Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina picked his best-ever Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team after the IPL 2026 season. Raina played for the franchise for 11 seasons, winning multiple titles with them. From all the seasons over the years, Suresh Raina claimed the 2018 squad as the best-ever CSK team as well.

“I think the 2018 one. We were banned for two years, but in 2018, there was a different unity and mindset in that team. A lot of us were fathers, all our wives were there. I enjoyed that season as a player, as a father, as a husband. We dominated that year. Our top five were scoring 400-500 runs, be it Watson, Faf, Rayudu, myself, Dhoni. We had a fearless approach,” he said in a podcast with Aakash Chopra.

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However, Suresh Raina also picked his best IPL season. He picked the inaugural edition that took place in 2008 as it was their first-ever experience of franchise cricket. Raina also shared that the mindset of their head coach, Kepler Wessels, that season set the tone for their fearless game as well.

“I feel the very first season in 2008. We did not know anything about anyone. We had never played franchise cricket before, and for two months. I also remember that during a meeting, Kepler said If we are 40/1 now, go harder in six overs. He wanted us to go hard and score runs. The mindset changed from there. After we understood the game that season, then we started enjoying it,” he concluded.