Chennai Super Kings may decide to retain these 6 players before the IPL 2025 Mega Player Auction.
The 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL is to be played in the year 2025, but before that a mega player auction will be organized. Regarding this, the player retention policy was announced by the IPL Governing Council on September 28, in which all the franchises have been given the freedom to retain 6 players. In this they can retain 5 capped and one uncapped player. Whereas if a franchise retains all the 6 players then they will not get the option of RTM at the time of auction. In such a situation, while some franchisees will get benefit from it, it can also prove to be a big loss for some. All eyes are now on Chennai Super Kings, one of the most successful franchises in IPL history, to see which of its 6 players it decides to retain. One name which is certain to be retained in this is almost certain to be that of Thala Mahendra Singh Dhoni who can be retained as an uncapped player.
Dhoni is certain to be retained for this reason
It is almost certain that Chennai Super Kings team will retain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the biggest reason behind this lies in the rules issued regarding player retention. This time an old rule has returned in which any Indian player who has either retired from international cricket or it has been 5 years or has played his last international match five years ago and is not currently a BCCI contract player. If so, he will be considered an uncapped player. Dhoni fulfills all the conditions in this rule and hence Chennai Super Kings will now retain him as an uncapped player.
Chennai Super Kings can retain these three Indians
If we talk about Indian players, the names of three Chennai Super Kings players are included, one of which is CSK team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is also sure to be retained by the franchise. The second player who has been an important part of the CSK team for the last several seasons is the experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who is no less than a match winner. Apart from this, Chennai Super Kings can retain Shivam Dubey as the third Indian player, who has shown excellent performance with the bat in the last few seasons and has also been seen changing the game on his own.
CSK can also retain Mathisha Pathirana and Mahesh Tikshina
CSK may decide to retain fast bowlers Mathisha Pathirana and Mahesh Tikshina as foreign players. Both these fast bowlers have managed to impress everyone with their performance in the last few seasons of IPL. Mahesh Tikshina’s spin bowling proves to be very important for CSK at its home ground Chepauk. Considering Pathirana’s talent, Chennai Super Kings may decide to retain him too.
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