha/Vettori/M Kartik or someone else.. and that too for above 1 M - glad atleast CSK didnt lose their mind there

pastaa?..pona varushamnga!!!

its just last year where murali contributed immensely to the teams victory by his tight bowling and he looks fit to carry on for another 3 years

[satissh_r]

sathish..

CSK is the team that should be least bothered about inflated price.

We got Dhoni for 1.5 ..raina for 1.25 Just imagine how much these guys would really cost in teh bid.

Except Badri we purched for right prices.

Agreed again but my point is, we made it so obvious we wanted to buy him that Kochi and other teams just went for him for the sake of it..

[directhit]

These players didnt come up in auctions yesterday - hope we pick atleast some of em tomorrow

Herschelle Gibbs - unsold first time - can use as opener..
Kemar Roach - useful pacer - but with Bollinger picked not sure if CSK wud go for him
Murali Kartik (India) - surprisingly unsold - with Ashwin in our team, Murali turning away from the right hander wud be perfect
Phillip Hughes - if not Gibbs, we can go for him for opener
Shaun Tait - he can be intimidating, however might break down any day.. but prefer him than bollinger! but too late..

giibs as opener - sutham!! he didnt do too bad for RCB

roach - avan edhukku? with bollinger picked not needed, yes

hughes aa?? - we shud have picked warner, need someone to attack at the beginning

shaun tait??

endru thaniyum indha velinaatu mOgam? :lol: ennamo naan en veetukku ponnu thedraapla solreenga.. most of our players are already taken.. Manish Pandey wud be perfect, but he is not in auction which means financial powerhouses like MI or DC or RCB wud get him paying all black money :P

murali karthi - if he is fit..is much better bowler than even ojha...lets see..

[MADDY]

Bowling - Bollinger was good for 2 matches, thts it - he is a much less bowler even for Australia off late. Nannes oda accuracy is v.good. atleast a good indian pacer wud have been perfect, we tried for both RP Singh and Irphan - but didnt go ahead with the bidding

Badri as a backup if our batting fails?! come on there are much better batsmen in the auction they cud have gone for - one plus is Badri's fielding though

like whom? quite a lot - At the least i'd have preferred a Dinesh Karthik over Badri - almost same price!

yea, exactly.......

in case of chasing 9+ RPO, i dont think anyone apart from Raina is capable of hitting......they really needed that young fresh blood from australia or England or SA to pep things up........i would have taken these guys as 5th foreign player and maybe instead of Dwayne Bravo also..........i think Dhoni and Flemming's penchant for bits-and-pieces sealed these deals........Flemming who is used to managing only lesser talents during NZ stint is a major factor......

[Vivasaayi]

sathish..

CSK is the team that should be least bothered about inflated price.

We got Dhoni for 1.5 ..raina for 1.25 Just imagine how much these guys would really cost in teh bid.

Except Badri we purched for right prices.

Agreed again but my point is, we made it so obvious we wanted to buy him that Kochi and other teams just went for him for the sake of it..

On Muralidaran's case - they were really genuine..they seemed like they really needed murali on board.

Badrinath - yep!..its possible that its a fake bid.

[directhit]

quite a lot - At the least i'd have preferred a Dinesh Karthik over Badri - almost same price!

Obbjection your honour, DK has been miserable this season, to say the least. May be he'll come back to form but Badri is already in great form so why miss out. Only problem though is the inflated price he is a much better player in T20 than Badri

[directhit]

Vivs - if we keep on looking at the past i think even Indian team have to hang on to Kapil/Gavaskar/Kumble/Ganguly etc..

an Ashwin along with Murali aint my cup of tea - again whatever we write is their own opinion - wud have preferred Ojha/Vettori/M Kartik or someone else.. and that too for above 1 M - glad atleast CSK didnt lose their mind there

pastaa?..pona varushamnga!!!

its just last year where murali contributed immensely to the teams victory by his tight bowling and he looks fit to carry on for another 3 years A2D dhaan - anyways me happy he is not in team :P

[MADDY]

A2D dhaan - anyways me happy he is not in team :P

same here - i think he performed only in 3-4 matches in entire IPL2, 3 and CL and his performance hardly bettered Ashwin's......

[satissh_r]

he is a much better player in T20 than Badri

I wish he only proves me wrong :roll:

[Puliyan_Biryani]

quite a lot - At the least i'd have preferred a Dinesh Karthik over Badri - almost same price!

