Amid the frenzy of the Indian Premier League (IPL) retentions, Chennai Tremendous Kings’ (CSK) MS Dhoni spent a night celebrating Diwali. Cricket collided with festivities on Thursday, October 31, and MS Dhoni was on the centre of the retention saga. Nonetheless, the previous India and CSK captain was captured celebrating Diwali, and attending a non secular ceremony, surrounded by household, family and buddies. In the meantime, he was additionally introduced as one in all CSK’s 5 retentions forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale, being retained because the ‘uncapped’ participant for Rs 4 crore.
Watch: MS Dhoni celebrates Diwali on IPL retentions day
MS DHONI CELEBRATING DIWALI
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Forward of IPL 2025, gamers who haven’t performed a global match or been centrally contracted to the BCCI for 5 or extra years have been allowed to be retained as ‘uncapped’ gamers. This labored in CSK’s favour, who have been in a position to retain 43-year-old Dhoni on the twilight of his profession with out paying a hefty sum.
Dhoni put to mattress all rumours surrounding his retirement when he revealed earlier than the public sale that he meant to benefit from the “previous few years” of his profession, hinting that he nonetheless had cricket left in him.
Chennai Tremendous Kings confirmed immense religion in Ruturaj Gaikwad, who took over captaincy from Dhoni. Gaikwad was retained for Rs 18 crore.
The identical retention charge was paid to maintain Ravindra Jadeja on the franchise, with CSK selecting to retain their long-time servant.
Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana and Indian middle-order powerhitter Shivam Dube have been additionally retained by CSK.
Consequently, CSK retained 4 gamers as capped, and one as uncapped, leaving them with one Proper to Match (RTM) card to make use of on the public sale. The likes of Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande and Sameer Rizvi are among the gamers who could also be thought of by CSK for an RTM.
The IPL public sale is ready to happen within the final week of November, as per stories.
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