CSK: The five-time title champion and Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is currently preparing for the mega auction to be held before the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Let us tell you that this year a mega auction will be organized before the IPL, in which the teams may have to release most of their players.

CSK team can retain these players

The Chennai Super Kings team can retain 6 of its players. In this list, it can retain its former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana.

All these players performed brilliantly last season and have been performing brilliantly for the Chennai Super Kings team for a long time. Rituraj Gaikwad scored close to 600 runs for CSK during IPL 2024.

These 3 players can be retained

Apart from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rituraj Gaikwad and Mathisha Pathirana, the Chennai Super Kings team can also retain these players in the Indian Premier League. In this list, the team can retain India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, all-rounder Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway. These players have performed brilliantly for Team India in the last season.

These players can be released

They can be released before the first mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. However, some of these players can be bought again by the Super Kings team in the auction. Among these, players like Shivam Dubey, Daryl Mitchell, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner can be bought again.

Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Sheikh Rashid, Mahesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjit Singh, RS Hangargekar, Aravelli Avanish may be released.