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The Chennai Super Kings were one of the ten teams that took part in the 2011 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the fourth season in succession by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The Super Kings had won both 2010 Indian Premier League and 2010 Champions League Twenty20 under Dhoni's captaincy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chennai Super Kings in 2011: Squad and details )〕 The Super Kings completed a hat-trick of titles by winning the 2011 Indian Premier League. Thus, they became the first team in the history of IPL to successfully defend their title. They also won all the matches held at their home ground in Chennai that season and created a new record of becoming the first IPL team to win all of its home games. With this, they earned a direct qualification for the main event of 2011 Champions League Twenty20 where they could not replicate similar consistency before crashing out of the event in the group stages. ==Background== Chennai had a highly successful 2010 season where they emerged victorious in both Indian Premier League as well as Champions League Twenty20.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chennai crowned as IPL-3 champs )〕 However, with the addition of two more teams in the IPL for the 2011 season, it was declared by the IPL Governing Council that each franchise can retain a maximum of four players of their squad for the 2011 season, only three of whom can be Indian players, and the rest of the international players would be put in the mega-auction. The spending power for each franchise at the mega-auction was restricted to $9 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IPL mega auction 2011 )〕 The player retention clause also stated that if a franchise decides to retain four players, $4.5 million will be charged, leaving the franchise with only $4.5 million to spend at the auction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IPL player retention rules tilt level playing field )〕 The Chennai franchise, keen to have the same set of core players, decided to retain the maximum number of players through the retention process. CSK retained captain MS Dhoni, vice-captain Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel for a total of $4.5 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lion King of the Jungle )〕 This left them with the power of spending only $4.5 million at the mega-auction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ganguly, Dravid shown the door, Kohli stays on )〕 At the mega-auction which was held on 8 and 9 January 2011 in Bangalore, the Chennai franchise could successfully bid for 14 players, eight of whom were part of their 2010 squad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IPL player list )〕 Chennai Super Kings also managed to get back three domestic players who had been a part of their team in the first three years in Shadab Jakati, Anirudha Srikkanth and Abhinav Mukund.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mumbai sign Rayudu, Sathish )〕 Apart from these three, they also signed contracts with Tamil Nadu players Yo Mahesh, K. Vasudevadas and Ganapathi Vignesh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chennai Super Kings on the hunt )〕 Before the start of the IPL season, CSK signed up New Zealand pacer Tim Southee as a replacement to Ben Hilfenhaus who was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chennai sign up Tim Southee )〕 They also appointed former Australian fast bowler Andy Bichel as their bowling coach, replacing Venkatesh Prasad who moved to the newly formed Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise. Bichel had previously worked as Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling coach in 2009 before getting sacked after the team's disastrous season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Bichel appointed Chennai's bowling coach )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chennai Super Kings in 2011」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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