Chennai Super Kings played 18 matches in the 2012 Indian Premier League, winning 10 and losing 8 for 20 points.
The squad numbered 24 players, 23 of them with a confirmed shirt number.
- Played
- 18
- Won
- 10
- Lost
- 8
- Points
- 20
- Highest total
- 222
Squad
| No. | Player | Role | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Suresh Raina | Batter | 18 | 441 | 2 |
| 4 | Doug Bollinger | Bowler | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | George Bailey | Batter | – | – | – |
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | Wicket-keeper | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Wicket-keeper | 18 | 358 | 0 |
| 8 | Murali Vijay | Batter | 14 | 336 | 0 |
| 9 | Yo Mahesh | Bowler | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Ravindra Jadeja | All-rounder | 18 | 191 | 12 |
| 13 | Francois du Plessis | Batter | 12 | 398 | 0 |
| 17 | Sudeep Tyagi | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 23 | Joginder Sharma | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 27 | Shadab Jakati | Bowler | 15 | 7 | 9 |
| 33 | Subramaniam Badrinath | Batter | 14 | 196 | 0 |
| 35 | K. Vasudevadas | Batter | – | – | – |
| 47 | Dwayne Bravo | All-rounder | 18 | 371 | 15 |
| 48 | Michael Hussey | Batter | 8 | 261 | 0 |
| 56 | Scott Styris | All-rounder | – | – | – |
| 77 | Anirudha Srikkanth | Batter | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| 81 | Albie Morkel | All-rounder | 15 | 107 | 13 |
| 88 | Suraj Randiv | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 90 | Abhinav Mukund | Batter | – | – | – |
| 92 | Nuwan Kulasekara | Bowler | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 99 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Bowler | 18 | 18 | 14 |
| – | Ganapathi Vignesh | All-rounder | – | – | – |
Shirt numbers for 1 of these players are not recorded in any reliable source for this season.