NEW DELHI: Amid widespread hypothesis that the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season would mark MS Dhoni‘s remaining look, the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) icon is confirmed to return for his 18th season, as seen in CSK’s retained gamers record.
CSK have retained 5 gamers, together with Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, and Matheesha Pathirana.
The 43-year-old Dhoni agreed to a big wage minimize, signing for Rs. four crore for the 2025 season.
His retention falls beneath the ‘uncapped participant’ class, following the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s reinstatement of a rule permitting groups to categorise gamers as uncapped in the event that they have not represented India in over 5 years.
CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan hinted at Dhoni’s future, suggesting that the previous Indian captain goals to finish his profession at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, aligning with Dhoni’s 2021 assertion throughout a CSK victory celebration.
“So far as Mahi bhai (brother) is anxious, you understand he retains every little thing to himself. It comes out on the final second solely. Understanding the eagerness he has for CSK, and likewise figuring out the next he has, and he additionally talked about in one of many interviews that he’ll play his final recreation in Chennai, we’re hoping that he’ll proceed so far as CSK is anxious. So long as MS needs to play, the doorways are open. Understanding him, his dedication, and his dedication, I am certain he’ll all the time take the correct determination,” mentioned Viswanathan in a chat with Ambati Rayudu on Provoke TV.
Dhoni, who led CSK since 2008, briefly joined Rising Pune SuperGiants in 2016 and 2017 earlier than passing CSK’s captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad forward of the 2024 season.
