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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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.