IPL 2025: When we talk about the Indian Premier League (IPL), one just cannot keep the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) away from the discussion. The supporters just cannot exclude the team from their discussions, whether it’s because of their tactics, the controversies related to them, or their consistent performances in the league over the years.The same thing happened leading up to the revelation of the IPL 2025 retention lists.
The legendary and iconic leader of the Chennai Based team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, dominated all debates about the CSK retention-list.
The major points of discussions revolved around the future of the legendary former Indian captain and his retention as an uncapped player.
As the CSK team management revealed their retention list on the 31st of October, all the unresolved doubts got cleared as the five time IPL winners retained their former skipper for a price tag of 4 crore Indian rupees as an uncapped player.
The retention-list of Chennai made a major revelation that the franchise wanted to keep it’s core intact while also they have managed to hold onto some of their biggest match-winning players.
However, this meant that the franchise was forced to let go of some of their national and international stars due to the limited number of available retentions. These released CSK players will be under high demand in the forthcoming mega auction. Let’s take a look at three players released by CSK who might end up fetching a big amount in the 2025 Mega-Auction.
3 Players Released by CSK who might end up fetching huge amounts in the Mega-Auction:
- Matheesha Theekshana – The Sri Lanka mystery off-spinner can prove to be a valuable asset for any IPL team. Theekshana can bowl at any point of time in a Twenty-Twenty match. He can prove to be extremely effective with the new ball in the first six overs, restrict the scoring-rate of the opposition teams in the middle-overs and in the death-overs as well.Therefore, his presence in the playing 11 allows his side to execute their plans according to the situation of the game, which adds flexibility to the plane of the skipper.
- Rachin Ravindra – Rachin Ravindra, the New Zealand Batting All-Rounder had an excellent 2023 ODI World Cup, where he showed that he can perform well in Indian Conditions. With his consistent batting performances, the youngster further showed improvisation in his batting skills by scoring a remarkable hundred in the Bengaluru test-match versus India. The IPL franchises will be more than happy to make an overseas player a part of their squad who can easily adapt & excel in the Indian playing-conditions. Besides his remarkable batting skills, the 24-year-old can also prove to be a handy left arm spin bowler. The southpaw can provide a great amount of flexibility to his skipper, especially on surfaces where there’s a lot of support for spinners on offer.
- Devon Conway – Kiwi Wicketkeeper Batsman Devon Conway has established himself as a crucial part of Chennai’s batting unit in since the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. The 33-year-old has proven that he is a dependable opening batter as his aggressive batting style makes him a perfect modern day batter. His consistent displays and stability which he brings as a batter will surely make him one of the most in-demand players in the forthcoming 2025 IPL Mega-Auction.
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