The mini auction for IPL 2026 will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16th December. Chennai Super Kings has a purse of Rs 43.4 crore available in the auction, in which it can buy a maximum of 9 players. CSK currently has 4 foreign players in its squad, it can buy maximum 4 foreign players in the auction. Know which 3 players can be the target of CSK.

liam livingston

The base price of England all-rounder Liam Livingston is Rs 2 crore. Last year he was a part of the champion team RCB, but RCB released him. Chennai Super Kings will have their eyes on him, because the team is looking for a better finisher. Although MS Dhoni will play in the upcoming edition, the team can also think about the future.

32-year-old Liam Livingston has played a total of 112 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1051 runs. His strike rate is 158.76. Livingston also has 13 wickets in his name in IPL. So he can also give a spin bowling option to CSK.

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi, who was a part of Lucknow Super Giants last year, can also be the target of Chennai Super Kings. CSK is looking for a leg spinner. Ravi’s base price is Rs 2 crore.

Ravi Bishnoi, who has been playing IPL since 2020, has played a total of 77 matches for 2 teams (PBKS and LSG), in which he has taken 72 wickets. He is successful in stopping the batsmen even in the death overs, in such a situation CSK would like to buy him.

mate henry

Chennai Super Kings can also bet on New Zealand bowler Matt Henry. The base price of Henry is also Rs 2 crore. 33-year-old Henry has played for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, although his IPL career has not been very good but he has been bowling well for some time now.

CSK spent Rs 81.6 crore on 16 players

Chennai Super Kings have retained a total of 16 players before the IPL 2026 auction, which also includes Sanju Samson, who came through trade. He has spent Rs 81.6 crore from his purse on all the players together. Now CSK has a purse balance of Rs 43.4 crore.

chennai super kings retention list

Indian: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), MS Dhoni, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Mukesh Chaudhary, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (trade).

Foreigner: Jamie Overton, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Dewald Brewis.

In a thrilling match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday, Gujarat defeated Himachal Pradesh by 1 wicket. The excitement can be gauged from the fact that Gujarat achieved the target of 194 on the last ball. The IPL saw the stormy innings of Urvil Patel, who played for Chennai Super Kings, and was Gujarat’s top run scorer.

Abhishek Sharma, Ayush Mhatre are also dominant in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, they are batting stormily. CSK player Urvil Patel is also not far behind, who is playing for Gujarat in the tournament. He played an explosive inning of 39 runs against Himachal Pradesh.

Urvil Patel’s stormy innings

Urvil Patel is the captain of Gujarat team. To chase the target of 194 runs, Rishi Patel came to the opening along with wicket-keeper batsman Urvil, but he was out after scoring 18 runs. Urvil scored 39 runs in just 11 balls at a strike rate of more than 350. In this explosive innings he hit 5 sixes and 2 fours. This innings gave a fast start to the team, which played an important role in Gujarat’s victory.

Urvil Patel is at third place in the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. He has hit 18 sixes so far. Urvil has scored a total of 195 runs in 6 matches played in the tournament, which also includes a century.

Urvil Patel’s IPL record

Urvil Patel made his IPL debut in 2025, playing for Chennai Super Kings. In his first edition, he played only 3 matches for CSK, in which he scored a total of 68 runs. Let us tell you that Urvil Patel’s IPL price was Rs 30 lakh, and he had joined CSK as a replacement. CSK has retained him before the IPL 2026 auction.

Gujarat won the match on the last ball

In this match, Himachal Pradesh, batting first, scored 193 runs. Captain Mridul Praveen Suroch played an inning of 88 runs in 48 balls. He also took 3 wickets, but gave away 45 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 11.25. Apart from Urvil Patel, Arya Desai (37), Saurav Chauhan (35) played good innings for Gujarat. Harshal Patel scored unbeaten 12 runs in 8 balls and played an important role in the victory.

Gujarat captain Urvil Patel scored a stormy century against the Services team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. If we count only the runs of sixes and fours of Urvil in this innings, it becomes 108. The captain’s brilliant cross gave Gujarat a big win by 8 wickets. Seeing this innings, MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings management will also be happy, because they have retained Urvil for the upcoming edition (IPL 2026).

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 edition started from today itself. Group stage match number 3 was played between Gujarat and Services at Gymkhana Ground. Gujarat captain Urvil Patel had won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Services scored 182 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Gaurav Kochhar played a good inning of 60 runs.

Urvil Patel won the match by scoring a century in 31 balls.

Gujarat had a target of 183 runs to win, which is not less in T20. But the partnership of Arya Desai and captain Urvil Patel made it even shorter. Arya Desai scored 60 runs in 35 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. He made a partnership of 174 runs with captain Urvil for the first wicket.

