The ball, it appears, is now in MS Dhoni‘s court docket after the Indian Premier League (IPL) Participant Rules introduced by the IPL Governing Council (GC) on Saturday re-introduced the ‘uncapped participant‘ rule that had been scrapped in 2021.
The rule, which applies to Indian gamers solely, states {that a} participant will likely be thought-about uncapped “if the participant has within the final 5 calendar years previous the 12 months wherein the related Season is held, not performed within the beginning XI in Worldwide Cricket (Check match, ODI, Twenty20 Worldwide) or doesn’t have a Central Contract with BCCI.”
It has now cleared the best way for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to retain Dhoni, whose final worldwide match was the 2019 World Cup semifinal towards New Zealand, as an uncapped participant.
Dhoni retired on August 15, 2020, however continues to play the IPL.
Based on the participant retention guidelines introduced by the IPL GC, a franchise can retain two uncapped gamers and 5 capped gamers (Indian/Abroad).
The worth of an uncapped participant has been mounted at Rs 4 crore. To retain 5 capped gamers, the franchise must pay within the following slabs:
Participant 1: INR 18 crores
Participant 2: INR 14 crores
Participant 3: INR 11 crores
Participant 4: INR 18 crores
Participant 5: INR 14 crores
The quantity spent by a franchise on retention of gamers will likely be deducted from its whole purse of INR 120 crore for the upcoming gamers’ public sale forward of IPL 2025.
Nonetheless, it stays to be seen what the 43-year-old Dhoni decides, after his lap of honour following CSK’s final dwelling sport of the 2024 season on the MA Chidambaram Stadium dropped hints that it may be his final IPL match in Chennai.
Dhoni had additionally stepped down from captaincy earlier than IPL 2024 started, handing it over to batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad. He performed as a finisher your complete season, coming decrease down the order whereas batting with a hard knee.
When requested at an occasion these days if he’ll play one other season of the IPL, Dhoni had mentioned that he’ll wait to know the player-retention guidelines earlier than discussing something with CSK.
