Ravichandran Ashwin’s Bombshell, Suggests CSK To Retain This Star As Uncapped Participant. Not MS Dhoni

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has given a fairly distinctive tackle Chennai Tremendous Kings’ (CSK) retention state of affairs, boldly suggesting that he wouldn’t retain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as an uncapped participant forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega public sale. As a substitute, Ashwin has proposed a unique identify as an uncapped retention for CSK, opting to retain Dhoni as a capped participant and one of many 5 major retentions. Ashwin gave his perspective whereas discussing the retentions on his YouTube channel.

“If you happen to say Mumbai Indians can retain six gamers, why cannot CSK? Now we have Ruturaj (Gaikwad), Jadeja (Ravindra Jadeja), (Matheesha) Pathirana, (Shivam) Dube, MS Dhoni and Sameer Rizvi,” stated Ashwin.

“Simply being a satan’s advocate,” Ashwin stated cheekily.

Former South Africa efficiency analyst Prasanna Raman, extra generally identified by his moniker ‘PDogg’, advised Ashwin that he disagreed.

“I do not suppose you need to retain Sameer Rizvi for Rs 4 cr. I do not even know whether or not he would conform to play for Rs 4 cr,” stated Raman.

Purchased forward of IPL 2024 for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore, Rizvi did not impress, scoring simply 51 runs in eight video games at a paltry strike charge of 118. Regardless of that, Ashwin retained hope for Rizvi, praising his good type within the UP T20 League, and identified that many comparable gamers can be found, which would not elevate Rizvi’s worth massively.

“He has been placing on a present every single day. He is enjoying on a unique stage, single-handedly within the UP T20. There’s a enormous upside with him. He’ll fall into the identical bracket as Shahrukh Khan, Abhinav Manohar and Dhruv Jurel,”

The IPL Governing Council’s choice to convey again the rule that Indian gamers who’ve not performed internationally for 5 or extra years may be retained as ‘uncapped’ supplied CSK a path to retain five-time IPL-winning captain Dhoni for simply Rs 4 crore. 

Nevertheless, Ashwin’s perspective may assist CSK retain a stronger Indian core. Ashwin performed for CSK between 2008 and 2015, profitable two IPL titles.