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IPL 2018: CSK most veteran side; check average age of each team
Lucknow: As the much-awaited 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) is inching closer, the Cricket lovers are getting more and more eager to analyse their favourite teams. So, we are here with another aspect of each team – the age factor – which is surely going to play a significant role in the tournament.
Although, many players have proved it wrong on numerous occasions, but still the Twenty20 Cricket is believed to be the young players' format. But a few of the IPL franchises have ignored the belief and have acquired a good number of experienced players in their side.
Where Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has most number of players aging above 30, Rajasthan Royals (RR) has the least.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has also fielded eight such players with good amount of experience while Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Surisers Hyderabad (SRH) have seven players aging above 30.
Here is the team-wise list of players aging above 30 who will be participating in the cricketing festival:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
MS Dhoni - CSK Captain
Dwayne Bravo 34 years 113 days
MS Dhoni 36 years 205 days
Faf du Plessis 33 years 199 days
Harbhajan Singh 37 years 209 days
Imran Tahir 38 years 307 days
Kedar Jadhav 32 years 308 days
Suresh Raina 31 years 62 days
Ambati Rayudu 32 years 127 days
Karn Sharma 30 years 97 days
Murali Vijay 33 years 302 days
Shane Watson 36 years 225 days
Total: 10 out of 25 players are above 30
Average age of team: 28.64 years
Delhi Daredevils (DD):
Gautam Gambhir - DD Captain
Daniel Christian 34 years 269 days
Gautam Gambhir 36 years 106 days
Amit Mishra 35 years 65 days
Chris Morris 30 years 273 days
Colin Munro 30 years 323 days
Naman Ojha 34 years 192 days
Total: Six out of 25 players
Average age: 26.12 years
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP):
Ravichandran Ashwin - KXIP Captain
Ravichandran Ashwin 31 years 133 days
Aaron Finch 31 years 72 days
Chris Gayle 38 years 129 days
Pradeep Sahu 32 yeaars 160 days
Manoj Tiwary 32 years 75 days
Andrew Tye 31 years 47 days
Yuvraj Singh 36 years 47 days
Total: Seven out of 21 players
Average Age: 27.33 years
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Dinesh Karthik - KKR Captain
Dinesh Karthik 32 years 241 days
Mitchell Johnson 36 years 87 days
Javon Searles 31 years 38 days
Robin Uthappa 32 years 78 days
Vinay Kumar 33 years 350 days
Total: Five out of 19 players
Average Age: 29.79 years
Mumbai Indians (MI):
Rohit Sharma - MI Captain
Ben Cutting 30 years 363 days
JP Duminy 33 years 289 days
Kieron Pollard 30 years 261 days
Rohit Sharma 30 years 273 days
Aditya Tare 30 years 82 days
Total: Five out of 25 players
Average Age: 25.24 years
Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Steven Smith - RR Captain
Stuart Binny 33 years 239 days
Ben Laughlin 35 years 117 days
Jatin Saxena 35 years 177 days
Total: Three out of 23 players
Average Age: 26.30 years
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):
Virat Kohli - RCB Captain
Moeen Ali 30 years 224 days
Nathan Coulter Nile 30 years 109 days
Colin de Grandhomme 31 years 190 days
AB de Villiers 33 years 345 days
Aniruddha Joshi 30 years 82 days
Brendon McCullum 36 years 123 days
Parthiv Patel 32 years 325 days
Umesh Yadav 30 years 95 days
Total: Eight out of 24 players
Average Age: 27.46 years
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
David Warner - SRH Captain
Bipul Sharma 34 years 122 days
Shikhar Dhawan 32 years 54 days
Mohammad Nabi 33 years 27 days
Yusuf Pathan 35 years 72 days
Wriddhiman Saha 33 years 96 days
Shakib Al Hasan 30 years 310 days
David Warner 31 years 93 days
Total: Seven out of 25 players
Average Age: 27.20 years
India is eagerly waiting for the upcoming cricketing extravaganza Indian Premier League season 11 which is scheduled to embark on April 7 with a much anticipated match between defending champion Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Note: The age of players mentioned in the copy is as of March 7, 2018.
Shubhanshu Sharma
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