Five-time champion Chennai Super Kings will start its campaign in IPL 2026 with a match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30. CSK will be in the news this time because Sanju Samson is going to make his debut in the yellow jersey. Chennai team was at the bottom position in the points table of the last season i.e. IPL 2025. Rituraj Gaikwad’s army would like to change its fortunes this time. Ayush Mhatre had impressed a lot last year and this time Chennai Super Kings will have a lot of expectations from Karthik Sharma and Prashant Veer, who were sold for Rs 14.2 crore. See here when and with whom CSK will play its matches in IPL 2026.

List of all CSK matches:
March 30 – CSK vs RR – Guwahati
April 3 – CSK vs PBKS – Chennai
5 April – CSK vs RCB – Bengaluru
11 April – CSK vs DC – Chennai
14 April – CSK vs KKR – Chennai
April 18 – CSK vs SRH – Hyderabad
23 April – CSK vs MI – Mumbai
26 April – CSK vs GT – Ahmedabad
May 2 – CSK vs MI – Chennai
5 May – CSK vs DC – Delhi
10 May – CSK vs LSG – Chennai
15 May – CSK vs LSG – Lucknow
18 May – CSK vs SRH – Chennai
21 May – CSK vs GT – Chennai
Chennai Super Kings last became champion in 2023. At that time, CSK had defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final. After that, Chennai team has failed to reach the playoffs in both the seasons. This time Chennai will enter the field with the intention of becoming champion for the sixth time.
CSK squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Karthik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Prashant Veer, Matthew William Short, Aman Khan, Jack Faulks, Shivam Dubey, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Spencer Johnson, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar