6 Reasons why CSK can win its 5th IPL Trophy
CSK has a good chance of winning IPL 2023
CSK had a terrible season last year, CSK worst performance ever in an IPL and finished 9th out of ten teams with a meagre four wins.
However, in IPL 2023, CSK has a great chance to win the trophy.
1. Satisfactory Picks from the Auction
In general, the CSK team is not exactly known for its auction strategy.
In recent auctions, the management of CSK led by Kasi Viswanathan has failed to meet the expectations of CSK fans.
Even the management has been mocked time and again for selecting players over 30 years old. This trend continued in the IPL 2023 auction.
However, the management of CSK delighted all CSK fans around the world with the first selection of the 2023 auction by selecting English Test skipper and all-rounder Ben Stokes for 16.25 crores.
Getting the services of Ben Stokes suddenly strengthens the look of CSK lineup.
The attitude of Stokes to give everything for the game during the crucial matches will surely lift the CSK morale and is in line with CSK's never give up attitude.
Besides Ben Stokes, CSK has selected veteran Ajinkya Rahane, Kyle Jamieson (who will be replaced by Dasun Shanaka or Gerald Coetzee) and some other promising players.
2. High Quality All-Rounders
CSK usually likes to operate with 3-4 all-rounders and 7-8 bowling options.
With the addition of Ben Stokes, the quality all-rounders already in place like Dwaine Pretorius, Sir Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and the return of fit bowling all-rounder Deepak Charar, CSK will be able to field up to 10 batters, which is an underrated advantage in T20 tournaments.
Deep
batting line-up is always an underrated advantage in T20 tournaments (England
won the 2022 T20 World Cup largely because of their good all-rounders and a
plethora of bowling options).
3. Game-Changing Foreign Backups
Of the 8 foreign players, CSK will certainly start with Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.
Depending on the team composition and pitch conditions, CSK team can use its
quality foreign players like Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorius,
Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana
4. Wide Range of Team Composition Options
Teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals can field only one team combination from their squad.
CSK can change not only its 11 players but also its team combinations depending on the opponents and conditions.
The following three teams speak volumes about the richness of
the CSK team.
Team1 (For Flat pitches like Wankhade)
Gaikwad, Conway, Moeen, Rayudu, Stokes, Dube, Jadeja, MSD, Pretorious, Charar, Mukesh
Team 2 (For pitches that spin and grip like Chennai)
Gaikwad, Stokes, Moeen, Rayudu, Dube, Jadeja, MSD, Pretorious, Charar, Theekshana, Mukesh
Team 3 (For surface which has something for both batters and bowlers)
Gaikwad, Conway, Moeen, Rayudu, Stokes, Jadeja, MSD, Charar, Theekshana, Mukesh, Simarjeet
5. MS Dhoni Touch
Last year, CSK had an overall poor season after Sir Jadeja took over the leadership duties when MSD relinquished the captaincy role just before the start of the season.
After an unprecedentedly poor start by CSK standards with only two wins from eight games, MSD took over the captaincy again. But still CSK couldn't recover.
This year, however, MSD will lead the team from the start of the season, which will benefit the team as he knows exactly how to lead the team to the playoffs, which he has missed only once in the 13 seasons he has led CSK.
6. CSK = Come Back Super Kings
CSK is known for never giving up and performing miracles in many close encounters by coming from behind.
This is not only true in close encounters, but they are also known for coming back stronger after terrible seasons (IPL 2018 and IPL 2021 are prime examples of this)
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