A long-time CSK fan who started CSK Den to scratch his own itch for proper Chennai Super Kings stats. He spends a little too much time digging through IPL numbers and turning them into articles he'd actually want to read. No expert badges here — just genuine love for the team, a soft spot for a Dhoni finish, and a habit of double-checking the data.
Sarvottam covers CSK news & transfers, IPL match analysis, Player and season statistics, and Texas Super Kings & Joburg Super Kings (MLC/SA20) on CSK Den.
Before CSK Den, Sarvottam wrote about open-source software and Linux for the following publications:
CSK Den is an independent fan community. Every article, stat, and leaderboard is researched and double-checked by hand against publicly available IPL, SA20, and MLC records — there's no automated content farm here. CSK Den is not affiliated with Chennai Super Kings, Joburg Super Kings, Texas Super Kings, the IPL, SA20, Major League Cricket, or the BCCI.
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Joburg Super Kings bought six players at the SA20 Season 5 auction for R8.975 million and then added Jamie Overton as their wildcard. Here is who they got, what they paid and what is still left.
Joburg Super Kings walk into the SA20 Season 5 auction with the biggest purse and a new head coach in Albie Morkel. I went through the 156-player shortlist to pick who to target, with backup options, an 18-man squad and a probable XI.
CSK seamer Mukesh Choudhary took a five-wicket haul for Rest of India in the Irani Cup, removing Paras Dogra for 75 as Jammu and Kashmir were bowled out for 278 in their first innings in Srinagar.
From Ayush Mhatre getting fit from injury to Nathan Ellis getting injured again plus recent form of Gaikwad, Samson and updates for every current Chennai Super Kings player.
98 IPL matches at Chepauk, phase by phase: how scoring, chasing and spin have changed, why CSK's home fortress is fading, who has been beating them there, and the players CSK should hunt next.
Zaheer Khan spent a decade bowling against CSK. Now he's coaching them. Here's his career, his IPL bowling record from ball-by-ball data, and what he did at Chepauk as the visitor.
Every CSK six-hitting record: Dhoni's all-time lead, biggest innings, season-wise totals, powerplay, death-over and knockout sixes — from ball-by-ball IPL data.
CSK's audited FY2026 accounts show annual profit has fallen ₹67 crore — almost 30% — since the year they were IPL champions, with Central Rights income down ₹38.06 crore for finishing 10th. Yet sponsorship has risen 68% across the same slump. Inside the numbers: Joburg's ₹118 crore of accumulated losses, the Texas franchise CSK only 55.5% owns, and the legal fight that briefly threatened the whole US investment.