Captain Urvil Patel completed his century in 31 balls. This is Urvil’s second fastest century in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He is the joint fastest century batsman in the tournament. He scored a century in 28 balls against Tripura in 2024. Abhishek Sharma is at the top with him, he also scored a century in 28 balls last year.

On Wednesday, Urvil Patel played an inning of 119 runs in 37 balls against Services. Out of these, only 11 runs were scored by running while 108 runs were scored by boundaries only. In this innings, Urvil hit 10 sixes (60 runs) and 12 fours (48 runs).

Urvil Patel remained unsold, then joined CSK

Urvil Patel remained unsold in the mega auction held last year, but Chennai Super Kings included him in their team as a replacement. CSK made him a part of the team for his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Chennai Super Kings has retained Urvil Patel for IPL 2026.

Urvil Patel played his debut match in IPL 2025. He played a total of 3 matches for CSK, in which he scored 68 runs at a strike rate of 212.

Chennai Super Kings, captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, had a bad season in the last edition, when he was out due to injury, MS Dhoni took command. But the situation did not change, in the end the team had to be out of the league stage. What was worse was that CSK was at the bottom of the points table. Now the franchise has a chance to prepare its team afresh, for this the team can release many big players before the auction.

There was a mega auction for the last edition, before that the team had retained 5 players. However, now there is a mini auction, so the team will retain more players than that. Last season, the team had included R Ashwin in its team for Rs 9.75 crore, who has now taken retirement. In such a situation, the team is also looking for his replacement.

Chennai Super Kings had won only 4 out of 14 matches played in the league stage, while lost 10 matches. CSK’s net run rate was -0.647. The team was at the bottom 10th position in the points table.

CSK is looking for replacement of Ashwin

There are reports that CSK is looking at Washington Sundar, who is part of Gujarat Titans, as a replacement for Ashwin. It will be interesting to see whether Gujarat retains Sundar or not, if not then CSK can bet on him in the auction.

CSK wants Sanju Samson in place of Ravindra Jadeja

Before IPL retention and auction, the name of Ravindra Jadeja is being discussed the most. According to the news, talks are going on between CSK and Rajasthan Royals. CSK wants Sanju Samson in its team through trade deal.

Which players can CSK release?

Chennai Super Kings can release 2 New Zealand batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Conway. Ashwin has retired, CSK can also release Deepak Hooda and Rahul Tripathi. Many franchises contacted him regarding Nathan Ellis, but the team did not want to give him a team. This means that the team will retain Ellis, he also had a great performance in the T20 series against India. He had dismissed Abhishek 3 times. MS Dhoni has also told CSK management that he will play in the next edition.

How much money is in CSK’s purse?

Chennai Super Kings currently have Rs 5 lakh in their purse. However, R Ashwin, who was priced at Rs 9.75 crore, has retired from all forms of cricket. Their value will also be added to this. How much purse CSK will have in the auction will be known on November 15. But if CSK releases big players like Conway, Rachin, then their purse can be around Rs 30 crore.

CSK players and their price

• Ruturaj Gaikwad- 18 crores
• Ravindra Jadeja- 18 crores
• Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore
• Shivam Dubey- 12 crores
• MS Dhoni- 4 crores
• Devon Conway- 6.25 crores
• Rahul Tripathi- 3.40 crores
• Shaikh Rashid- 30 lakhs
• Deepak Hooda- 1.70 crores
• Andre Siddharth – 30 lakhs
• Vansh Bedi- 55 lakhs
• Rachin Ravindra- 4 crores
• Vijay Shankar- 1.20 crores
• Sam Curran- 2.40 crores
• Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 crores
• Jamie Overton- 1.50 crores
• Ramakrishna Ghosh- 30 lakhs
• R Ashwin- 9.75 crores (retired)
• Noor Ahmed- 10 crores
• Shreyas Gopal- 30 lakhs
• Khalil Ahmed- 4.80 crores
• Mukesh Chaudhary- 30 lakhs
• Gurjapneet Singh- 2.20 crores
• Nathan Ellis- 2 crores
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti- 30 lakhs

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL is likely to take place on December 15. This could be for a day.

The auction is to be held in December before the next edition of the Indian Premier League, for this all the franchises have to submit the list of their released and retained players to the board by 15th November. MS Dhoni, who has made Chennai Super Kings (CSK) champion 5 times under his captaincy, is almost certain to play in the next season. Know which 4 players CSK can release in the auction to increase the value of its purse.

The 19th edition of IPL is to be played next year. Before this, IPL auction may take place in mid-December (second or third week). Consideration is going on to get this done outside India in UAE. November 15 is the deadline for all franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players. Here we are only talking about Chennai Super Kings team and which 4 players this franchise can release.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda was bought by CSK in the auction for Rs 1.7 crore. Earlier he was in Lucknow Super Giants, but his performance in CSK in the last edition (2025) was not good. Played 7 matches, in which a total of 31 runs were scored at an average of 6.20 in 5 innings. CSK can release him so that they can buy an impactful batsman for the next edition, who can become a match finisher for them.

Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut in 2015, after playing the first season in Rajasthan Royals, he joined Hyderabad, then Punjab and then Lucknow. Last season, he came to CSK, he has scored 1496 runs in 125 matches played in IPL, which includes 8 half-centuries.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul was bought by CSK for Rs 3.40 crore for the last edition, he was played at various positions in the team but he could not perform as per expectations. He scored only 55 runs in 5 innings at an average of 11. Later he was dropped from the playing 11, the franchise can also release him.

Talking about his IPL performance, Rahul Tripathi, who has been playing since 2017, has played a total of 100 matches for 5 franchises, in which he has scored 2291 runs at an average of 26.33.

devon conway

Chennai Super Kings made Devon Conway a part of their team for the last season for Rs 6.25 crore, he was a part of the same team in the previous two seasons also. Although in the last edition, CSK preferred Rachin Ravindra in his place in the opening matches, but after not living up to the expectations, Conway was played. He scored 156 runs in 6 innings at an average of 26, which included 2 half-centuries. The team can release him for the auction to get more money in the purse.

Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1.2 crore for the last season of IPL. Shankar scored 118 runs at an average of 39.33 in 5 innings played in 2025. However, he did not bowl for CSK. CSK may think about releasing him.

Talking about Vijay Shankar’s performance, he has played a total of 78 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1233 runs in 65 innings. He also has 9 wickets in his name.

MS Dhoni, who has made Chennai Super Kings 5 times under his captaincy, is at the last stop of his IPL career. Due to his age (44) and fitness, he will no longer play for long. He also left the captaincy of the team 2 times, but then had to take command. Now in an event, Dhoni was asked about playing in the next season of IPL, then he said that he will take a decision in December. When he was urged to play on this, the answer given by Dhoni is going viral on social media.

Will MS Dhoni play in IPL 2026?

Fans of Mahi and Chennai Super Kings want Dhoni to play in IPL 2026. There will be a mini IPL auction in December, in which the CSK team can make many changes. The team was at the bottom of the last season. In an event recently, Dhoni was asked about playing in IPL 2026, he said, “I don’t know whether I will play or not, I have time to decide it. I have time till December, I can take my final decision after a few months.”

MS Dhoni urged to play IPL 2026 Did So Mahi gave this answer

When a fan urged MS Dhoni to play, he said, “Hey, who will take care of the pain in the knee?” Hearing this answer of Dhoni, everyone started laughing, it is becoming quite viral on social media.

Fans shouting u have to play sir

MS Dhoni: Who will take care of knee pain and smile pic.twitter.com/v1msz9yval

– Yash Msdian (@Itzyash07) August 10, 2025

MS Dhoni IPL Career

MS Dhoni retired from international cricket on 15 August 2020, since then, there was speculation that he would retire soon from the IPL but after international retirement he has played 6 IPL season.

MS Dhoni has played 248 matches in the IPL for Chennai Super Kings and has played 30 matches for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2 seasons. He has scored 5439 runs in a total of 278 matches, including 24 half -century innings.

The last IPL season of Chennai Super Kings was very bad. First Rituraj Gaikwad and then MS Dhoni took charge of the team but nothing has changed, the CSK points remained at the bottom of the table. Out of 14 league matches, only 4 won, defeat in 10. In his latest statement, MS Dhoni admitted that there were some flaws in his team, which CSK recognized. He said that his team will try to remove those flaws in the auction for the upcoming version. He also talked about his fitness.

MS Dhoni spoke about the IPL at the inauguration of Maxiwision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals. Sportstar told in his report what he said. Dhoni said, “There were some deficiencies, which we had to overcome. We were worried about our batting order, but now I think CSK’s batting order is very organized. Rituraj Gaikwad will also come back, so we are largely organized.”

IPL 2026 mini auction will be held in December

MS Dhoni said, “I think we have been successful in finding out what the mistake of IPL will be in December, there are some flaws and we will try to remove them. You will have to give your best at the beginning of the tournament, you will have to make such a plan.

I can play cricket for 5 years but MS Dhoni

For the last 4-5 seasons, there was speculation about MS Dhoni’s retirement from IPL. But Mahi, who has retired from international cricket in 2020, is still very fit and is playing in the tournament. Talking about his fitness, he said that he can play more cricket for the next 5 years.

In this report, Dhoni was quoted as saying, “I have just got a tick mark that I can play cricket for the next 5 years. But the problem is that I have only permission for eyesight. I want permission for my body as well. I can’t play cricket only with eyes.”