Dwayne Bravo Gave Emotional Statement For MS Dhoni: Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has a special attachment to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Dwayne Bravo has given memorable performances in countless matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is the reason why Bravo has a different attachment towards former CSK captain MS Dhoni. Recently, Bravo gave an emotional statement about Dhoni in a podcast interview. He said that we both were born from different mothers, but we are like real brothers.

Dwayne Bravo gave statement regarding MS Dhoni

Regarding his experience with Dhoni in CSK, Bravo said, ‘When I bowled the first over for CSK, he asked me what field I wanted. I told them, but after that they never asked me about field placement again. I felt that they trusted me completely. At the same time, we started calling each other brothers born from different mothers. He gave me this honour.

How has Dwayne Bravo’s career been for CSK?

Dwayne Bravo played a total of 14 seasons in IPL, out of which he played maximum 10 seasons for CSK. His debut in this tournament was with Mumbai Indians. Bravo played three seasons for Mumbai and in between he played for Gujarat Lions for one season. Bravo appeared in a total of 75 matches for CSK.

In these matches, Bravo scored a total of 1004 runs for CSK at a strike rate of 137.16, which included 2 half-centuries. In bowling, he has been successful in taking a total of 140 wickets for CSK and Bravo has also achieved the feat of taking three wickets 13 times for CSK. Apart from being a player, Bravo has also appeared as a bowling coach for CSK.

Aman Khan Holds An Embarrassing Record In The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Jharkhand and Puducherry clashed in the group stage match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 on Monday, December 29, 2025, in which Jharkhand got an easy victory by 123 runs. In this match, a shameful record has been registered in the name of Puducherry captain Aman Khan, which he would not like to remember. Let us tell you that Aman Khan was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the mini auction of IPL 2026 for the base price of Rs 40 lakh. Aman is an all-rounder who bats and is also a medium pacer.

Shameful record registered in the name of Aman Khan

Aman Khan, captaining the Puducherry team, gave away 123 runs by taking 1 wicket in his 10 over spell against Jharkhand. This has become a record for giving the most runs by any bowler in a match of List A cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Mibom Mosu of Arunachal Pradesh, who had given 116 runs in 9 overs against Bihar last week. However, after losing the toss in this match, Jharkhand batted first and scored 368 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In response, Puducherry team was all out after scoring 235 runs in 41.4 overs.

What has been the record of Aman Khan in IPL?

Aman Khan made his debut in IPL in the year 2022. Before joining Chennai Super Kings, Aman was associated with Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. Aman Khan scored 115 runs in 12 matches played in IPL, in which he scored one half-century. Aman has played 12 First Class, 16 List A and 32 T20 matches in his domestic cricket career. He has scored 583 runs in first class cricket with 5 half-centuries. In List A, he has scored 329 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries, whereas in T20, he has scored 500 runs with the help of 3 half-centuries.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has always shown confidence in such players, who may not be in the headlines, but have the potential to become big players. Ramakrishna Ghosh is also included among such players. He did not get a chance to play even a single match for CSK in IPL 2025. Despite this, CSK had retained him before IPL 2026. Now his performance in domestic cricket has proved that the franchise’s trust did not go in vain.

Deadly bowling against Himachal Pradesh

Playing for Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ramakrishna Ghosh bowled brilliantly against Himachal Pradesh. In this match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, he took 7 wickets for 42 runs in just 9.4 overs. Himachal Pradesh batsmen could not stand against his balls and the entire team came under pressure.

Old record broken for Maharashtra

This performance of Ramakrishna Ghosh has become the best performance of any bowler from Maharashtra in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Earlier this record was in the name of Dominic Muthuswamy, who took 6 wickets for 25 runs against Mumbai in 2014. Now Ghosh has made a new record in his name by taking one more wicket.

Has shown strength with the bat also

Ramakrishna Ghosh is not only a bowler but also a useful all-rounder. In the first match of the tournament, he contributed 73 runs against Punjab. He handled the team in difficult times and caught the attention of the selectors with his batting.

short career, big impact

28 year old Ramakrishna Ghosh’s List A career is still in its initial stages. Till now he has played only 6 matches, but in these matches alone he has scored 10 wickets and 112 runs. These figures show that he has the ability to make an impact even in limited opportunities.

Prashant Veer Debut For Uttar Pradesh In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Recently, the mini auction for IPL 2026 was organized at Etihad Arena in Dubai. In this mini auction, Chennai Super Kings had bid heavily on young players, in which the name of 20-year-old all-rounder Prashant Veer from Uttar Pradesh was also included. Chennai Super Kings bought Prashant Veer with a bid of Rs 14.2 crore. Now this same player made his debut for Uttar Pradesh in List A cricket on the first day of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 and performed strongly with his bowling.

