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Will MS Dhoni Received IPL 2026 Salary: MS Dhoni could not play a single match for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 due to injury. CSK, captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, got eliminated after facing defeat against Gujarat Titans on May 21. It was being said that if Chennai had reached the playoffs, Dhoni could have been seen playing, but it could not happen.
Due to Dhoni not playing the entire season, a question is arising in the minds of the fans that will they not get a single penny now? Here we will tell you about this in detail.
IPL 2026 MS Dhoni’s salary, will he not get a single penny?
Let us tell you that Chennai had retained Dhoni as an uncapped player for the season at a price of Rs 4 crore. Dhoni will get the entire amount of Rs 4 crore as salary without playing any match.
Reportedly, according to IPL rules, if a player is available for the franchise for the entire season, but is unable to play the match due to injury or illness, then that player will receive the entire contract amount.
Insurance will compensate
According to media reports, every player playing in IPL is insured. In case of injury or illness of the players, the insurance compensates the franchise and the player gets the full contract amount.
Will not get match fee
However, the thing to note is that Dhoni will not get match fees. From the 2025 season, every player playing IPL (part of the playing 11 and impact player) gets a match fee of Rs 7.5 lakh. Dhoni did not play any match. Therefore, he will be deprived of this fee.
MS Dhoni’s IPL career
Talking about Dhoni’s IPL career, till now he has played 278 matches. Batting in 242 innings of these matches, Mahi scored 5439 runs, which included 24 half-centuries. His high score was 84* runs.
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