The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are one of the most successful franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited owns the Tamil Nadu-based franchise, and India Cements holds the majority of the stakes. Meanwhile, Stephen Fleming is the head coach of the Chennai-based franchise.

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium serves as the home ground for the Chennai-based franchise. Under the leadership of talismanic wicketkeeper-batter Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK has won five IPL titles.

They are one of the only two teams to have defended an IPL title (the other is Mumbai Indians). CSK won their maiden IPL title in 2010 with a 22-run win over Mumbai Indians. In 2011, they successfully defended their title by defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final.

Stephen Fleming is the head coach of the Chennai-based franchise.

CSK has featured in the playoffs a record 12 times and has reached the final 10 times. In addition, they won the Champions League T20 title in 2010 and 2014.

However, in 2015 and 2016, they served a two-year hiatus due to involvement in the 2013 IPL betting case. After a two-year suspension, CSK made a comeback in 2018 by winning the title for the third time after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final.

After finishing seventh in 2020, CSK made an astonishing comeback in 2021 to clinch title No. 4 by beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the summit clash.

A few days before the start of the 2022 season, Dhoni surprised one and all when he decided to hand over the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja. Unfortunately, Jadeja failed to deliver, and the management decided to hand back the captaincy to Dhoni.  

It was a déjà vu season as the franchise won their fifth title under Dhoni's captaincy, thanks to Jadeja, who displayed nerves of steel in the final versus the Gujarat Titans.

Ahead of the massive IPL 2024 season, MS Dhoni handed over the CSK captaincy to the ever-reliant Ruturaj Gaikwad, but the legendary finisher played some spellbinding cricket under his new command-in-chief.

Since that year, Chennai has experienced a mix of highs and lows, ultimately falling short of their championship aspirations. The team's playoff aspirations have been dashed over the past three seasons.