Chennai Superstars was one of the nine teams played in the defunct

Indian Cricket League The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India. Its two seasons included tournaments between four international teams (World XI, India, Pakistan ...

(ICL) founded in 2007. The team is based in

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, coached by

Michael Bevan Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970) is a former Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm wrist-spin bowler. He has been credited for initiating the art of finishing matches. For several years, he was considered as ...

and captained by

Stuart Law Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968) is an Australian-born cricket coach and former cricketer. He played one Test and 54 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five Sheffield Shield titles and two one ...

, both reputed Australian cricketers. The team had the distinction of winning the first two championships of

, the ICL Inaugural T20 held in 2007 and the ICL 50 Overs Tournament held in 2008. They earned the third place in the third ICL tournament, ICL Edelweiss 20s held in 2008 and the runners place in ICL Domestic 20s 2008.

Etymology

The team is named after the popular movie star of

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who is popularly referred to as 'Superstar'.

Coaches and support staff

* Coach –

* Assistant Coach & Mentor – Kharsan Ghavri * Physiotherapist – Anthony Smith * Strength & Conditioning Coach – Corey Bocking * Massage-therapist – Julia Russel, Flavier Lia

Players

Overseas Players *

Ian Harvey Ian Joseph Harvey (born 10 April 1972) is a former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 73 One Day Internationals for Australia and was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004 for his performances in c ...

(Australia) *

(Australia) (Captain) * Nantie Hayward (South Africa) *

Russel Arnold Russel Premakumaran Arnold (Tamil language, Tamil: ரசல் பிரேமகுமரன் ஆனோல்ட், born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lankan cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil peo ...

(Sri Lanka) * Shabbir Ahmed (Pakistan) Local Players * R Sathish (Chennai) (Vice Captain) *

Hemang Badani Hemang Kamal Badani (; born 14 November 1976) is a former Indian Cricketer, who played for the Tamil Nadu and Vidarbha cricket teams. He also captained the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Early life Hemang Badani is born in a Gujarati family in Chen ...

(Chennai) * G Vignesh (Chennai) *

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(Chennai) *

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(Chennai) * Syed Mohammed (Chennai) *

Thiru Kumaran Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran () (born 30 December 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu), also known as 'Kenny' and 'Thiru Kumaran', is an Indian First Class cricketer & Cricket Coach. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He w ...

(Chennai) * J. Hareish (Chennai) * Vasanth Sarvanan (Tamil Nadu) * Rajamani Jesuraj (Tamil Nadu) *

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(Chennai) * Vivek Parikh (Gujarat)

Previous performance

Trivia

* Sanjeev Martin (Tamil Nadu) and

Sridharan Sriram Sridharan Sriram (; born 21 February 1976) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played in the Indian Cricket League and the Indian Premier League.On 19 August, 20 ...

(Chennai) who played for Chennai Superstars in ICL 50s in 2008 season joined the Ahmedabad Rockets from the Edelweiss T20s in 2008 season. *

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(England) who played for Chennai Superstars in 2007 season was replaced by

Adam Parore Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971) is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches. Parore has been the managing direc ...

(New Zealand) from the Edelweiss T20s in 2008 season who was in turn replaced by Nantie Hayward (South Africa) in 2008–2009 season. * R.Sathish, G.Vignesh, J.Syed Mohammed and Thiru Kumaran played for ICL India in the 2008 Indian Cricket League World Series. Shabbir Ahmed represented ICL Pakistan while Russel Arnold and Ian Harvey represented ICL World in the same tournament. * Coach

played three matches for the side in the ICL Edelweiss 20s held in 2008 * Chennai Superstars have been placed in the top 10 of Bartercard Power Rankings for T20 teams

Notes

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