MS Dhoni has an unbreakable relationship with Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni has played for CSK since the beginning of IPL i.e. 2008. Remembering the moment when Chennai team returned to the Indian Premier League after serving a 2-year ban, Dhoni started crying in a program. This question is often asked whether Dhoni has complete control of the CSK team, does he take all the major decisions. Did he also have a hand in sending Ravindra Jadeja to Rajasthan Royals team? Here you will get the answer to this question.

Does Dhoni have full control of CSK?

MS Dhoni’s good friend and fellow cricketer Suresh Raina had spoken on this topic during IPL 2025. Suresh Raina on Star Sports said, “People say that only MS Dhoni takes the final decision. To be honest, I have not gone to a single auction till date and have never been involved in discussions regarding the team. All I can say is that Dhoni must be getting a call from the management as to whether a particular player should be taken or not, but he does not contribute much.”

Who takes decisions?

Raina had also revealed that only the management takes major decisions. According to the former Indian cricketer, Dhoni can be asked whether he wants to keep 4-5 players. Some of them are retained and decisions regarding other players are taken by higher officials.

Did Dhoni have a hand in removing Jadeja?

Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran will now play for Rajasthan Royals, in place of both of them, CSK has included Sanju Samson in its team. There is no confirmation that MS Dhoni had a hand in Ravindra Jadeja going to Rajasthan team, but according to Cricbuzz, CSK management took the trade process forward only after Dhoni got the green signal.

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Sanju Samson will play with MS Dhoni in Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026). BCCI has made its official announcement, after which Sanju Samson made 2 posts. The first post was about separation from Rajasthan Royals and the second was about joining Chennai Super Kings.

Sanju Samson has joined Chennai Super Kings from Rajasthan Royals through a trade deal before the auction. His salary in CSK is only Rs 18 crore, which was also in Rajasthan Royals in the last edition. Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, who were included in CSK, have been traded to Rajasthan Royals.

Sanju Samson’s first reaction on joining CSK

Sanju Samson posted a post on social media, in which he is resting on the beach. He is wearing a yellow colored hand band (which is also the color of CSK). In the caption, she wrote, “Vanakkam” and shared a yellow heart. Let us tell you that Vanakkam is a Tamil word, which means Hello in Hindi.

Earlier, while sharing a post with Rajasthan Royals, he wrote, “We are only here for a short time. Gave our all to this franchise, enjoyed great cricket, made some life-long relationships, treated everyone at the franchise like my family. And when the time comes, that’s when I move on. I will be forever grateful for everything.”

CSK will be Sanju Samson’s third IPL team

Sanju Samson started his IPL career by playing with Rajasthan Royals, he stayed in Rajasthan from 2013 to 2015. Samson played for Delhi Capitals in 2016 and 2017, he returned to Rajasthan in 2018. He has played 177 matches in IPL, in which he has 4704 runs in his name. Samson has 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.