India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has given a slightly distinctive tackle Chennai Tremendous Kings’ (CSK) retention state of affairs, boldly suggesting that he wouldn’t retain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as an uncapped participant forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega public sale. As a substitute, Ashwin has proposed a special title as an uncapped retention for CSK, opting to retain Dhoni as a capped participant and one of many 5 major retentions. Ashwin gave his perspective whereas discussing the retentions on his YouTube channel.

“Should you say Mumbai Indians can retain six gamers, why cannot CSK? We have now Ruturaj (Gaikwad), Jadeja (Ravindra Jadeja), (Matheesha) Pathirana, (Shivam) Dube, MS Dhoni and Sameer Rizvi,” stated Ashwin.

“Simply being a satan’s advocate,” Ashwin stated cheekily.

Former South Africa efficiency analyst Prasanna Raman, extra generally identified by his moniker ‘PDogg’, instructed Ashwin that he disagreed.

“I do not assume it is best to retain Sameer Rizvi for Rs 4 cr. I do not even know whether or not he would conform to play for Rs 4 cr,” stated Raman.

Purchased forward of IPL 2024 for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore, Rizvi did not impress, scoring simply 51 runs in eight video games at a paltry strike charge of 118. Regardless of that, Ashwin retained hope for Rizvi, praising his good type within the UP T20 League, and identified that many comparable gamers can be found, which would not elevate Rizvi’s worth massively.

“He has been placing on a present day by day. He is taking part in on a special degree, single-handedly within the UP T20. There’s a big upside with him. He’ll fall into the identical bracket as Shahrukh Khan, Abhinav Manohar and Dhruv Jurel,”

The IPL Governing Council’s resolution to carry again the rule that Indian gamers who’ve not performed internationally for 5 or extra years might be retained as ‘uncapped’ offered CSK a path to retain five-time IPL-winning captain Dhoni for simply Rs 4 crore. 

Nevertheless, Ashwin’s perspective may assist CSK retain a stronger Indian core. Ashwin performed for CSK between 2008 and 2015, profitable two IPL titles.