The much-awaited player-retention guidelines for the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been formally introduced by the event’s Governing Council, and the truth that the definition of an ‘uncapped’ participant completely matches for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) to retain MS Dhoni, it has despatched hearsay mills in overdrive.
The reality is that the rule has not been designed however merely introduced again since being scrapped in 2021.
Pertaining solely to Indian gamers, the rule states that any participant who hasn’t performed worldwide cricket or held a central contact for 5 years will likely be categorized as uncapped. A franchise is allowed to retain a most of two such gamers for Rs four crore every.
Dhoni fulfills each the factors, having final performed for India within the 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal defeat in opposition to New Zealand.
Former India opern Aakash Chopra shed additional mild on the rule associated to ‘uncapped’ gamers.
“Is that this rule new? No, it’s not. It was there from the time the IPL began (2008) till 2021 when it was scrapped as a result of no franchise utilized it even as soon as. Now it has been reintroduced, and it’s clearly useful for Chennai Tremendous Kings, to be sincere,” mentioned Chopra in a video on ‘X’ and his YouTube channel.
“Dhoni had very clearly acknowledged that except the retention guidelines are identified, his participation (in IPL 2025) may also not be identified…So the (uncapped) rule positively advantages Dhoni and Chennai…In my thoughts, I’m satisfied Dhoni will play this (2025) season.
Nevertheless, Dhoni will not be the one participant in that group of former India gamers who might be categorized as ‘uncapped’.
“Vijay Shankar, Mayank Markande, Amit Mishra, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Karn Sharma and Piyush Chawla are the opposite names that you simply discover within the checklist due to this (uncapped participant) rule,” Chopra revealed.
In accordance with the IPL Participant Rules 2025-27, a franchise can retain a complete of six gamers from their present squad. It may embody a most of 5 capped gamers (Indian and abroad) and a most of two uncapped gamers.
The ball is now in franchises’ court docket to resolve who they need to retain forward of the ‘Massive Public sale’, which can almost certainly be held at an abroad location in the direction of the top of November.
