Young Kiwi star, Rachin Ravindra joins MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for a price of 1.8 Crore. It has been a homecoming as Shardul Thakur joins Yellow army for 4 crore. CSK broke the bank to sign Daryl Mitchell for 14 crore. Sameer Rizvi was then picked for a price of 8.4 crores. In what could well be Dhoni’s last stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL), CSK will be to iron out the creases to form the perfect squad for ‘One Last Ride’ for Thala.
Players Bought – Rachin Ravindra (1.8 Cr), Shardul Thakur (4 Cr), Daryl Mitchell (14 Cr), Sameer Rizvi (8.4 crores), Mustafizur Rahman (2 crore), Avanish Rao Aravelly (20 lakh)
A total of 333 players will go under the hammer on 19th December in Dubai. Out of which only 77 slots are available while 30 are reserved for foreigners. The CSK squad is more or less set. They have a remaining purse of Rs 31.4 crore which they will spend on 6 players out of which 3 are slated for foreigners.
Chennai Super Kings Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana
Chennai Super Kings Full Squad: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Rachin Ravindra (1.8 Cr), Shardul Thakur (4 Cr), Daryl Mitchell (14 Cr), Sameer Rizvi (8.4 crores), Mustafizur Rahman (2 crore), Avanish Rao Aravelly (20 lakh)