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.

IPL 2026: As the IPL mini auction approaches, all the franchises are keeping a close eye on the shortcomings of their team. Many teams have released weak performing players and now their eyes are on such options who can change the course of the match in the next season. Amidst these discussions, the player on whom the headlines have focused the most is New Zealand’s young star Rachin Ravindra.

The decision that Chennai Super Kings took by surprise before the upcoming season was the release of Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway and Mathisha Pathirana. Rachin proved useful for CSK on many occasions last season, but the team management has now sent him back to the auction pool. However, this release does not seem to have any impact on his value, in fact now at least three big teams seem ready to compete for Rachin in the mini auction.

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR has made surprising big changes this time. The team released big names like Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, after which they have around Rs 64.30 crore in their purse. In such a situation, the team is looking for a player who can score fast runs in the powerplay and also bowl overs when needed. Rachin Ravindra is considered a perfect fit for both these roles. KKR will not shy away from bidding big on Rachin to stabilize the opening.

Delhi Capitals

This was the biggest headache for Delhi Capitals last season. lean Startup. Except for Jake Fraser-McGurk, the rest of the batsmen continuously flopped in the powerplay. Rachin Ravindra’s biggest strength is his ability to play big shots in the powerplay. 26 year old Ravindra is known for his strong batting on the new ball. This is the reason why DC is considering him as the solution to their opening batting problem.

Chennai Super Kings: Eyes fixed even after release

Although CSK has released Rachin, there is a possibility that the franchise will try to buy him again at a lower price. The reasons for this are also clear:

After the trade of Jadeja and Sam Curran, CSK is lacking all-rounders.

The team needs such players who can strengthen the batting along with spin option. In such a situation, Rachin can again be a strong contender for the Super Kings.

Before the IPL 2026 auction, Chennai Super Kings have released a total of 9 players, while retaining 16 players. CSK has also retained four foreign players in the form of Dewald Brewis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed and Nathan Ellis. The most shocking news is that Chennai Super Kings have released Mathisha Pathirana and Rachin Ravindra.

CSK had already traded 2 all-rounder players in the form of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran to Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson has come to Chennai Super Kings in place of both of them. Chennai Super Kings currently has 16 players in their squad and would like to fill the remaining 9 slots in the auction.

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

CSK released these players: Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Sheikh Rashid, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mathisha Pathirana.

43.4 crores left in CSK’s purse

There are now 16 players in the squad of Chennai Super Kings. In the auction, CSK team will be able to bid on maximum 9 players, for which it has a purse of Rs 43.4 crore left. Let us tell you that out of the remaining 9 players, 4 players should be foreigners.

The performance of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025 was very disappointing. In the entire season, the team could win only 4 out of 14 matches and remained at the bottom position in the table.

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New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe badly in the match played on Thursday in the Zimbabwe Tri Nation Series 2025. New Zealand scored 190 runs while batting first with the brilliant half -century innings of Team CIFT, Rachin Ravindra. In response, Zimbabwe’s team collapsed for 130 runs, Esh Sodhi played an important role in the team’s victory by performing the best of his T20 career.

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bat first. The first wicket as Tim Robinson (10) fell on a score of 19, but was followed by a 108 -run partnership between Tim CIFT and Rachin Ravindra. CIFart scored 75 runs in 45 balls with the help of 1 six and 9 fours. Rachin scored 63 runs in 39 balls, in which he hit 2 sixes and 7 fours.

Ish Sodhi became player of the match

Chasing the target, Zimbabwe’s team was all out for 130 runs in 18.5 overs. Zimbabwe’s 8 players could not even touch the double -tens figure. Tony Monayga scored the highest 40 runs, including his wicket, Ish Sodhi took a total of 4 wickets. In his 4 -overs spell, Sodhi gave 12 runs, this is his best spell of T20 international career. Sodhi was voted the best player of the match.

A Career-Best 4-What haul from Ish Sodhi (4-12) Saw New Zealand Claim A 60-R Win in the Final Round-Robin match of the Tri-Series.

