Chennai Super Kings: Five-time IPL champions CSK would like to forget their last season's performance in IPL 2025. During the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, the Chennai team, far from reaching the playoffs, was ranked fifth in the points table.

Chennai Super Kings is going to look completely changed in the next season. Actually, mega auction will be organized before the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. During this period it will be able to retain only 5 players. Today in this article we are going to predict which cricketers' names will be included in the list.

Chennai Super Kings will retain Dhoni!

There was a lot of discussion for some time whether Chennai Super Kings' veteran cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play the next season or not. It is noteworthy that Mahi was seen struggling with his knee injury during IPL 2023 and IPL 2024.

Apart from this, there will be a mega auction before IPL 2025. The team that will be formed now will be formed for five years. In such a situation, CSK management had to decide whether it would retain Mahi or not. According to the news coming now, CSK has decided to retain Dhoni.

The team will also keep these 4 with it

Apart from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), Chennai Super Kings can retain its team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. This team can also include the team's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja again. Mahish Teekshana's name is coming out as the fourth player. There is a possibility of retaining Mathisha Pathirana as the fifth player.

There will be changes in the rules of mega auction

Mega auction will be organized before IPL 2025. According to the old BCCI rules, all the teams could retire only 3 players. At the same time, she could keep a player back with her team through Right to Match.

However, last month the board held a meeting with the owners of all the IPL franchises. During this, everyone proposed that the number of players to be retained should be increased. Now it remains to be seen what decision BCCI takes.