Chinna thala

Chennai Super Kings: Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have inducted former players Suresh Raina and Matthew Hayden into the franchise’s first-ever Hall of Fame during their Roar ’26 fan event at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

The franchise unveiled the Hall of Fame to honour two of their most celebrated cricketers. Raina, the former left-handed batter known to fans as ‘Chinna Thala,’ represented CSK from 2008 to 2021 and was part of four IPL title-winning squads in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021.

He also featured in two Champions League T20 triumphs in 2010 and 2014, while winning the Player of the Tournament award in the latter edition of the now-defunct competition. Raina remains CSK’s all-time leading run-scorer with 5,529 runs, including two centuries and 38 half-centuries.