IPL 2022: CSK Final Squad after IPL 2022 Auction | Chennai Super Kings 2022 Player List

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is one of the most popular teams in the Indian Premier League. They have won the IPL title four times (in 2010, 2011, 2018, and 2021), and have the highest win percentage of matches among all teams in the IPL (59.83%). They hold the records of most appearances in the playoffs (eleven) and the Final (nine) of the IPL. They have also won the Champions League Twenty20 in 2010 and 2014.

BCCI and IPL governing committee have announced about upcoming IPL 2022. For that IPL Mega auction was also held in Bengaluru on 12th and 13th February 2022. Almost all the teams have used this opportunity to build the team stronger once again.

MS Dhoni – the skipper of CSK may retire from the IPL in the next season. Keeping that in mind CSK has built a core team that should continue their winning momentum in all the upcoming IPL seasons and also this is the last IPL Mega Auction.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have already announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League and also they have made the final squads after the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Below are the final squads for the Chennai Super Kings for the IPL 2022.

Chennai Super Kings 2022 Final Squad

`Chennai Super Kings Squads`

Player Name	Country	Specialism	Price Paid
Ravindra Jadeja (R)	India	All-Rounder	₹16,00,00,000
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R)	India	Wicket Keeper	₹12,00,00,000
Moeen Ali (R)	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹8,00,00,000
Ruturaj Gaikwad (R)	India	Batsman	₹6,00,00,000
Deepak Chahar	India	Bowler	₹14,00,00,000
Ambati Rayudu	India	Wicket Keeper	₹6,75,00,000
Dwayne Bravo	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹4,40,00,000
Shivam Dube	India	All-Rounder	₹4,00,00,000
Chris Jordan	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹3,60,00,000
Robin Uthappa	India	Batsman	₹2,00,00,000
Mitchell Santner	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹1,90,00,000
Adam Milne	Overseas	Bowler	₹1,90,00,000
Rajvardhan Hangargekar	India	All-Rounder	₹1,50,00,000
Prashant Solanki	India	Bowler	₹1,20,00,000
Devon Conway	Overseas	Batsman	₹1,00,00,000
Maheesh Theekshana	Overseas	Bowler	₹70,00,000
Dwaine Pretorius	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹50,00,000
K.Bhagath Varma	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
Mukesh Choudhary	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Subhranshu Senapati	India	Batsman	₹20,00,000
Simarjeet Singh	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Tushar Deshpande	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
K.M. Asif	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
C.Hari Nishaanth	India	Batsman	₹20,00,000
N. Jagadeesan	India	Wicket Keeper	₹20,00,000

This is the Final Team of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after the IPL 2022 auction.

Deepak Chahar is the highest-paid player from Chennai Super Kings, They have paid a whooping ₹14,00,00,000 to this player. This time they have purchased a total of 25 players and left the purse ₹2,95,00,000.

Chennai Super Kings 2022 Squad:

IPL 2022 Retention Rules

A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.

IPL 2022 Salary Cap

BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.

If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.

If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:

*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary

Deductions for 4 Players	INR 42 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 16 Cr
Player 2	INR 12 Cr
Player 3	INR 8 Cr
Player 4	INR 6 Cr

If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:

3 players deduction	INR 33 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 15 Cr
Player 2	INR 11 Cr
Player 3	INR 7 Cr

If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:

2 Players deduction	INR 24 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 14 Cr
Player 2	INR 10 Cr

If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores

1 Player deduction

INR 14 Cr

List of retained CSK players

Ravindra Jadeja – 16 Crore
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 12 Crore
Moeen Ali – 08 Crore
Ruturaj Gaikwad – 06 Crore

List of released CSK players

Suresh Raina (VC) India Batsman ₹11 Crore
Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago All-Rounder ₹6.4 Crore
Sam Curran England All-Rounder ₹5.5 Crore
Karn Sharma India All-Rounder ₹5 Crore
Shardul Thakur India Bowler ₹2.6 Crore
Ambati Rayudu India Batsman ₹2.2 Crore
Josh Hazlewood Australia Bowler ₹2 Crore
Faf Du Plessis South Africa Batsman ₹1.6 Crore
Imran Tahir South Africa Bowler ₹1 Crore
Deepak Chahar India Bowler ₹80 Lakh
Mitchell Santner New Zealand All-Rounder ₹50 Lakh
Lungisani Ngidi South Africa Bowler ₹50 Lakh
Asif KM India Bowler ₹40 Lakh
R. Sai Kishore India Bowler ₹20 Lakh
N Jagadeesan India Wicket Keeper ₹20 Lakh
Krishnappa Gowtham India All-Rounder ₹9,25,00,000
Cheteshwar Pujara India Batsman ₹50,00,000
K.Bhagath Varma India All-Rounder ₹20,00,000
C Hari Nishaanth India Batsman ₹20,00,000
M. Harisankar Reddy India Bowler ₹20,00,000
Robin Uthappa India Wicket Keeper ₹1 Crore

Purse Available: ₹2,95,00,000

Before the mega auction, Chennai Super Kinga has a purse available worth 48 crores. Chennai Super Kings have made some great decisions in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.