Latest News :- It is almost certain that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 2025 IPL. This has been confirmed by the new rules announced by the IPL governing body. It has been revealed that he will get Rs 4 crore as salary. The popularity of IPL cricket tournament has spread not only in India but also abroad. Millions of people watch and enjoy these matches. In such a situation, the 18th season of IPL will take place in 2025. In such a situation, in the IPL Management Committee meeting held in Bengaluru yesterday, there was a discussion on making rules to the IPL competition.

The meeting discussed various issues including how many players a team can retain, what is the status of players who do not play in international cricket matches, their salaries, details of punishment for players unable to participate in matches after participating in them. Was done. New bonuses for players, increase in the reserves of teams, opportunity for retired players to participate in the IPL series again, if further selected in the auction. Following this, the team owners consulted with IPL administrators. After this new rules were announced for IPL matches. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah announced this.

In the press release issued by BCCI regarding the new rules, it has been said that in the IPL series, 10 teams can retain 6 players from their team list. This can be implemented through retention or RTM rules. A team can retain a maximum of 4 players in 2022. At present there can be a maximum of 5 international players (domestic and foreign players) in this retention list. Apart from this there can be maximum 2 uncapped players. The reserve amount of the teams has also been increased during the IPL 2025 auction. The team's bid and incentives during the 2024 season were worth Rs 110 crore. The upcoming season also includes auctions, incentives and competitive salaries.

After this, this amount will increase to Rs 146 crore in 2025, Rs 151 crore in 2026 season and Rs 157 crore in 2027 season. In the 2025 season, a team can spend Rs 120 crore on the player auction alone. Match pay has been introduced for the first time in IPL history. All players including impact players will be paid Rs 7.50 lakh per match. This amount will be paid along with the contract amount. Apart from this, if foreign players want to participate in the IPL auction then they will have to register their names. Perhaps if the foreign player does not register then that player will be considered ineligible to play in the current IPL season.

Furthermore, any player whose name is entered in the IPL auction, after being purchased by a team in the auction, is declared ineligible to play before the start of the season, that player will be barred from participating in that series and the next series. Will be banned from taking. 2nd IPL season and auction. Similarly a capped Indian player can be converted into an “uncapped player”. This means that a player who has participated in international matches and retired should not have participated in India's Test, ODI and T20 team for the last 5 years. Also, if his name is not included in the BCCI central contract then he will become an “uncapped player”. This rule applies only to Indian players.

Also, the Impact Player clause will continue till the 2027 IPL season. It says so. Declining salary: It has been exactly five years since Dhoni played an international competition (Test, ODI and T20I). At present he is not even in BCCI contract. In this connection, changes have been made in the rules of IPL. Accordingly, it is almost certain that Dhoni will play as an 'uncapped player' in the IPL series next year. It is being told that before the mega auction to be held in December, each team can retain 6 players. Because of this, it is certain that Dhoni will be retained as one of the 6 players in the Chennai team. If Dhoni is kept as an 'uncapped' player, who is currently earning Rs 12 crore, his salary will be reduced by 66.67%. This means that he is getting a salary of Rs 12 crore in Indian currency and it seems that in the next season he will get a salary of Rs 4 crore.