MS Dhoni to Take 66 Percent Pay Cut, How Much Salary Will the CSK Legend Earn During IPL 2025?

Chennai Super Kings legend MS Dhoni is set to reduce his salary by 66% to help his beloved franchise spend more money on other players during the IPL 2025 mega auction. The governing council of IPL had a meeting in Bengaluru on Saturday as IPL 2025 retention rules were announced later in the day. CSK were given a huge sigh of relief as BCCI has approved a special rule which will allow the Yellow Army to retain Dhoni as an 'uncapped' player. The IPL 2025 mega auction will take place in November as teams prepare their strategies for the auction wherein each side will have a purse value of INR 120 crores. Since the salary slots of each retention is fixed, CSK were hoping that BCCI would help them utilize a loophole to retain Dhoni, albeit on a lower salary. BCCI has thus revived the 'uncapped player' rule which was in existence during the inaugural edition of IPL. "a capped Indian player will become uncapped, if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held, not played in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will be applicable for Indian Players only," read the revived rule which will allow CSK to retain Dhoni as an uncapped player.

How much will be MS Dhoni's salary in IPL 2025?According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Dhoni will be earning INR 4 crore while being retained as an uncapped player, therefore his IPL salary will be cut by 66.67 percent however 'Thala' has agreed to play for his beloved franchise even on a lower salary.The report adds that each franchise will be allowed to retain five players plus an uncapped player. For CSK, Dhoni will take up the uncapped player slot, and for the remaining retentions, they will have to agree the salaries with the likes of skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana among other players.