IPL 2012 - Chennai Super Kings team as of 23rd Feb 2012
| Name | Batting | Bowling | Other Role | Salary | Former Team | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravindra Jadeja | Left-hand bat | Slow Left arm | $ 2,000,000 | KTK / RR | New Addition 2012 | |
| Abhinav Mukund | Left-hand bat | Legbreak googly | ||||
| Albie Morkel | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | All-rounder | $ 500,000 | CSK | Retained by CSK IN 2011 |
| Anirudha Srikkanth | Right-hand bat | |||||
| Ben Hilfenhaus | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | $ 100,000 | |||
| Doug Bollinger | Left-hand bat | Left-arm fast-medium | $ 700,000 | CSK | ||
| Dwayne Bravo | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | All-rounder | MI | ||
| Faf du Plessis | Right-hand bat | Legbreak | All-rounder | $ 120,000 | ||
| Ganapathy Vignesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | All-rounder | |||
| George Bailey | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | $ 50,000 | |||
| Joginder Sharma | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | $ 150,000 | CSK | ||
| Michael Hussey | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium | $ 425,000 | CSK | ||
| MS Dhoni | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | Wicket Keeper All-rounder & captain | $ 1,800,000 | CSK | Retained by CSK IN 2011 |
| Murali Vijay | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | $ 900,000 | CSK | Retained by CSK IN 2011 | |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast-medium | $ 100,000 | |||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | CSK | |||
| Scott Styris | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | All-rounder | $ 200,000 | DC | |
| Shadab Jakati | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | All-rounder | CSK | ||
| Subramaniam Badrinath | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | CSK | |||
| Sudeep Tyagi | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | $ 240,000 | RR | ||
| Suraj Randiv | Right-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | All-rounder | $ 80,000 | ||
| Suresh Raina | Left-hand bat | Right-arm offbreak | $ 1,300,000 | CSK | Retained by CSK IN 2011 | |
| Tim Southee | Right-hand bat | right-arm fast | ||||
| Vasudeva Das | Left-hand bat | Right-arm legbreak | ||||
| Wriddhiman Saha | Right-hand bat | Wicket keeper All-rounder | $ 100,000 | KKR | ||
| Yo Mahesh | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
