Latest News :- Former Chennai Super Kings captain Dhoni is expected to play in the upcoming IPL 2025 season as an uncapped player. This is strengthened by the major announcement made by the BCCI in the rules of the 2025-27 IPL cycle. The IPL Governing Body held an important meeting in Bengaluru on Saturday. After that, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah released the conditions for retaining players for all 10 teams ahead of the 2025 season. A player who has not played international cricket for 5 years before the season.

He will be considered an uncapped player in the auction. He should not be included in the central contract of BCCI. It is being told that this rule will apply only to Indian players. All this fits Dhoni perfectly. Dhoni last played for India in July 2019. After this he announced his retirement. It has been exactly five years since he played international matches (Test, ODI and T20). At present he is not even under the contract of BCCI. The rules have been changed in this phase.

This seems to be an idea proposed by the Chennai Super Kings team management. 43 year old Dhoni has played 234 IPL matches for Chennai Super Kings. With this he has 4669 runs in his name. He took 135 catches. Under his leadership, CSK has won the IPL cricket title five times. With the change in rules, CSK management will have to announce whether Dhoni will play in the upcoming season or not.