Chennai Super Kings

Chennai built the most durable culture in the league: low turnover, clear roles, and a captaincy lineage that survived a two-year ban and a relocation. Five titles came from selecting for temperament over hype. Chepauk turns square, so the squad is engineered around spin depth and batters who can sweep with intent. Ruturaj Gaikwad now leads a side still anchored by Ravindra Jadeja, with Stephen Fleming providing two decades of institutional memory from the dugout.