IPL Stats: Highest Individual Scores Against CSK

When someone speaks about Chennai Super Kings (CSK), three things come to mind. Five IPL titles. Most successful team. Consistency.

All this has been possible because of a reliable bowling attack, which clicked on most days. But CSK also had a few bad days with the ball, which saw the opponent batters go hard on them. Their bowlers looked clueless as a few batters made their way to huge knocks.

Here, we’ll list the top 10 highest individual scores registered against CSK in IPL history.

Highest Individual Scores vs CSK in IPL

Key Insights

Marcus Stoinis has registered the highest individual score against CSK in the IPL. He scored an unbeaten 124 in 2024 to go past Virender Sehwag’s 10-year-old record.

Sanath Jayasuriya was the first batter to bring up a hundred against CSK. He scored 114 not out at a strike rate of 237.50 in 2008.

Thus far, 10 batters have scored a century each against Chennai in the league. CSK conceded two of those centuries in a single match. Gujarat Titans (GT) openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan scored their respective tons in a 2024 game.

Punjab Kings (PBKS), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Mumbai Indians (MI) are the other teams with two centurions each against CSK.

Shane Watson scored a ton against CSK in 2013 while playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR). Interestingly, he smashed a hundred against RR while turning up for CSK in 2018. Watson is the only batter to score centuries for and against the teams he represented in the IPL.

Kieron Pollard’s strike rate of 255.88 is the highest against CSK among the batters with 50-plus runs in an innings. The former MI batter aggregated an unbeaten 87 off 34 balls in 2021.

Shikhar Dhawan was the first batter to score 1000 runs against CSK in the IPL. Virat Kohli overtook him to become the top run-scorer against Chennai.