Former players and fans are predicting the names of the players who will be retained by all ten franchises before the IPL 2025 mega auction. MS Dhoni, who has almost confirmed his participation for Chennai Super Kings in the 18th season, recently hit out at people for their takes on the retentions.
Speaking at the RIGI Prabhav 2024, he said that everyone has become a team owner now.
“Everyone is behaving like a team owner these days. Whatever player a frachise desire, whichever player will be going for auction and whoever they decide to add to the sqaud, we should be prepaed for it. IPL auction is mysterious,” Dhoni said.
“Players enter the auction but they never know what will happen with them. Fans make predictions on which team will purchase a particula player. You are in a market where all teams have good amount of money,” he added.
“You will have to perform for the franchise that invests money in you. It is not a trade as it involves being moved to another team. Sometimes you have the freedom to play for a team you want.”
A lot has been happening behind the scenes at the moment. According to several reports, KL Rahul is leaving Lucknow Super Giants and moving to the Royal Challengers Bangalore as captain.
All is not well between KKR and their captain, Shreyas Iyer. The franchise is also thinking of releasing star all-rounder Andre Russell. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma might also enter the auction. Washington Sundar will be on the radar of CSK, Gujarat Titans, and the Mumbai Indians if the Sunrisers Hyderabad does not retain him.
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