Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings showed their loyalty towards their core players for one more season as they only released five players to increase their purse. Mohit Sharma was released due to injuries and David Willey and Scoot Kuggeleijn were expected to be released as well.
Squad:
MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu , KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina
Released players:
Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey, Dhruv Shorey, Mohit Sharma, Sam Billings, Scott Kuggeleijn
Player slots left: Five (three domestic, two overseas)
Money spent: 70.40 cr
Purse remaining: 14.60 cr