Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A listed players.
The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been allocated to it.
Current Squad
|
| Name | Age |
Nationality | Playing role | Bidding Price |
| MS Dhoni | 26 |
India | Batsman / WK | US$ 1,500,000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 |
Sri Lanka | Bowler | US$ 600,000 |
| Matthew Hayden | 36 |
Australia | Batsman | US$ 375,000 |
| Jacob Oram | 28 |
New Zealand | All Rounder | US$ 675,000 |
| Stephen Fleming | 35 |
New Zealand | Batsman | US$ 350,000 |
| Parthiv Patel | 22 |
India | Batsman / WK | US$ 325,000 |
| Albie Morkel | 28 |
South Africa | All Rounder | US$ 675,000 |
| Joginder Sharma | 24 |
India | Bowler | US$ 225,000 |
| Suresh Raina | 21 |
India | Batsman | US$ 650,000 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 30 |
South Africa | Bowler | US$ 200,000 |
| Michael Hussey | 32 |
Australia | Batsman | US$ 350,000 |
| Ashwin R | 21 |
India | Bowler | None |
| Anirudha Srikkanth | 21 |
India | Batsman | None |
| Sudeep Tyagi | 20 |
India | Bowler | None |
| Subramaniam Badrinath | 28 |
India | Batsman | None |