Prashant Veer made his debut in List A cricket for UP

In the league match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Uttar Pradesh faced Hyderabad at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. In this match, he made his debut for Uttar Pradesh and came on the field to play. Batting first, Uttar Pradesh scored 324 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. During this time, Prashant Veer came to bat at number six, but he did not get a chance to play many balls and facing a total of 4 balls, Prashant Veer scored 7 runs, which included 1 four.

Debut day ft. Prashant Veer
3/47 vs HYD
Couldn’t have asked for more#WhistlePodu #VijayHazareTrophy pic.twitter.com/4cxIRcTaL5

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 24, 2025

Prashant Veer did wonders in bowling in the debut match

The Uttar Pradesh team was successful in defending the target of 324 runs, in which Prashant Veer bowled brilliantly, spending only 47 runs in his 10 over spell and making 3 batsmen his victims. During this, he made Elgani Varun Goud, Pragnaya Reddy and Nitin Sai Yadav his victims, due to which Hyderabad team was all out after scoring 240 runs in 43 overs and Uttar Pradesh team won the match by 84 runs.

IPL 2026 Mini Action: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 has ended on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In this auction, five-time champion Chennai Super Kings was sitting on the auction table with the second largest purse. Chennai had Rs 43.40 crore for the auction. CSK bid on a total of 16 players in the auction, but were able to buy 9 players. In the mini auction held in Abu Dhabi, CSK made the highest bid on Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma, which was Rs 14.20 crore for both the uncapped players. Chennai had also placed a big bet on Cameron Green. CSK had bid up to Rs 25 crore with Kolkata Knight Riders, but ultimately KKR won and added Green for Rs 25.20 crore.

CSK had vacant slots for 9 players

A total of 9 players’ slots were vacant in the CSK team for IPL 2026, out of which there was space for 5 Indian and 4 foreign players. CSK included foreign players Matt Henry, Akil Hussain, Matthew Short and Zachary Foulkes in their team. At the same time, CSK has added 5 Indian players Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar and Aman Khan. In the mini auction, CSK spent a total of Rs 41 crore to include these 9 players in their team. Even after this, Chennai was left with a purse of Rs 2.40 crore.

Players bought by CSK in the mini auction for IPL 2026:

• Prashant Veer (14.20 crores)
• Karthik Sharma (14.20 crores)
• Sarfaraz Khan (75 lakhs)
• Rahul Chahar (5.20 crores)
• Aman Khan (40 lakhs)
• Zackary Faulks(75 lakhs)
• Matt Henry (2 crores)
• Akil Hussain (2 crores)
• Matthew Short (1.50 crore)

CSK’s squad for IPL 2026:

MS Dhoni, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Akil Hosein, Matt Henry, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Rahul Chahar and Jack Foulkes.

Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma were not even born at the time when Mahendra Singh Dhoni had become a star. When ‘Captain Cool’ was writing a new success story in the initial years of the Indian Premier League, both these cricketers were children.

Nineteen-year-old wicketkeeper batsman Karthik and 20-year-old left-arm spin all-rounder Veer would never have imagined that Chennai Super Kings would spend Rs 14 crore 20 lakh on them and they would share the dressing room with Dhoni.

Only time will tell whether Karthik will get a chance to play with Dhoni and Sanju Samson or whether Veer will be made an alternative to Ravindra Jadeja, but Chennai Super Kings have taken the decision looking towards the future.

The Chennai team, which has always emphasized on experience, has rarely invested in young players who have not been tried, but that was Dhoni’s era and if sources are to be believed, the team management is preparing the team according to the new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Those who know IPL teams closely know that AR Srikkanth, who spent fifteen years with Kolkata Knight Riders, has played an important role in identifying local and global talent.

Now he is the head of talent and player procurement of Chennai team. If they have selected Veer and Karthik, who have a total experience of 21 matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, then there must be something between them.

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Chennai Super Kings spent Rs 41 crore to buy 9 players in IPL 2026. The franchise spent more than Rs 28 crore on 2 uncapped players. The salary of both will be more than 3 times that of MS Dhoni. The team’s squad of 25 players has been completed, Rs 2 crore 40 lakh is also left in the purse.

Chennai Super Kings had included Sanju Samson in their squad through trade before the IPL 2026 auction. Sanju’s salary is Rs 18 crore. Including Samson, CSK had retained a total of 16 players, out of which 4 were foreigners. The slots of 9 players of the team were vacant, which have now been filled.

CSK’s most expensive player in IPL 2026 auction

Karthik Sharma and Prashant Veer were the most expensive players bought by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026 auction. Both are uncapped players, whose base price was only Rs 30 lakh. But other teams also showed interest in him, due to which his price kept increasing. Chennai bought Karthik for Rs 14.2 crore and Prashant for Rs 14.2 crore, which means the franchise spent a total of Rs 28.4 crore on these two players.

