There are kings and there are emperors. But Chennai decided to introduce a caveat emperor - the Super Kings. This was probably due to the heavy Chennai slang influence (sooper). Chennai Super Kings lorded over the first few rounds of the IPL routing the Royal Challengers, the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab (Note: This is a highly regal statement. Not in stature though). Ably led by stalwarts of the game such as Stephen Fleming who did not play a single match and M S Dhoni who played all matches they soon established themselves at the top of the league. Things began to go horribly wrong after that when star batsman, Matthew Hayden (of the 'obnoxious weed' fame) left the team for greener (weedier?) pastures of the international arena. Dhoni too had his hands full by trying to mediate between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth with an eye on the future harmony of the national team. His feelings on the matter were beautifully summed up in his classic hit song "Weed didn't start the fire". This diversion of focus due his role as mediator and wannabe rock star soon left the team in the lurch from which they were unable to recover.
Team : -
- MS Dhoni
- Viraj Kadbe
- Palani Amarnath
- Manpreet Gony
- Srikkanth Anirudha
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Subramaniam Badrinath
- Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Einstein Napoleon
- Stephen Fleming
- Matthew Hayden
- Michael Hussey
- Shadab Jakati
- Joginder Sharma
- Arun Karthik
- Suresh Kumar
- Albie Morkel
- Abhinav Mukund
- Muttiah Muralidaran
- Makhaya Ntini
- Jacob Oram
- Parthiv Patel
- Suresh Raina
- Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
- Sudeep Tyagi
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Kepler Wessels (SA) (Coach)
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