Obbjection your honour, DK has been miserable this season, to say the least. May be he'll come back to form but Badri is already in great form so why miss out. Only problem though is the inflated price he is a much better player in T20 than Badri
Not if he is getting out under 10 all the time :P.

[VENKIRAJA]

people they missed IMO:

Aaron finch and Eoin Morgan - they were the hep, batsmen who would give "momentum" which we missed a lot in IPL3 and CL2.....

Aaron finch/ Eoin morgan ahead of whom? adhaana kElvi?

Badri

[Vivasaayi]

people they missed IMO:

Aaron finch and Eoin Morgan - they were the hep, batsmen who would give "momentum" which we missed a lot in IPL3 and CL2.....

Aaron finch/ Eoin morgan ahead of whom? adhaana kElvi?

Badri

I meant it with respect to that "4 foriegn player" rule

If you need Aaron finch/ Eoin morgan ..which foriegn player would you make to sit out?..precisely foreign batsman slot.

[Siv.S]

seenikku Dinesh karthik-aa pudikkathu pola.. kandukkave illa :roll:

As plum said, CSK is the only team shown loyalty to their winning team.. badri-aa romba athigama bid pannalaum.. paavam eppadi paathalum namma paiyan.. enga povan avan :cry: like previous sessions our team look so weak on paper.

my grouse is we did not get hitter, or a decent local all rounder

Now they retained almost all their players, they can bid for some available decent all rounders tomorrow.

I wish vikki and satish in our team :( is there any kurukku vazhi to get them ? Viikki vanthanna opener+ decent bowler. :D

[Plum]

Sathish and Vignesh - yes, not just them abhinav, arun karthik elloraiyum groom paNNanum. CSk-nu oru team irukkaradhE, ennai porutha varaikkum namma pasangalukku vaaippu vazhanga dhaan. TNCA association has done NSrinavasan a lot of good - bcci president-nu oru periya bizman profile vandhirukku. Idhellaam avaru kadamaingarEn

[ajaybaskar]

Satisfied with the team except for the price paid for Badri. Among the other teams, MI and Kochi have played their cards very well.

Vivs,

Gibbs played for DC and not RCB. :)

[Kalyasi]

Me Too Satisfied...

[Kalyasi]

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Super Kings – top IPL team in status chart!
Friday, Jan 07 2011

Chennai: The Chennai Super Kings topped among all the Indian Premier League teams in the list of status trends in India on the social network site Facebook.

The Chennai outfit, winners of the 2010 IPL and the Champions League titles, was ranked overall eighth in the list, one better than the Tamil cine superstar Rajinikanth.

Under skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Super Kings authored a fairytale success story that saw them bounce back from a near-hopeless position in the IPL and go on to win the title.

The Super Kings’ popularity was also due to their consistent performance in the IPL with a record of reaching the final in the inaugural edition in 2008 and then semi-finals in 2009 before annexing the trophy this year.

The Super Kings went one step further by achieving a rare double by winning the Champions League tournament that was held in South Africa.

Topping the status messages list on a global scale was “Hit Me Up” (HMU) while in India, it was the Commonwealth Games followed by the 2010 World Cup football.

“The results reflect the highs and lows of World events that started a global conversaion, new uses of language online and the sharing of popular culture,” a statement from the website said.

Besides the Super Kings, the top-10 list includes popular Tamil film, the Rajinikanth-starrer and blockbuster Endhiran.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=333[/tscii:24a4cf3656]

[Kalyasi]

[tscii:9e515b8c34]Dougie, Hussey, Ashwin, Badri stay with Super Kings
Saturday, Jan 08 2011

Bangalore: Australians Doug Bollinger and Michael Hussey along with Ravichandran Ashwin and Subramaniam Badrinath will remain with the Chennai Super Kings who bought the quartet along with Dwayne Bravo and Wriddhiman Saha at the Indian Premier League players’ auction here on Saturday.

But the familiar and smiling face of Muttaiah Muralitharan will be missing in the Super Kings line-up as the iconic spinner was picked up by debutants Kochi for 1.1 Million US Dollars.

The Super Kings made a valiant effort to retain Muralitharan, but stopped their bid at One Million US dollars while Kochi upped their ante to bag the affable Sri Lankan.

