Who are the top 10 highest paid cricketers at Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2023?

MS Dhoni no longer the top earning cricketer at franchise

Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni, right, are two of the top earning players at Chennai Super Kings. Sportzpics for IPL

Chennai Super Kings have come to define the Indian Premier League, arguably as much as Mumbai Indians.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's laid-back style of leadership, and the franchise's penchant for banking almost exclusively on 30-year-old T20 veterans, is in stark contrast to the format's characteristic. But Chennai have solid results to back this strategy - they have won the IPL four times and finished runners-up five times since the tournament started in 2008.

Chennai are known to give the players they pick a long rope and expect them to do much of the problem solving on the pitch rather than in team meetings.

That has made Chennai an attractive team for players who want to take their game to the next level. As South African veteran Faf du Plessis said a couple of years back: "There are a lot of thinking cricketers in the dressing room."

The players are also well compensated for being part of a glorious franchise like Chennai. Here are the highest paid cricketers at Super Kings.

Top 10 highest earning players at Chennai Super Kings:

1. Ben Stokes - 162.5 million rupees ($1.96m)

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 160m rupees ($1.93m)

3. Deepak Chahar - 140m rupees ($1.7m)

4. MS Dhoni - 120m rupees ($1.45m)

5. Moeen Ali - 80m rupees ($970,000)

6. Ambati Rayudu - 67.5m rupees ($810,000)

7. Ruturaj Gaikwad - 60m rupees ($720,000)

8. Shivam Dube - 40m rupees ($480,000)

9. Mitchell Santner - 19m rupees ($220,000)

10. Rajvardhan Hangargekar - 15m rupees ($180,000)