Chennai Super Kings Squad 2026 (With Price)

1. Anshul Kamboj (Retained) – 3.4 crores
2. Gurjapneet Singh (Retained) – 2.2 crores
3. Jamie Overton (Retained) – Rs 1.5 crore
4. MS Dhoni (Retained) – 4 crores
5. Mukesh Chaudhary (Retained) – 30 lakhs
6. Nathan Ellis (Retained) – Rs 2 crore
7. Noor Ahmed (Retained) – Rs 10 crore
8. Ramakrishna Ghosh (retained) – 30 lakhs
9. Sanju Samson (Trade) – 18 crores
10. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Retained) – 18 crores
11. Shivam Dubey (Retained) – 12 crores
12. Ayush Mhatre (Ret.) – 30 lakhs
13. Dewald Brevis (retained) – 2.2 crores
14. Urvil Patel (Retained) – 30 lakhs
15. Khaleel Ahmed (Retained) – 4.8 crores
16. Shreyas Gopal (Retained) – 30 lakhs
17. Akeal Hosein (Sold) – 2 Crore
18. Prashant Veer (Sold) – 14.2 crores
19. Karthik Sharma (Sold) – 14.2 crores
20. Matthew Short (Sold) – Rs 1.5 crore
21. Aman Khan (Sold) – 40 lakhs
22. Sarfaraz Khan (Sold) – 75 lakhs
23. Matt Henry (Sold) – Rs 2 crore
24. Rahul Chahar (Sold) – Rs 5.2 crore
25. Zachary Foulkes (Sold) – 75 lakhs

Bought these players including Sarfaraz at base price

Chennai Super Kings bought Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short and Zakari Foulkes at their base price in the IPL 2026 auction.

Sarfaraz Khan remained unsold in the first set of IPL 2026 auction, but he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the second set. After this, CSK bought Rahul Chahar for Rs 5.2 crore, his base price was Rs 1 crore. Rachin Ravindra was also sold in the second bid, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sarfaraz Khan’s comeback

Sarfaraz Khan was bought by Chennai Super Kings for his base price (Rs 75 lakh). Sarfaraz has not played in the last 2 IPL editions, he was last part of Delhi Capitals in 2023. Sarfaraz has played for 3 teams (RCB, PBKS and DC) in IPL since 2015. In 50 matches played in IPL, he has scored 585 runs, he has been able to score only one half-century. If we look at his IPL record, he is still in search of his dream IPL season.

CSK also bought Rahul Chahar

Spinner Rahul Chahar was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last edition, although he got to play only 1 match. In that too he had bowled only 1 over. Before Hyderabad, he has played in Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians. He made his IPL debut while playing for Rising Pune Supergiants.

The base price of Rahul Chahar in the IPL 2026 auction was Rs 1 crore. His former franchise Punjab Kings also wanted to buy him, which went up to Rs 5 crore for him. But Chennai Super Kings included Chahar in their team by bidding Rs 5.20 crore. Chahar has taken 75 wickets in 79 matches played in IPL.

KKR bought Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price. Rachin’s base price was Rs 2 crore, when his name came up, KKR made the first bid. Apart from them, no other team showed interest in buying Rachin. Rachin has scored 413 runs in 18 matches for CSK in IPL.

Prashant Veer is now ready to make a splash in the IPL, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 14 crore 20 lakh. The base price of uncapped player Prashant in the auction was only Rs 30 lakh, but considering his performance in the UP T20 League, there was competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad and CSK.

Who is Prashant Veer who joined CSK?

Prashant, who joined Chennai Super Kings, was born on November 24, 2024 in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. 20 year old Prashant is an all-rounder player. He is a left-handed batsman, who is a slow left arm orthodox bowler.

Prashant Veer made his mark while playing for Noida Super Kings in the UP T20 League. The all-rounder player also performed brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After the departure of Ravindra Jadeja, CSK was looking for a similar player.

Prashant Veer has scored 112 runs in 7 innings of 9 T20 matches. His strike rate was 167.16. He has taken 12 wickets in 9 T20s. In his last match played on 8 December, he scored unbeaten 40 runs against Bihar and took 1 wicket.

Performed brilliantly in SMAT

Prashant Veer took 9 wickets in 7 matches played in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, and also scored 192 at a strike rate of 170. His economy in bowling was 6.76.

Chennai Super Kings spent a huge amount not only for Prashant Veer but also for Karthik Sharma. Karthik’s base price towards Prashant was also Rs 30 lakh. Chennai also bought him for Rs 14 crore 20 lakh. Karthik also wanted to buy Hyderabad, but keeping her purse balance in mind, she had to step back. It had reached 14 crores for Hyderabad Karthik.

Before Karthik and Prashant Veer, Chennai Super Kings bought the first player in the IPL 2026 auction in the form of Akeal Hosein. CSK bought this capped foreign player at his base price (Rs 2 crore).

Prashant Veer has become the most expensive uncapped player in IPL history. He has been bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.20 crore. A fierce bidding war was seen between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings for them. Prashant bowls left-handed off-spin. Due to Ravindra Jadeja being traded to Rajasthan Royals, CSK targeted Prashant, who plays for Uttar Pradesh in Indian domestic cricket.

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