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5 players who played just one game for Chennai Super Kings

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CSK has been one of those teams which have always been consistent with their team selection and most of the players, who have played for CSK, have got a consistent run to showcase their ability.

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However, there have been a few unlucky players who got to play just one game for CSK and never featured for the franchise after their debut game. Here are 5 such players –

5. Vijay Shankar

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Vijay Shankar was a part of the CSK squad at a time when he didn’t have too much of experience as he had hardly played any domestic cricket. So, Dhoni didn’t show a lot of faith in him and the Tamil Nadu all-rounder just played one game in IPL 2014.

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However, Shankar got a lot more games to play when he moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad and later to Delhi Capitals. Shankar currently has 29 IPL appearances to his name for various franchises. The 29-year old has scored a total of 557 runs in the IPL at a strike rate of 133.89.

4.Arun Karthik

Arun Karthik
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Arun Karthik is a wicket-keeper batsman who bats in the top order. It was very clear at the time he was signed by CSK that he would be the reserve wicket-keeper for the team and would get the opportunity only in case of the unavailability of MS Dhoni.

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Since Dhoni was available for most of the games, Karthik got the opportunity to play just one game for CSK in which he scored 3 runs off 5 balls and remained unbeaten at the crease. Karthik was later signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011 and he went on to play 16 games for RCB.