INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

State: Tamil Nadu
City: Chennai
Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium
Franchise Owner: India Cements

M.S DHONI- the reigning Twenty20 world skipper will lead Chennai team which has its own strengths in batting with senior members - Mathew Hayden, Stephen Fleming, Michael Hussey along with young guns - MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina. Mathew Hayden and Stephen Fleming will be the favourites to open the innings. But Fleming has unimpressive record in Twenty20 internationals scoring only 110 in 5 matches.Hayden's performance is lot better with 308 runs of 9 matches.
Middle order too is pretty good with T20 specialist MS Dhoni and hard hitting Suresh Raina. But the real strength of the team lies with 2 all-rounders Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel who cancontribute with both bat and ball.Wicket keeper’s slot is fixed for Dhoni and it is unlikely that Parthiv Patel will be getting an opportunity to replace Dhoni behind the wickets.
Bowling department Chennai have is plenty with world class spinner Muttiah Muralitharan leading the attackalong with Makhaya Ntini.One of the best options Chennai have in bowling is L Balaji. He can come good with bat too with those big hits. Remember when he scored those sixes off Shoaib Akthar when India toured Pakistan in 2004. Not to forget Joginder Sharma, the man who bowled that tense last over against Pakistan in Twenty20 world cup final. He can be good option too.

Full Team

♂ MS Dhoni (Captain)
♂ Matthew Hayden
♂ Stephen Fleming
♂ Suresh Raina
♂ Michael Hussey
♂ Anirudha Srikkanth
♂ Subramaniam Badrinath
♂ Napoleon Einstein
♂ Parthiv Patel
♂ Jacob Oram
♂ Albie Morkel
♂ Shadab Jakati
♂ Abhinav Mukund
♂ Viraj Kadbe
♂ Muttiah Muralitharan
♂ Joginder Sharma
♂ Makhaya Ntini
♂ Ashwin R
♂ Sudeep Tyagi
♂ Lakshmipathy Balaji