Gujarat Titans gave them room for a bowling all-rounder as Jason Holder joined the Gujarat Titans at rupees 7 crore CSK was in a fight with GT to pick Jason Holder but GT won the race. After a few minutes, Chennai gave them a replacement player in the name of Mathew Short, who joined CSK at the base price of Rupees 1.50 CR.
Full CSK squad
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Short
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma
Allrounders: Shivam Dube, Zak Foulkes, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Aman Khan, Prashant Veer
Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Rahul Chahar
Fast bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary
Full GT squad
Batters: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Tom Banton, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan
Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra
Allrounders: Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Nishant Sindhu, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan
Spinners: Sai Kishore
Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Luke Wood, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Prithvi Raj Yarra.