The reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings have finally released the list of their retained players before the IPL 2024 auction extravaganza. Chennai Super Kings, under the leadership of former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, went on to lift their fifth title in 2023, equalling Mumbai-based franchise, Mumbai Indians’ skipper Rohit Sharma.
The Yellow Army has a remaining purse of ₹ 1.50 crore, but with Ben Stokes making himself unavailable for IPL 2024 and Ambati Rayudu announcing his retirement, as well as an increase in the player purse, the defending champions have a minimum of ₹ 29.25 crore.
IPL 2023 Squad of Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Sisanda Magala
Retained players by CSK ahead of IPL 2024 auction
MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana.