Chennai Super Kings, who returned to Indian Premier League after serving two years suspension, clinched their third IPL title after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Chennai Super Kings began their IPL 2018 campaign with a last over win against the defending champions Mumbai Indians in the opening game and kept their winning momentum throughout the season and finished the league stage at the second position with 9 wins from 14 matches.
In the Qualifier 1 and Finals Chennai Super Kings defeated table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad and clinched their first IPL title since 2011 and overall third IPL title.
Here is a look at Chennai Super Kings' IPL 2018 performance :
Team Records :
1. Result Summary :
| Opposition | Match | Won | Lost | NR |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
2. Highest Team Total :
211/4 vs DD at Pune
207/5 vs RCB at Bangalore
205/5 vs KKR at Chennai
3. Lowest Team Total :
128/6 vs DD at Delhi
169/5 vs MI at Pune
176/4 vs RR at Jaipur
Batting Records :
1. Most Runs :
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 16 | 16 | 602 | 43.0 | 149.8 | 100* | 1 | 3 |
| Shane Watson | 15 | 15 | 555 | 39.6 | 154.6 | 117* | 2 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni | 16 | 15 | 455 | 75.8 | 150.7 | 79* | 0 | 3 |
| Suresh Raina | 15 | 15 | 445 | 37.1 | 132.4 | 75* | 0 | 4 |
2. Highest individual scores :
Shane Watson - 117* vs SRH at Mumbai
Shane Watson - 106 vs RR at Pune
Ambati Rayudu - 100* vs SRH at Pune
Ambati Rayudu - 82 vs RCB at Bangalore
3. Highest batting average (Min 5 innings played) :
MS Dhoni - 75.83
Ambati Rayudu - 43.00
Shane Watson - 39.64
Suresh Raina - 37.08
4. Highest batting strike rate (Min 100 balls faced) :
Shane Watson - 154.59
MS Dhoni - 150.66
Ambati Rayudu - 149.75
Suresh Raina - 132.44
5. Most fifty plus scores :
Shane Watson - 4
Ambati Rayudu - 4
Suresh Raina - 4
MS Dhoni - 3
Bowling Records :
1. Most wickets :
| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Avg | Eco | BBI | 4-fers |
| Shardul Thakur | 13 | 13 | 16 | 26.9 | 9.2 | 2/18 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 16 | 16 | 14 | 38.1 | 9.9 | 2/16 | 0 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 4/10 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 14 | 11 | 27.5 | 7.4 | 3/18 | 0 |
2. Best bowling figures in an innings :
Lungi Ngidi - 4/10 vs KXIP at Pune
Deepak Chahar - 3/15 vs SRH at Hyderabad
Ravindra Jadeja - 3/18 vs RCB at Pune
Karn Sharma - 2/13 vs RR at Pune
3. Best bowling average (Min 5 wickets) :
Lungi Ngidi - 14.18
Shardul Thakur - 26.93
Ravindra Jadeja - 27.54
Deepak Chahar - 27.80
4. Best economy rate ( Min 10 overs bowled) :
Lungi Ngidi - 6.00
Deepak Chahar - 7.28
Ravindra Jadeja - 7.39
Harbhajan Singh - 8.48
