SQUAD:
* Josh Hazelwood has Taken his name back, Replacement is yet to be announced
STRENGTH's:-
1. Multiple Allrounders: Like every year This season also CSK has a bunch of Allrounders in their squad - Sam Curran, DJ Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mitchel Santner, etc... we know that MSD likes to have so many allrounders in the team and nobody can use them better than MSD, having so many allrounders will provide so many bowling options, so if any bowler is having a bad day then CSK need not to worry about that, they can play different-different allrounders according to the pitches like they can add Krishnappa Gowtham or Moeen Ali in the playing 11 in spinning track's, they also have an option of adding Santner too, in seaming pitches CSK can play both Sam and Bravo together, not just it will help in bowling but it will add depth in batting also, Sam and Shardul can be used as a floater to up the run rate at any moment of the match, Sam can also be used as an opener too utilize Powe-play overs, They also have R.Jadeja who can bat like a top-order batsman and bowl like a proper spinner, Now it's up to MSD how to utilize these Multiple Allrounders in the squad completely, And we all Know MSD is master in utilizing his players completely.
2.Spinners: Like Allrounders CSK also have a bunch of good spinners also with them, They have different-different kinds of spinners like Imran Tahir and Karan Sharma can bowl leg-spin, Jadeja, Santner and R Sai Kishore can bowl Left arm-spin, And Gowtham and Moeen Ali will be there to provide off-spin, This shows CSK has the luxury to prepare a different-different combination of spinners for different teams, for example, if a team has so many left-handers they can play Gowtham and Moeen Ali together, They can also use R sai Kishore as a surprise weapon, he is coming from some superb performance in Syed-Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
WEAKNESSES:-
1. Lack of International Cricket: Despite having some young guns, CSK still has their maximum players of above 30 age, and that's not the problem, the problem is lack of international cricket, Dhoni, Raina now plays in IPL only, Bravo also coming from a long break, Same with D Chahar, he was there with Indian Team but doesn't get a match, Jadeja also coming from an Injury break, Du-Plessis To have taken the retirement from Test Cricket, Tahir is also not active in Cricket nowadays,
so you see there are lot of players who are coming after a long break and IPl is a highly competitive league and lack of Cricket will cause CSK a lot because they have to face bowlers like Rabada, Nortje, Bumrah, Jofra, Bhuvi, etc....
2. Lack of Fire Power: CSK has a lack of firepower down the order this season also, Today's Dhoni can't make 15 balls 40, They lack a batsman like Maxwell, Russel, Hardik who can up the run rate down the order, Jadeja and Sam are there to solve the problem at some extent but still they can't solve it fully, They tried to buy Maxwell in this auction for the same reason but unfortunately RCB took him.
Probable Playing XI:-
1. Rituraj Gaikwad
2. Faf du Plessis
3. Suresh Raina
4. Sam Curran
5. MS Dhoni (C) (wk)
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Krishnappa Gowtham
8. DJ Bravo
9. Shardul Thakur
10. Deepak Chahar
11. Imran Tahir
3 Key Players According to me:
1. Sam Curran: 
This Outstanding Allrounder from England is going to be their MVP player of this season, With the ball, he can give Early Breakthrough's and Most Imp he can bat at any position
2. Ravindra Jadeja:
Sir Jadeja will going to be the imp player of this season for CSK, He showed that he can not only bowl but he can bat up the order also, we have seen this in Australia Tour
3. Shardul Thakur: 
Popularly known as Lord Shardul, This Game-changing allrounder has proved in International cricket he can give you Breakthrough's in Critical moments and also can be trusted with the bat in crucial times.
Tournament Prediction:
Unlike last year CSK will be a little bit Relaxed this season by the return of Suresh Raina in the squad, And They also bought Uthappa, Gowtham, and Moeen Ali this season. Firstly it will be interesting to see who will open for CSK this time, my prediction is Gaikwad and Du Plessis, but MSD can surprise us by sending Moeen or Sam in place of Du Plessis, Irrespective of who open's, it will be important for them to get the good start from openers at good strike rate, because they lack firepower in the end, and don't forget they will play most of their matches in small grounds this time like Wankhade, so their Spin and win formula maybe become in-effective this time. But if their Seam Allrounders like Sam, DJ Bravo, and Shardul does well with both Bat and Ball then only they will have a chance to qualify for Play-offs , Otherwise Their Journey is going to be tough because other teams are really very-very powerful in all 3 departments.
My prediction is that they will finish at 8th Spot, I wish my prediction goes wrong
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