MS Dhoni: Like other teams, Chennai Super Kings has also started its preparations for IPL 2025. The performance of this team was not very good during the last season. The five-time champion team failed to reach the playoffs and was eliminated from the league stage itself.

The reason behind this was that Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) had left the captaincy. This responsibility was handed over to Rituraj Gaikwad. However, these young players could not do anything special. Let us tell you that CSK has played a big bet for the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. They have retained Dhoni for just a few rupees. Let us know the whole thing in detail in this article.

CSK retained MS Dhoni!

After IPL 2024, there were speculations that Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) would say goodbye to IPL like international cricket. It is worth noting that for the last one or two years, he has been very troubled by his knee injury. He also underwent surgery after the last season ended. Apart from this, some cricket experts were saying that Chennai would release Mahi.

Actually, a mega auction will be organized before IPL 2025. After this, this auction will probably be held again after 5 years. In such a situation, no team would want to retain a 42-year-old player. However, CSK owner Kashi Vishwanathan is going to retain Mahi on his fee of Rs 4 crore. Under the new rules, Dhoni will now play as an uncapped player.

See the tweet here:

MS DHONI SET TO BE RETAINED AS AN UNCAPPED PLAYER…!!!

– The BCCI likely to approve the rule which allows a player who retired 5 years ago from international cricket in the 'uncapped' players category. (News18). pic.twitter.com/a8lZEKXGau

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 16, 2024

This is how MS Dhoni's IPL career has been

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) made his debut in IPL in the year 2008. Since then, he has played a total of 264 matches. In this, the right-handed batsman has scored 5243 runs. During this period, a total of 24 half-century innings have come from Dhoni's bat. Apart from 152 catches, 42 stumpings are also registered in the name of Captain Cool.