The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has retained their legendary player MS Dhoni for a price of INR 4 crore along with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube.
Ms Dhoni is going to play another season of the IPL 2025. At the age of 43, Dhoni stepped out of the five-time champions in the upcoming edition of the T20 league. Dhoni was retained as an uncapped player for INR 4 crore under a rule that allows retaining players as uncapped if they haven’t played international cricket for more than five years.
Dhoni hasn’t played any cricket for India since July 2019 and retired in August 2020. Check Out the list of players retained along with the price for the IPL 2025.
| PLAYER | ROLE | PRICE |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Batter | 18 crore |
| Ravindra Jadeja | All-rounder | 18 crore |
| Shivam Dube | All-rounder | 12 crore |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Bowler | 13 crore |
| MS Dhoni | Keeper-batter | 4 crore |
Along with the CSK Retained list, we have also shared the list of released players for the IPL 2025 mega auction.
- Shardul Thakur – Bowler
- Deepak Chahar – Bowler
- Maheesh Theekshana – Bowler
- Prashant Solanki – Bowler
- Ajinkya Rahane – Batter
- Simarjit Singh -Bowler
- Moeen Ali – All Rounder
- Rajvardhan Hangargrekor – All Rounder
- Ajay Mandal – All-rounder
- Shaik Rasheed – Batter
- Richard Gleeson – Bowler
- Nishant Sandhu – All-rounder
- Aravely Avanish – Batter
- Mitchell Santner – All-rounder
- Daryl Mitchell – All-rounder
- Rachin Ravindra – All-rounder
- Devon Conway – Wicket-keeper batter
- Mustafizur Rahman – Bowler
- Mukesh Choudhury – Bowler
- Tushar Deshpande – Bowler
- Sameer Rizvi – All-rounder
With a total of INR 65 Crore having been used for the retention, Chennai will be moving into the mega auction with a remaining purse value of INR 55 Crore.
With a fresh three-year cycle starting with the IPL 2025 season next year, the upcoming retentions will be crucial for all the teams to adopt new strategies for success.
The IPL 2025 Mega Auction will take place in November or December with BCCI exploring the options of holding the event overseas, Riyadh in the United Arab Emirates has emerged as the frontrunner while Muscat, Doha and Riyadh are also being considered.
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