The retentions for the upcoming mega auctions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 have been introduced on Thursday. All of the ten franchises named retentions and saved them from going underneath the hammer within the mega auctions, that are more likely to be held by the tip of November. Amongst all the large names, MS Dhoni‘s retention by Chennai Tremendous Kings dominated the headlines because the wicketkeeper-batter was retained by the five-time champions for Rs 4 crore, underneath the uncapped participant class.

Aside from Dhoni, CSK retained captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore), and Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore).

Dhoni stepped down from CSK’s captaincy in 2024 and handed over the position to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Nevertheless, CSK failed to achieve the Playoffs in that season underneath Gaikwad’s management.

Seeing Dhoni’s retention, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar said that the five-time champions ought to let Dhoni lead the workforce within the upcoming season as his captaincy could make the event fascinating.

“Dhoni ought to turn into captain of CSK in IPL 2025. He performed underneath Ruturaj Gaikwad final season. It was not a lot enjoyable to look at. Even when Dhoni would not bat, he could make extra affect as captain and wicketkeeper alone for CSK”, Manjrekar instructed Star Sports activities Hindi.

Aside from him, former India star Mohammad Kaif said that by retaining Dhoni at such a low value, CSK have performed a very sensible transfer.

“CSK have performed very well. They’ve saved 10-15 crores. I really feel that the best way this rule was introduced again as a result of we have been pushed by feelings, and all of us actually wished MS Dhoni to play one other 12 months…I really feel CSK performed very neatly there. Sure he takes much less cash, however it could enable CSK to purchase large names gamers on the public sale,” Kaif stated on JioCinema.

“I really feel whichever participant performs for India, I used to be 36 after I final performed a global match for India… now if I get dropped from the workforce, however proceed to have an excellent IPL run, then I shouldn’t have come underneath the uncapped participant rule,” he added.