Chennai Super Kings, the finalist of the first edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2008), would like to better one place in IPL 2009. In their quest for the title, Chennai Super Kings have acquired England star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff into the squad for a hefty sum of US$ 1.55 million which is more than the price tag of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The retirement of Australian Mathew Hayden from international cricket also means that he will be available for the entire season of IPL 2009. Sri Lankan bowler Thilan Thushara also comes into the Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2009.
On the bad note, Australian Michael Hussey has recently announced that he will not be playing in IPL 2009 for personal reasons. He offered to join the Chennai Super Kings team for the semi-finals and finals, if required. The position of New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram also seems to be in doubt. Jacob Oram was unable to play in the recently concluded India-New Zealand series due to his Achilles tendon injury.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team captain, will lead the Chennai Super Kings squad. New Zealander Stephen Fleming will be the player cum coach. The Chennai Super Kings team did not have much changes to their team that played in IPL 2008. The following is the list of the players in Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2009:
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain)
2. Stephen Fleming, New Zealand (Player cum Coach)
3. Jacob Oram, New Zealand
4. Andrew Flintoff, England
5. Matthew Hayden, Australia
6. Michael Hussey, Australia
7. George Bailey, Australia
8. Albie Morkel, South Africa
9. Makhaya Ntini, South Africa
10. Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka
11. Thilan Thushara, Sri Lanka
12. Suresh Raina
13. Parthiv Patel (Wicket keeper)
14. L. Balaji
15. S. Badrinath
16. Joginder Sharma
17. M. Vijay
18. Manpreet Gony
19. P. Amarnath20. Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
21. Srikkanth Aniruddha
22. R. Ashwin23. Napoleon Einstein
24. Shadab Jakati
25. Viraj Kadbe
26. Arun Karthik27. Suresh Kumar
28. Abhinav Mukund
29. Sudeep Tyagi
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