Defending champions Chennai Super Kings have retained their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja and England’s Moeen Ali. IPL 2022 auction. Chennai silenced many critics with their exemplary performance in IPL 2021 to add one more trophy to their cabinet. Chennai have always supported their senior players at their lower level but retention policies forced them to release franchise legends Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina. Dhoni’s Chennai defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of IPL 2021 to win their fourth title.
There was speculation about Dhoni’s future in the tournament as the veteran wicketkeeper himself was in doubt, however, the team management had always assured the fans that they would retain him for the upcoming season. Rituraj proved his mettle by winning the Orange Cap last season. He became the leading run-scorer of the season with 635 runs. Jadeja has also been a part of the Chennai franchise for the past several years, having won many matches in all three departments with his all-rounder ability.
Chennai Super Kings player retention order
1 M S Dhoni – INR 16 Crore
2 Ravindra Jadeja – INR 12 Crore
3 Ruturaj Gaikwad – INR 8 Crore
4 Moeen Ali – INR 6 Crore
After retaining four players, the auction purse value of CSK has now been reduced from Rs 90 crore to Rs 48 crore. Now it will be a task for them to re-group the amount left to the players released during the auction.
Chennai Super Kings retained players: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad
Players released by Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gautam, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Savir, Hari Nishant , N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Dominic Drake, Bhagat Verma
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