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.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s IPL 2026 has been confirmed, although he had already confirmed it but now the retention list has also come. Chennai Super Kings has retained 17 players including MS Dhoni for the upcoming IPL edition. Whereas Sanju Samson has been included in his squad through trade. Meanwhile, MS Dhoni was seen at the private airport, where his look looked no less than that of a Bollywood hero.

MS Dhoni was seen at a private airport. Wearing a half-sleeved beige t-shirt (light brown), he was wearing black glasses, which gave him a dashing look. He also said goodbye to the camera while leaving. Her black colored bag was also stylish.

Will MS Dhoni play as an impact player in IPL 2026?

Fans are making these guesses after Sanju Samson’s inclusion in Chennai Super Kings. In fact, before the auction, CSK included wicket keeper Sanju Samson in its team through trade, who was earlier the captain of Rajasthan Royals. In place of Sanju, CSK gave Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, who will play for Rajasthan in the upcoming season. Sanju Samson is being considered as the successor of MS Dhoni.

It is possible that Sanju Samson will keep wicket and MS Dhoni will come to bat only as an impact player. CSK may also be looking at Samson as the future captain, because the upcoming edition could be Dhoni’s last IPL as a player.

CSK retention list

Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Sanju Samson (included in trade).

There is good news for the fans of MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni has made it clear that he will be available for IPL 2026. There were many questions regarding his fitness, Dhoni had also earlier said that he will decide in November-December whether he will be able to play in the next season or not. CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has confirmed to Cricbuzz that Dhoni will play in 2026 also.

MS Dhoni has been playing for this team since the first edition of IPL, the team has won all 5 titles under his captaincy. Currently the command is in the hands of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Since Dhoni retired from international cricket in 2020, rumors of his retirement from IPL have been rife every year. This time too, Dhoni’s fans need not be disappointed, because he himself has said that he will be available in the next season.

What did Kasi Vishwanathan say about MS Dhoni?

Kasi Vishwanathan, like Dhoni, has also been associated with this franchise since the first edition (IPL 2008), he told about Dhoni’s availability. Vishwanathan told Cricbuzz, “MS Dhoni has told us that he will be available for the next season.”

CSK meeting may be held on 10th and 11th November

Chennai Super Kings can once again discuss a trade deal with Sanju Samson. A meeting of team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, coach Stephen Fleming, CEO and other officials can be held on 10 and 11 November. In this there will be discussion on retention and release players.

The IPL auction for IPL 2026 will take place in mid-December, it may happen in the third week. Before that, the deadline for all the franchises to submit the list of their retention and released players is 15th November. The venue of IPL auction is still under discussion, it is likely to be held outside India in UAE.

Recently, IPL 2026 auction has been in discussion, regarding which the new update is that this time BCCI can organize the auction in India only. After Saudi showed interest in the Indian Premier League, BCCI had conducted the 2024 auction in Dubai. After that the 2025 auction was held in Jeddah. Now a report by Cricbuzz has revealed that if the mini auction of 2026 takes place in India, then it will not be a shocking topic.

Till now BCCI has not released any details related to the date and venue of IPL 2026 auction. But reports believe that the auction can be conducted between December 13-15. Let us remind you that last year (IPL 2025 Mega Auction) was conducted in Jeddah.

Till now Bengaluru is the city which has hosted the IPL auction the most number of times. A total of 7 auctions have been conducted in Bengaluru. But in the last few years, more importance has been given to Ahmedabad. After the arrival of Gujarat Titans franchise in 2022, three out of four IPL finals have been played in Ahmedabad only. It is possible that this time the auction may also be hosted by Ahmedabad.

The last time the auction was organized in India was in 2023, when Kochi hosted the auction. Let us tell you that Bengaluru has hosted the auction 7 times and Chennai 3 times. Whereas after the first season i.e. 2008, no auction has ever been conducted in Mumbai.

According to reports, the last date for submitting the list of retained players can be kept as 15th November. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals can release many big players, especially Sanju Samson’s name has been in the news in the last months.

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