Rituraj Gaikwad will probably lead the Chennai Super Kings in the 2026 IPL as he did in the last season with MS Dhoni in the team as mentor. Chennai Super Kings bought nine players in the 2026 mini auction with Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma being their most expensive buy, spending INR 14.20 cr each on both of them.

CSK's Squad for 2026 IPL

MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Kartik Sharma, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Sameer Rizvi, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Jamie Overton, Zak Foulkes, Anshul Kamboj, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry, Noor Ahmad, Rahul Chahar, Shreyas Gopal, Akeal Hosein, and Gurjapneet Singh.