The IPL 2025 is all set to return with the mega auction for the first time in three years. This means that all the 10 franchises released a lot of players, and have been given the option to retain as many as six players by the BCCI. The deadline for all the franchises to announce their list of retained and released players was on October 31 (Thursday). One of the franchises that everyone will have their eyes are Chennai Super Kings. The biggest news coming out is that MS Dhoni has been retained buy the franchise and he will play one more season at least.

The BCCI recently brought back the rule wherein player who has been retired for more than 5 years in international cricket, can be retained by a franchise ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. MS Dhoni last played an international game in the ODI World Cup 2019 semi-final. This meant that CSK had the opportunity to retain their legendary icon for just Rs 4 crore since he qualifies as an uncapped player.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja were the highest-paid players for the franchise as they were retained for Rs 18 crore each. Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana fetched Rs 13 crore, while Shivam Dube was another retention choice for Rs 12 crore.

Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 Cr), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (12 cr), Ravindra Jadeja (18 cr), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 cr)

Released Players: Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway

Auction Purse Left: Rs 55 Crore

RTMs Left: 1

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