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The Chennai Super Kings have been the most consistent side in the history of the Indian Premier League with three titles and four runners-up finish. They have qualified for the knockouts (playoffs) in all the nine editions they have played so far.
From the inaugural IPL edition back in 2008 to the eleventh edition in 2018, several Indian, as well as overseas stars, have donned the famous Yellow jersey. Let us now look at five players who excelled in the CSK jersey but failed to make a mark after a move away from the Chennai based franchise.
5) Albie Morkel
The South African all-rounder was a part of the Chennai Super Kings right from the inaugural edition after being bought for $675,000 at the 2008 IPL auctions.
Morkel stayed with MS Dhoni's men until the 2013 edition of the IPL and enjoyed a successful stint with them during his six-year stay scoring 827 runs while picking up 86 wickets.
His cameos low down the order were crucial for the Men in Yellow, be it in scoring huge totals or setting challenging targets to the oppositions. An ideal T20 player and an experienced campaigner, Morkel was an integral part of the CSK squad during the most part of his stay at the franchise contributing with both bat and the ball.
Apart from the two titles that the Chennai Super Kings won in 2010 and 2011, they finished as the runners-up thrice during his stint at Chennai. Morkel was the bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2.4 crore at the 2014 IPL auctions.
After a poor stint at RCB (45 runs and 4 wickets in 2014 IPL), he was released ahead of the 2015 auction where he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils (now, Delhi Capitals) for INR 30 lakhs.
Morkel scored just 86 runs and took three wickets during his one year stay with Delhi after which he was released. In the 2016 IPL, he played for the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant (one of the new franchises), managing just 16 runs and two wickets in the two matches he played throughout the season. Unfortunately, it turned out to be his last season.
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4) Shadab Jakati
The slow left-arm orthodox bowler from Goa was signed by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. Unfortunately, he did not get an opportunity to don the Yellow jersey for the entire duration of season one in which the MS Dhoni-led side finished as runner-up to the Rajasthan Royals.
In the next edition at South Africa, Jakati was immensely successful on seamer-friendly conditions scalping 13 wickets in just 9 matches at an economy of 7.48, with his best figures being 4/22.
He followed it up with another exceptional display of spin in the title-winning 2010 edition of the IPL, picking up 13 wickets in 11 matches. Overall, the man who remained a trustworthy spinner for CSK, took 45 wickets in 50 matches during his stint, apart from winning two IPL titles (2010 and 2011).
At the 2014 IPL auction, Jakati was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakhs but he went wicketless in the only match played throughout that season. After going unsold at the 2015 auction, he was bought by the now-defunct Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lakhs. He managed just 6 wickets in that season and failed to pick one in the next edition before going unsold at the 2018 auction.
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Badrinath was signed by the Chennai Super Kings for $50,000 ahead of the inaugural edition of the IPL. The Tamil Nadu batsman was one of the pillars of CSK's strong batting unit during his six-year stint (2008-2013) with the franchise contributing consistently with the willow across seasons.
He was pivotal in the Chennai Super Kings' two title-winning seasons (2010, 2011) amassing 356 and 396 runs respectively. In the 95 matches he played for the Men in Yellow, Badrinath scored 1441 runs at a strike-rate of 118.89 with his highest score being 71*.
A reliable batsman and a consistent performer at the domestic level, Badrinath went unsold at the 2014 IPL auction much to the surprise of many in the Indian cricketing fraternity. His fortunes changed in the following season (2015 IPL) as he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakhs. But he did not make a single appearance for the Virat Kohli-led franchise in that season which turned out to be his last IPL stint.
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The Sri Lankan spin-wizard was a prominent fixture in the CSK squad during his three-year stay at the franchise. Murali, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings during the inaugural IPL auction in 2008 for $600,000 was at his usual best with the ball for Dhoni's men providing regular breakthroughs at crucial junctures.
Apart from taking 15 wickets in the successful 2010 season, he was CSK's most economical bowler in the high-voltage finals against the Mumbai Indians, finishing with the figures of 1/17 in his four overs.
Overall, Murali took 40 wickets during his three-year CSK stint, with his best figures being 3/11. At the 2011 IPL auctions, he was bought by the now-defunct, Kochi Tuskers Kerala for a whopping $1,100,000. But he managed just 2 wickets in the five matches he played throughout the season.
After the termination of the Kochi franchise, Murali moved to RCB in 2012 for $220,000. He stayed there until the 2014 IPL managing just 21 wickets across three seasons.
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Who can forget 'Mr. Cricket' Michael Hussey's blistering century during the Chennai Super Kings' very first game in the history of IPL a decade ago! Hussey started off Chennai's IPL journey on a fantastic note scoring 116*(54) that included eight fours and nine sixes. The Aussie batsman stayed with Dhoni's men until the 2013 IPL scoring tons of runs at the top of the order thereby paving a perfect platform for the strong CSK middle-order to takeover.
Hussey, who scored 1691 runs in 46 matches during his six-year stint with Chennai, won the Orange Cap after finishing as the highest run-getter of the 2013 season scoring 733 runs in 16 matches.
The man who was a key member of CSK's title-winning 2010 and 2011 squads, moved to the Mumbai Indians for the 2014 edition of the IPL after being bought for INR 5 crore at the auction.
Unfortunately, he failed to replicate his Orange-cap winning performance, managing just 209 runs for Rohit Sharma's men in season seven. Though he returned to CSK in the following season, Hussey could not make any impact with the bat as before. He managed to score just 56 runs in the four matches he played during the 2015 IPL.
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