Chennai Super Kings were an amazing dynasty - 10 play-off appearances in 10 seasons. This era is now over - time for the rebuild.
CSK were also T20 pioneers and crucial in the format's evolution. Were trendsetters in recognising the value of spin - and how a venue favouring spin, and building a team for spin, could create real home advantage https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1171786/the-spin-team
The spin team

Spinners are underused in T20 - unjustifiably so, as the success of Afghanistan, Chennai and Guyana has shown

https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1171786/the-spin-team
CSK were also among the first teams to think in terms of roles - not set positions - in how they constructed their T20 line-up

https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1172112/the-flexible-team
How were CSK able to reach the play-offs 10 years in a row, and final in 8 out of 10 years?

@fwildecricket and I explored this at length https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/112760/why-csk-win-and-rcb-lose-chennai-super-kings-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2020-indian-premier-league-virat-kohli-ms-dhoni-cricbuzzcom
Why CSK win and RCB lose

In an extract from their new book 'Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution' Freddie Wilde and Tim Wigmore explain the reasons for Chennai's success and for Bangalore's struggles. Buy the book on Amazon

https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/112760/why-csk-win-and-rcb-lose-chennai-super-kings-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2020-indian-premier-league-virat-kohli-ms-dhoni-cricbuzzcom
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