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Chennai Super Kings Player Retention Update: Check out the full list of retained players announced by five-time IPL champion CSK today.
Check out the full list of players retained by CSK for IPL 2025. (BCCI Photo)
Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings retained five players before the IPL 2025 mega auction. CSK, one of the most successful franchises in the history of the competition, kept hold of their new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad alongside the legendary MS Dhoni.
CSK Retention List
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja
Amount CSK Spent On Retained Players
Ruturaj Gaikwad: INR 18 CR
Matheesha Pathirana: INR 13 CR
Shivam Dube: INR 12 CR
Ravindra Jadeja: INR 18 CR
MS Dhoni: INR 4 CR
CSK’s Costliest Player in Retention List
Captain Gaikwad was CSK’s first retention at INR 18 crore. Gaikwad is thus their costliest player in the retention list. The India cricketer, who represents Maharashtra in domestic circuit, has played 66 matches for the CSK and scored 2,380 runs with two hundreds and 18 half-centuris, striking at 136.86.
CSK’s List of Released Players
Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Rachin Ravindra, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki.
CSK’s Remaining Purse
After retaining five players, the CSK will enter the IPL mega auction with a remaining purse of Rs 55 crore. They have 20 available slots of which seven can be used for buying overseas players. They’ve one Right To Match option.
Where CSK Finished In IPL 2024
CSK nearly made it to the playoffs last season but were stunned by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). In the final league match against the Faf du Plessis-led side, left-arm quick Yash Dayal defended 35 runs off the final six balls despite being hit for a huge six by Dhoni. CSK needed 17 runs to qualify, but Dayal denied them the spot. RCB won the contest by 27 runs and qualified for the playoffs. CSK were knocked out, finishing fifth on the points table.
