After the IPL 2022 Retention List released by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2022, it has been decided that Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) will play in the next season of the league. It was already decided that CSK would retain Dhoni. But Mahi had already told the team management of CSK that the team should not retain him by spending more money on him. He wanted the team to give preference to young players. When CSK's list was released, something similar was seen. Dhoni became the retained player at number two and CSK retained Ravindra Jadeja in the first place. That is, as Dhoni had told the team, it happened.
A player like Ravindra Jadeja remained in Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Dhoni made a big sacrifice for this and reduced his salary and decided to remain associated with the team in less salary. Due to being retained at number one, the team gave a huge amount of 16 crores to Jadeja. While Dhoni was retained for Rs 12 crore. Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) was getting Rs 15 crore as salary. That is, Dhoni will get 3 crores less in IPL 2022.
Dhoni sacrificed for Jadeja
It is clear from this that Dhoni is not called the greatest captain just like that. They know that there is not much cricket left in them. He wants to prepare new leadership for the future. For this reason, Dhoni got Jadeja preferred over himself. Apart from Dhoni and Jadeja, CSK retained Moeen Ali (8 crores) and Rituraj Gaikwad (6 crores).
It was Dhoni who got Jadeja preferred over himself: Balaji
The CSK bowling coach made a big disclosure about this generosity of Dhoni. He said, “Mahi Bhai himself had decided to make Jadeja the number-1 retained player. This is their nobility. No one knows better than him what the team needs. He will always be our captain."
Jadeja could be the future captain of CSK
This move is also right from CSK's point of view. Because 40-year-old Dhoni's IPL 2022 could be the last. Because the league is being organized in India this time and even before the release of the retention list, Dhoni had said in a program that he would like to play his last T20 match in Chennai only. Now whether it will come next year or after 5 years, we don't know. Ravindra Jadeja is being seen as the future captain of the team. In such a situation, it is right to keep them ahead in the retention list.
CSK won IPL this year under Dhoni's captaincy
Dhoni's heart beats only for CSK. He has won the IPL title four times for this team. He was not with CSK for two years. Because the franchise was banned, he deeply regretted it. One thing CSK did before the 2018 auction was to retain Dhoni. Then under the leadership of Dhoni, the team became the champion of IPL for the third time. The team could not reach the playoffs in IPL 2020. Then the team was called the army of old men. But this year Dhoni made the team the champion again, lying all the blessings.