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– Blackcaps (@blackcaps) July 24, 2025

New Zealand and South Africa will be finalized

Talking about the tri -series, it was decided before this match that the final would be played between New Zealand and South Africa cricket team. Zimbabwe could not win any match of the Tri -series being played at his home ground, he lost all 4 matches. While New Zealand won all four matches. South Africa won 2 matches and lost 2 matches from New Zealand.

The final match of the tri -series between New Zealand and South Africa will be played on 26 July. According to Indian time, the match will start at 4:30 pm.

Suresh Raina and Rachin Ravindra: IPL 2025 was nothing special for Chennai Super Kings. This team was at number 10 this season. At the same time, in the next season of IPL, many changes can be seen in the CSK team. After this IPL, the news about a deal of CSK has intensified. According to reports, CSK is thinking about joining Sanju Samson in the team. At the same time, there are also reports that Suresh Raina can join this team as a batting coach.

Suresh Raina will be included in CSK?

According to reports, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina can return to the team of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. The next season, Raina can be made the batting coach of Chennai. Suresh Raina was asked about this, but the player has still kept silence on the return to CSK. According to reports, Rituraj Gaikwad’s team also wants to include Sanju Samson in the team.

Rachin Ravindra will be out of CSK in IPL2026?

According to a post viral on social media, Chennai’s team can sign a deal with Delhi Capitals, in which CSK can include Donovan Ferrera in the team by releasing Rachin Ravindra for Delhi. In this post, it is being claimed that Delhi Capitals are looking for a new opener, because the Delhi team wants to include Rachin Ravindra in the team by releasing Faf du Plessis.

CSK is reportedly eyeing a trade with dc involving rachin ravindra and donovan ferreira, as dc looks for an overseas opener with faf and fraser-mcGurk likely to be released.
Also suresh raina may join csk’s coaching staff.
Dwayne bravo as well.@RCBXTROFFICIAL https://t.co/f3e3ojt8fm

– RCBXTRA (@RCBXTRAOFICIAL) July 12, 2025

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CSK IPL 2025: The five -time IPL champion team Chennai Super Kings have not been able to make it to the second consecutive season playoffs. Talking about IPL 2025, CSK was able to register only 4 wins in 14 matches and finished last in the points table. In the middle of the season, captain Rituraj Gaikwad was injured, MS Dhoni captained the rest of the matches in his place. Here you can see the analysis of the performance of Chennai Super Kings and also know which 5 players were performed, whose performance has been very heavy for CSK in IPL 2025.

1. MS Dhoni

The first name in this list is MS Dhoni. In IPL 2025, Dhoni scored only 196 runs in 14 matches and his strike rate also was just 135. Dhoni came to batting on such occasions several times, from where he could ensure the victory of the team by playing fast. For example, Chennai needed 15 runs in the last over in the match against RCB. Dhoni could not show timing in shots like his old style, as a result Chennai lost the match by 2 runs.

2. Rachin Ravindra

Rachin Ravindra has made a world -class batsman’s identity in international cricket in a very short time. In IPL 2024, he impressed by scoring 222 runs in 10 matches, but this time he was able to score 181 runs in 8 matches and put only one fifty throughout the season.

3. Mathisha Pathirana

Mathisha Pathirana, called ‘Junior Malinga’, made a big contribution in winning the title of IPL 2023 to CSK by taking 19 wickets in 12 matches. He also performed amazing in the next year i.e. 2024. But he has taken 13 wickets in 12 matches of IPL 2025. Pathirana, therefore, remained guilty of CSK because this time he scored runs at an economy rate of 10.14.

4. Shivam Dubey

The IPL 2025 season was well for Shivam Dubey, in which he has scored 357 runs at an average of 32.45. This is also his third best season in terms of runs, but like MS Dhoni, he kept losing his wicket on important occasions. In clear terms, Dubey could not play the role of a finisher.

5. Deepak Hooda/Rahul Tripathi

Deepak Hooda was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1.70 crore, but he was able to score only 31 runs in 7 matches played in the season. On the other hand, Rahul Tripathi had opened for CSK in the initial matches, but his bat scored only 55 runs in 5 matches. Both these players could not perform as expected

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Csk innings vs kkr highlights: In the 25th match of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers wreaked havoc against Chennai Super Kings, they stopped CSK for 103 runs in the same house. This is Chennai’s smallest score in Chepock. On the return of MS Dhoni as a captain, it was felt that the fate of the team would change, because the team had already lost four consecutive matches but it did not happen. In this entire innings of CSK, only 8 fours were installed. Shivam was able to cross the CSK 100 mark with Dubey’s innings of 31 runs. Sunil Naren (3) took the most wickets for KKR.

Chennai Super Kings got the first blow as a Deavhan Conway (12) in the fourth over, he was lbw out by Moin Ali. Ali did not give any run in this over. After this, Harshit Rana was dismissed by Harshit Rana on the first ball of the next over.

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After this, there was a significant partnership of 43 runs between Vijay Shankar and Rahul Tripathi, but after the breakdown of this pair, the whole team collapsed like cards. Vijay Shankar scored 29 in 21 balls and Rahul Tripathi scored 16 runs in 22 balls. After this, Ashwin (1) also went on.

Ravindra Jadeja was expected to handle the innings but he could not even open his account, he was dismissed by Sunil Naren. Seeing this bad situation, MS Dhoni called Deepak Hooda as impact player but he too fell victim to Varun Chakraborty at zero. As Hooda, the team got the 7th blow in the score of 72.

MS Dhoni dismissed in a disputed manner

MS Dhoni wanted to take a single on the third ball of the 16th over by Sunil Naren but missed and the ball went directly to his pad. The appeal was made and the umpire immediately lifted the finger, although Dhoni felt that the ball was on his bat, so he took DRS. On the camera, it was shown that a slight spike is seen, but the third umpire admitted that it is not a spike of connection with the ball and Dhoni was called out. Dhoni was dismissed for 1 run in 4 balls.

He picks wickets he takes blinders

a brilliant catch from varun chakaravarthy

Vaibhav Arora Too joins the wickets tally

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Fold in 19th over after 63 balls

CSK got the 9th blow on the score of 79, Noor Ahmed was dismissed for 1 run. On the third ball of the 19th over, Shivam Dubey hit a four, it came after 63 balls in this innings. In the final over, Shivam Dubey hit 2 fours and took the team’s score to 100.

For KKR, Sunil Naren took the most 3 wickets, he gave only 13 runs in his 4 overs spell. Moin Ali took 1 wicket for 20 runs in 4 overs. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets. 1 wicket was named after Vaibhav Arora.

Shreyas iyer nominated icc player of the month: ICC Player of the Month is going to be announced for the month of March very soon. Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer enrolled for this list is Shreyas Iyer. Iyer, the Champions Trophy was the highest run -scorer for India in 2025. He scored a total of 243 runs in 5 matches of the tournament. At the same time, in three very pressure matches, he scored 172 runs at an excellent average of 57.33. These figures make him a big contender for the ICC Player of the Month Award.

These players collide

Shreyas Iyer competes with Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Dafi of New Zealand in the race for ICC Player of the Month Award. Ravindra was the highest run -scorer in the Champions Trophy tournament. He scored 263 runs in 4 matches. During this, he also played 2 century innings. At the same time, Jacob Dafi, Pakistan’s recent T20 series appeared in amazing rhythm. He took 13 wickets in 5 T20 matches against Pakistan at a good bowling average of 8.38.

Jacob Dafi has become the number-1 bowler in T20 cricket thanks to this great performance. At the same time, in March, Dafi took 2 wickets in an ODI against Pakistan. In this way, he took a total of 15 wickets in the month of March. Talking about Shreyas Iyer of India, he has retained his rhythm in IPL 2025.

Iyer is leading Punjab Kings in IPL 2025

Shreyas Iyer has upheld his magnificent rhythm in IPL 2025. Iyer is the highest run -scorer for Punjab Kings in the current season. He has scored 159 runs in 3 matches so far and has so far put 2 fifty. Under his captaincy, Punjab Kings have registered 2 wins in 3 matches.

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