A five-time IPL champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has been waiting for the BCCI’s announcement on the player’s retention rules for the IPL 2025. They are hoping to retain their successful leader MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for the IPL 2025. MS Dhoni, about a month ago, has himself said in an event that he is waiting for the BCCI’s announcement before taking a call on his IPL career. Regarding Dhoni’s future, his very good friend an ex-CSK player Suresh Raina has expressed his desire to see the five-time IPL captain to play in IPL 2025.
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Today, we will see what Suresh Raina has to say about Dhoni’s IPL future and why he wants him to play in IPL 2025. So let’s dive into it quickly.
Suresh Raina wants MS Dhoni to play in IPL 2025
Suresh Raina is a very good friend of MS Dhoni and played a lot of cricket together for India and CSK. Both individuals have shared a very good bond between themselves. In the past, MS Dhoni has backed Suresh Raina quite a few times in his captaincy.
Both Raina and Dhoni have seen a lot of success together while playing for CSK in the IPL (Indian Premier League). The former has announced his IPL retirement in 2022, but the latter is still an active cricketer in the league. Now, Suresh Raina wants MS Dhoni to play in IPL 2025. He thinks that MS should continue playing for CSK for one more year, considering how much value he can add in the team. Raina also thinks that Ruturaj Gaikwad needs one more year of guidance as captain before he settles down in this role. MS Dhoni can contribute to this part as he has lots of experience and can share his inputs with Ruturaj.
“I want MS Dhoni to play in IPL 2025, considering his impressive display in the previous season. I feel Ruturaj Gaikwad needs guidance for another season, as his captaincy was not up to the mark in several games.” – Suresh Raina told Sports Tak in an interview.
Raina praised Ruturaj for his outstanding work in IPL 2024
Although Suresh Raina thinks Ruturaj Gaikwad needs more guidance as captain, he also praises the youngster for his outstanding work done in IPL 2024 as captain. Raina also praised Ruturaj’s batting. He said – “The loss against RCB saw him struggling as a leader. However, he also showed maturity and did a reasonably good job and batted well as well.” – he added.
MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad just before the start of IPL 2024. In Ruturaj’s captaincy, CSK won 7 games out of 14. They were in contention to reach the Top 4 of the season but lost a close-fought encounter against RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru).
With the bat in IPL 2024, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 583 runs in 14 games with an average of 53 and a strike rate of 141.16.
Will MS Dhoni play in IPL 2025?
A lot of speculation is going on in the media. There is no official confirmation from either MS Dhoni or CSK franchise. Both are waiting for the BCCI’s announcement on the players’ retention rules for IPL 2025. CSK wants to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for the next season. That is why in a meeting with BCCI earlier this year, they put their point of bringing that old rule back. According to that rule, if a player is retired from international cricket for more than 5 years, he can be retained as an uncapped player.
If the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) brings back the rule, CSK can retain MS Dhoni for a lesser amount (as an uncapped player). MS Dhoni played his last international game against New Zealand (NZ) in the ICC ODI World Cup 2019 semifinal. He announced his international retirement in August 2020.
MS Dhoni was struggling with an injury during the IPL
MS Dhoni has been struggling with a knee injury for a while now. He managed his injury during the IPL 2023 and in IPL 2024. Dhoni also went for a minor knee surgery after IPL 2023. We can see he is at the last stage of his professional career. He didn’t bat up the order so that he can manage his workload.
Conclusion
So this is what Suresh Raina has to say on MS Dhoni’s IPL future with CSK. Dhoni’s fans would love to see him donning CSK’s jersey in IPL 2025. CSK franchise will also look to see him playing in the next edition of the IPL as his experience is vital for the team. Also, MS Dhoni is a brand and CSK would want him to continue as a player.
Let’s see how things happen. We will get to know about the players’ retention rules in some time. After that, both MS Dhoni and CSK will decide IPL 2025.
What do you think? Will MS Dhoni play in IPL 2025?
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FAQs:-
(1) Will there be a mega auction before IPL 2025?
There is no official confirmation. But the BCCI might stick to the mega auction for the sake of continuity and growth of the league.
(2) Will the BCCI increase the number of players retention for IPL 2025?
No official confirmation has been given by the BCCI. Some franchise wants an increase in number, and some are against it. Even if the number increases, it will not go too much.
(3) How many runs Suresh Raina has scored in the IPL history?
Suresh Raina has scored 5528 runs in the IPL history. He played a total of 205 IPL games and averages 32.52 and has a strike rate of 136.73 with the bat. Raina has one hundred and 39 fifties to his name in the IPL.
