2022 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The Super Kings have previously lifted the IPL title four times (in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021) and were the defending champions in 2022.

The season was the first time since the inaugural season of the tournament that Suresh Raina was not a member of the team as he was not picked in the mega auction. Part way through the season Ravindra Jadeja resigned as the team's captain, with MS Dhoni, the side's long-term captain, taking back the position.

Background
The side retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.
 * Retained: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad.
 * Released: Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Cheteshwar Pujara, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hari Nishanth, Bhagath Varma, Harishankar Reddy.
 * Acquired during the auction: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Ambati Rayudu, Tushar Deshpande, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Chezhian Harinishanth, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Narayan Jagadeesan, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Milne, Mukesh Choudhary, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma.

Squad

 * Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Group stage
The schedule for the group stages of IPL 2022 was published 7 March 2022.