Hussey, the star Aussie middle-order batsman, commanded a bid of 425,000 US dollars as against his base price of 200,000.

The Super Kings picked up Saha and Bravo, the West Indian all-rounder at their respective base price of 100,000 and 200,000 US dollars.

As regards off-spinner Ashwin, the Super Kings went the distance and topped the bid at 850,000 US dollars while Bollinger, the Aussie fast bowler who played a lead role in the team’s double success last year, came in at 700,000 US dollars.

The Super Kings then outbid Kochi to win back middle-order batsman Badrinath for 800,000 as compared to his base price of 100,000.

It may be recalled that the Super Kings retained four players from their winning squad, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and South African all-rounder Albie Morkel.

As per the IPL rules, the franchises could retain only four players and release the others for the auction pool. In the event, the Super Kings were keen to buy back their players.

The retention of the quartet halved the Super Kings’ auction budget to 4.5 Million US dollars and the team still has 1.3 Million US dollars left in the kitty.

Incidentally, the legendary Brian Lara, compatriot Chris Gayle and former India captain Sourav Ganguly remained unsold as there were no bids for them.

http://chennaisuperkings.com/news/NewsContent.aspx?NewsID=335[/tscii:9e515b8c34]

[Kalyasi]

Given the fact that we play 9 home games in Chepauk which would be right after the world cup .... Retaining our old players will be extremely helpful.... Esp Ashwin....

[Bala (Karthik)]

Albie had got atleast 4-5 chances to come in at overs 11-12 and hit big, if i remember he scored only in one match hitting some big sixes. his only scoring shot is a swing towards midwicket..

Murali - he is definitely not a bad bowler - he has records to back him up - but this is a team to build for the next 3 years and being a foreigner i'm glad he is not in the team and take up one slot for spinner - prefer Ashwin any day!
+1

[Bala (Karthik)]

Hussey and Vijay would open - rendu perum slow starters dhaan......if vijay presses fast button, he would eject out prematurely......Hussey ellam 5-6 RPO dhaan

:rotfl: Maddy thambi-a ban pannungappa!

[Bala (Karthik)]

Badri - inner circle clear panna boundary/sixer-nnu vechha vena 50 runs adippaaru.....

Morkel - jai channakesava
:lol:

[ajithfederer]

Dwayne Bravo is a good pick for Chennai. He is a clean hitter and a pretty useful bowler. He had won a couple of matches for MI in both season 1 and 2.

[Kalyasi]

Dwayne Bravo is a good pick for Chennai. He is a clean hitter and a pretty useful bowler. He had won a couple of matches for MI in both season 1 and 2.

Availability thaane Stan question e...

[Siv.S]

Hussey and Vijay would open - rendu perum slow starters dhaan......if vijay presses fast button, he would eject out prematurely......Hussey ellam 5-6 RPO dhaan

:rotfl: Maddy thambi-a ban pannungappa!
:rotfl2: maddy bad boy :x

[vanchi]

agaga. :rotfl2: :rotfl:

[VENKIRAJA]

kaRunchiruthai not in CSK anymore. KKR take him for 500,000$

[vanchi]

styris added to csk :?

[vanchi]

joginder continues :cry3: :cry:

[MADDY]

very good picks
Hilfenhaus - just like prveen kumr, very useful
Styris - he is good

very bad deals
missing lechumipathy
taking joginder

now i get the whole picture and a bit satisfied :D

[Vivasaayi]

sudeep tyagi - good option :clap:

[vanchi]

thyagi :clap:

[satissh_r]

sudeep tyagi - good option :clap:

Again we spent too much for him, we still need another spinner

[vanchi]

kulasekara :?
confusing imo

[MADDY]

very good picks
Hilfenhaus - just like prveen kumr, very useful
Styris - he is good

very bad deals
missing lechumipathy
taking joginder

now i get the whole picture and a bit satisfied :D

good picks
Hilfenhaus
Styris
Sudeep tyagi
kulsekara

Bad deals
missing lechumipathy
taking joginder

but the number of overseas players is a worry - they could have made some svings there -- otherwise good

[Vivasaayi]

Going by the picks today I feel they have already got the spinner they need..they might have had a talk with Murali Karthik who anyday is better than jagati

[satissh_r]

Going by the picks today I feel they have already got the spinner they need..they might have had a talk with Murali Karthik.

I hope they have or they'll have to fight for S Jakathi :evil:

[MADDY]

Going by the picks today I feel they have already got the spinner they need..they might have had a talk with Murali Karthik.

I hope they have or they'll have to fight for S Jakathi :evil:

Raina is also a serious spinner nowadays isnt it

[VENKIRAJA]

What about pragyan Ojha? Has he gone unsold?

DC 500,000$ I think

[sathya_1979]

RCB :hammer: naama bid seiyyara ellaa players vilayum yaethi vuduraanga :mad:

[vanchi]

Going by the picks today I feel they have already got the spinner they need..they might have had a talk with Murali Karthik.

I hope they have or they'll have to fight for S Jakathi :evil:

Raina is also a serious spinner nowadays isnt it

added randiv :P

[satissh_r]

Going by the picks today I feel they have already got the spinner they need..they might have had a talk with Murali Karthik.

I hope they have or they'll have to fight for S Jakathi :evil:

Raina is also a serious spinner nowadays isnt it

Athu value add Maddy :)

[directhit]

Styris only good pick :clap: vera edhum pannala.. edhukku auction ponaangalo :banghead: Hayden ayum out of auction la vaangi tholaikkaama irundhaa sari :shaking:

[Vivasaayi]

Jakati is an uncapped player..so he is not in the auction.

So should be picked by chennai in the backyard. Perfect!

[satissh_r]

Jakati is an uncapped player..so he is not in the auction.

So should be picked by chennai in the backyard. Perfect!

Ij it, cool :2thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

Very much satsfied after the prelunch session. Apart from some quality players, this side is gonna be a terrific fielding side on the whole. Raina, Badri, Hussey, Bolli, Styris, Randhiv, Vijay, etc. Sure will enter the last four stage.

[directhit]

one opener (looks like Saha and Vijay are gonna do it) and one good bowler needed... maybe Anirudh might open...

Vivs, not sure abt Jakati - CSK can take uncapped players only from two catchment areas - TN and Railways

[directhit]

a tweet yesterday - Chennai has more less retained the same team thereby saving money on uniforms. Smart. :lol:

[Riyazz]

a tweet yesterday - Chennai has more less retained the same team thereby saving money on uniforms. Smart. :lol: :lol:

[ajaybaskar]

Y did CSK pick G Bailey? Idhukku oru boat pudichu, andha panathai eduththuttu poyi nadukkadalla kottirukkalaam

[VENKIRAJA]

CSK:

MS Dhoni (retained)
Suresh Raina (retained)
M Vijay (retained)
Albie Morkel (retained)
Michael Hussey
Wriddhiman Saha
Dwayne Bravo
Doug Bollinger
R Ashwin
S Badrinath
Scott Styris
Ben Hilfenhaus
Joginder Sharma
Nuwan Kulasekara
Sudeep Tyagi
Suraj Randiv
George Bailey
Faf du Plessis

[satissh_r]

Y did CSK pick G Bailey? Idhukku oru boat pudichu, andha panathai eduththuttu poyi nadukkadalla kottirukkalaam

Same feeling, flopped everytime he played for us. Fielding is his only asset

[Riyazz]

CSK:

MS Dhoni (retained)
Suresh Raina (retained)
M Vijay (retained)
Albie Morkel (retained)
Michael Hussey
Wriddhiman Saha
Dwayne Bravo
Doug Bollinger
R Ashwin
S Badrinath
Scott Styris
Ben Hilfenhaus
Joginder Sharma
Nuwan Kulasekara
Sudeep Tyagi
Suraj Randiv
George Bailey
Faf du Plessis

[VENKIRAJA]

;)



CSK:

MS Dhoni (retained)
Suresh Raina (retained)
M Vijay (retained)
Albie Morkel (retained)
Michael Hussey
Wriddhiman Saha
Dwayne Bravo
Doug Bollinger
R Ashwin
S Badrinath
Scott Styris
Ben Hilfenhaus
Joginder Sharma
Nuwan Kulasekara
Sudeep Tyagi
Suraj Randiv*
George Bailey
Faf du Plessis

[vanchi]

bailey :argh:

[Riyazz]

opening pair mattum sariilla matha padi team :thumbsup:

[ajaybaskar]

CSK has the luxury of having a team bonding, which the other teams wud take atleast couple of years to form. They were willing to spend any money to retain their players. Only when the bidding price went over their heads, they withdrew from the process of retaining.

