IPL 2025: CSK’s Possible IPL Retentions, MS Dhoni To Be Retained As Uncapped Player: Even before the commencement of the IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are concentrating on putting together their main team. Most eyewitnesses tend to agree that the team will be focusing on experienced all-rounders, budding talents, and MS Dhoni’s history of successful captains.
CSK finished IPL 2024 in 5th position in the points table, missing the playoffs by a lower net run rate compared to RCB. These are the players CSK might retain ahead of IPL 2025.
1. Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja, a crucial player for CSK, has donned both batting and bowling jerseys during the given seasons. Apart from being a dangerous lower middle-order batsman and an exceptional fielder, Jadeja, most of the time, plays the role of a finisher for CSK and also bowls a few economical overs of left-arm spin.
IPL Stats:
Matches: 240
Runs: 2959
Batting Average: 27.4
Wickets: 160
Bowling Economy: 7.62
Indeed, Jadeja’s versatility is quite often the strength that the team conquers any of the tensions causing a match.
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2. Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad joined CSK in 2020 and soon after became a prolific opener. He now leads the team as the captain. A calm player with perfect shot selection, Gaikwad won the IPL Orange Cap in 2021 and has been very crucial for CSK throughout his journey.
IPL stats:
Matches: 66
Runs: 2380
Batting Average: 41.8
Strike Rate: 136.9
50s/100s: 18/2
Since he can take charge from the outset and effortlessly pace an inning, Gaikwad’s role is critical to the stability and scoring rate of CSK, especially when the chips are down.
3. Matheesha Pathirana
Pathirana, who is often likened to Lasith Malinga due to the unique bowl that he delivers, has been a joy to watch with his yorkers and control in the last overs. He is a young Sri Lankan bowler of great promise, and his ability to hold himself while bowling to the death is a weapon in his arsenal in more ways than one.
IPL Stats:
Matches: 20
Wickets: 34
Bowling Average: 17.4
Economy Rate: 7.87
The pace at which Pathirana has grown under the mentorship of CSK may turn him into one of the IPL’s star bowlers, more so in the death overs.
4. MS Dhoni (Uncapped)
Having been in the international cricket limelight for long, Dhoni, in the recent past, has taken a step back from active involvement in international games but not in the IPL. More often than not known besides most fans and players as “Captain Cool,” Dhoni has now given CSK five IPL trophies as a result of his finishing expertise strategies.
To keep Dhonis’s leadership and skills in that particular area of the team, he is retained as an uncapped player, which obviously shows the franchise’s dynamics.
IPL Stats:
Matches: 264
Runs: 5243
Batting Average: 39.1
Strike Rate: 137.5
His experience as a batsman towards the last overs will be very effective, especially since he is the only player with an unchanging head. Such valuable leadership and experience will be offered by him even though everyone knows his great ability as a calm finisher as a lower-order batsman. This could be the last season of MS Dhoni for this year.
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The above-mentioned players are kept, which shows the philosophy of CSK and what over the years has been their winning strategy combining the old and new players. These four players provide a good mix of hard-hitting batsmen, accurate bowlers, and experienced players as CSK is getting ready for another successful season in IPL 2025.
