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Chennai Super Kings, the five-time IPL champions, retained their core group of experienced players ahead of the mega auction for the 2025 season of the tournament. With CSK CEO confirming MS Dhoni’s participation in IPL 2025 after the IPL Governing Council re-introduced the uncapped rule, he was retained for a prize of INR 4 Crore.
Joining him in the retention list was CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, both of whom have been retained for INR 18 Crore. Along with the trio, CSK have also retained Shivan Dube for INR 12 Crore and Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana for INR 13 Crore price tag, thus totaling to INR 65 Crore. As they now plan to build a strong squad for INR 2025, they would be only left with a price purse of INR 55 Crore. Below is the list of five players retained by Mumbai Indians with their respective salaries.
List of players retained by Chennai Super Kings ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction:
Player Names | Salaries |
MS Dhoni | INR 4 Crore |
Ruturaj Gaikwad | INR 18 Crore |
Ravindra Jadeja | INR 18 Crore |
Matheesha Pathirana | INR 13 Crore |
Shivam Dube | INR 12 Crore |
With that, the five-time champions spent INR 65 Crore out of their INR 120 Crore purse for retaining five players ahead of the IPL 2025 season. It would mean that they will have only INR 55 Crore to spend on a maximum of 19 players in the mega auction, to build their squad for the next year.
List of players released by Chennai Super Kings ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction:
Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway.
