It was a significant Indian Premier League season for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings, but not exactly in a good way. Having re...
It was a significant Indian Premier League season for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings, but not exactly in a good way. Having reached the IPL semi-finals / playoff stage in each of their 10 earlier campaigns, the men in yellow missed out for the first time and finished seventh on the points table this time around.
All eyes were on Dhoni at the start of the season in the United Arab Emirates. The 39-year-old had announced his retirement from international cricket just a month earlier and fans were keen to see the legend in action after he had spent well over a year away from competitive cricket.
But Dhoni’s CSK, a team known for its remarkable consistency in the IPL, failed to gain any momentum right through this season. They were first pegged back by Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh’s withdrawals, before paying the price for sticking with an aged group of players which struggled to dust off its rustiness.
CSK's results in every IPL season
| Season | League stage finish | Playoff result |
|---|---|---|
| IPL 2008 | 3rd | Lost in the final |
| IPL 2009 |