Hats off!!

[VENKIRAJA]

opening pair mattum sariilla matha padi team :thumbsup:

We will discover another uncapped player to run wickets with Vijay :thumbsup:

[Riyazz]

opening pair mattum sariilla matha padi team :thumbsup:

We will discover another uncapped player to run wickets with Vijay :thumbsup: :yes:

[sathya_1979]

Excellent All-round team :clap:

[ajaybaskar]

[tscii:5f797d59d3]More teeth to Super Kings attack!
Sunday, Jan 09 2011

Bangalore: The Chennai Super Kings strengthened their bowling attack considerably by picking up Aussie fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus besides New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris as among the main buys on the second and concluding day of the Indian Premier League player auction, here on Sunday.

Among those retaining their spots in the team were seamers Joginder Sharma and Sudeep Tyagi, while Sri Lankans Nuwan Kulasekara and Suraj Randiv were the other new face in the team.

Meanwhile, frontline seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji moved to Kolkata Knight Riders for 500,000 US Dollars after Super Kings pulled out of the bidding at 475,000 US Dollars.

Also out of the Super Kings squad were South African all-rounder Justin Kemp, Kiwi seamer Jacob Oram, South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lankans Thilan Thushara and Chamara Kapugedera, all of whom received no bids.

Hilfenhaus came in at his base price of 100,000 US Dollars while Joginder cost 150,000 and Tyagi was purchased at 240,000 while seamer Kulasekara commanded 100,000, his base price.

Styris (base price 100,000), the Brisbane-born Kiwi was the first to get into the Super Kings squad this morning when Super Kings outbid Kochi and secured him for 200,000.

All-rounder Randiv, who bowls off-breaks, had a base price of 50,000 and Super Kings won him at 80,000.

The Super Kings, winners of the 2010 IPL and Champions League trophies, had eight Indian and as many foreign players when the auction went into a lunch break.

The players:

Retained: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel (South Africa).

Auction: Indians - Wridhiman Saha (100,00 USD), Ravichandran Ashwin (850,000), Subramaniam Badrinath (800,000), Joginder Sharma (150,000) and Sudeep Tyagi (240,000).

Foreigners: – Michael Hussey (Australia, 425,000), Doug Bollinger (Australia, 700,000), Ben Hilfenhaus (Australia, 100,000), all Australians; Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, 200,000), Scott Styris (New Zealand, 200,000), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka, 100,000) and Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka, 80,000).

Among the biggest casualties of Sunday’s morning session was the legendary Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya who received no bids.
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[ajaybaskar]

Faf du Plessis

What is this?

[directhit]

Faf du Plessis

What is this? :lol:


The 26-year-old all-rounder has been included in the Proteas squad to take on India in five ODIs, and looks assured of game time as the selectors look to firm up their plans for the World Cup.

http://www.cricket365.com/basket/15273/story/6638329/Exclusive-Du-Plessis-It-s-a-dream-come-true

leg spinner vera, me like :P

[vanchi]

bailey is a tasmanian :P
opinion reverse panna vendiyathu than.

flassify also looks promising.

[raajarasigan]

CSK - satisfied with the players we got.. :D

I believe Hussey will open the innings with Vijay. He can bat at any position.

so the playing 11 is quite obvious..

VJ
Hussey
Raina
Badri
Dhoni
Bravo / Ben
Morkel
Ashwin
Bollinger
Tyagi :(
Jogindar :twisted:

oru nalla indian fast bowler'a eduthirukkaalam pola... :oops:

[Vivasaayi]

raajarasigan,

Fast bowling line up

Bollinger
Hilfenhaus
Tyagi
Morkel

Looks strong enough..

[Plum]

Vanchi:"Flaasify" :rotfl:
MA flaasaphyA?

[raajarasigan]

raajarasigan,

Fast bowling line up

Bollinger
Hilfenhaus
Tyagi
Morkel

Looks strong enough..Tyagi ellam namba mudiyaathu vivs... at least oru indian spinner'achum thevai polirukku...

indha HipoPotaMus playing 11'la iruppaana'nu therla... definetly we are one bowler short... last time irundha athe weak link.. :evil:

[Siv.S]

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