Chennai Super Kings will make their Indian Premier League return after a two-year suspension and ahead of the 11th season of the cash-rich league, CSK finds themselves in a tricky position.
The IPL Governing Council is expected to announce retention policy and as per media reports, teams are likely to be allowed to retain two Indians and one overseas player.
There are rumours that CSK will retain MS Dhoni, Ashwin and Faf du Plessis but die-hard fans were not happy that their star left-hander Suresh Raina was not included in the list. The reaction of the supporters compelled the franchise to issue a clarification.
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Prior to CSK’s suspension, Dhoni and Raina were among the few players to play for the same franchise through the eight seasons.
"We are going to propose minimum 3 retentions --1 Indian and 2 foreigners. The players, who played for Pune and Gujarat in last two years can be retained by Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. We will place it in front of owners during a workshop next month," an IPL GC member told PTI last month.
It was also learnt that majority of the franchises want an increase in salary purse from Rs 60 cr to Rs 75 crore while a few want it to be Rs 80 crore.
"Most of the franchises want the salary purse to Rs 75 crore. I guess it would be done," the official said