the chennai super kings (abbreviated as csk) is a franchise cricket team standing for chennai, tamil nadu (india), playing in the indian premier league (ipl). founded in 2008, the team played its home matches at the m. a. chidambaram stadium in chennai. on 14 july 2015, the supreme court appointed rm lodha committee suspended the super kings from the ipl for a period of two years for the alleged involvement of their owners in the 2013 indian premier league betting case.prior to the suspension, the team was captained by mahendra singh dhoni and coached by stephen fleming.it has most fans in instagram around 8.5 million follwers.