<p>Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday retained its former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and left-handed batsman Suresh Raina for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, as per media reports.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the franchise is yet to name the third player as the deadline to submit the list of retained players is January 4.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We are retaining Dhoni and Raina, and the third we are contemplating,&rdquo; a CSK official told a leading daily.</p>

<p>Earlier, The franchise director George John, too, had confirmed the same. &nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s an obvious one. We will have him back as captain. For Dhoni it would be like returning home, 100 per cent,&quot; John stated.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The IPL governing council recently announced that a franchise can retain up to five players using a combination of pre-auction retentions and Right to Match (RTM) cards.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The teams can use either option for a maximum of three times.&nbsp;</p>

<p>If a team doesn&rsquo;t opt for a pre-auction retention, it can use RTM cards to retain a maximum of three players only and not five.</p>

<p>CSK, along with Rajasthan Royals, was suspended for two years as an after-effect of the 2013 betting and spot-fixing scandal.<br />
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The franchise is yet to name the third player as the deadline to submit the list of retained players is January 4

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday retained its former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and left-handed batsman Suresh Raina for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, as per media reports. However, the franchise is yet to name the third player as the deadline to submit the list of retained players is January 4. “We are retaining Dhoni and Raina, and the third we are contemplating,” a CSK official told a leading daily. Earlier, The franchise director George John, too, had confirmed the same. “That’s an obvious one. We will have him back as captain. For Dhoni it would be like returning home, 100 per cent," John stated. The IPL governing council recently announced that a franchise can retain up to five players using a combination of pre-auction retentions and Right to Match (RTM) cards. The teams can use either option for a maximum of three times. If a team doesn’t opt for a pre-auction retention, it can use RTM cards to retain a maximum of three players only and not five. CSK, along with Rajasthan Royals, was suspended for two years as an after-effect of the 2013 betting and spot-fixing scandal.

IPL 2018: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retained by Chennai Super Kings

<p>Providing a long-pending solution to the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams to retain their big players, the governing council on Wednesday announced that the franchises can retain a maximum of five players by virtue of a combination of pre-auction retention and Right To Match (RTM) cards for the upcoming 2018 edition.</p>

<p>The five players secured can include any combination of retention and right-to-match cards with not more than three through either category.</p>

<p>The breakup of the five players retained will adhere to the maximum numbers of three-capped Indian players, maximum of two uncapped Indian players and two overseas players.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Divulging details on the new set norms, IPL Commissioner Rajeev Shukla said that out of 5, 3 can be retained and 2 can be taken under Right to Match or vice-versa, adding the salary cap of players and the base price of uncapped players has also been increased.</p>

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<p>The salary budget of all the IPL teams was hiked from Rs 66 crore to Rs 80 crore for the next year&#39;s auction, with the figure to rise to Rs 82 crore in 2019 and Rs 85 crore in 2020.</p>

<p>The governing council specified the retention criteria for the two suspended IPL franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, saying the player pool for retention or RTM will be the players&#39; who played for them respectively in IPL 2015 and the ones who were part of Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) and Gujarat Lions (GL) squads in IPL 2017.</p>

<p>On being asked whether former Indian Cricket Team captain &nbsp;Mahendra Singh Dhoni will go to CSK again, Shukla said that,&quot;We can&#39;t say who will go where, it depends on the franchise and player.&quot;</p>

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<p>The franchises will be allowed to have a maximum of 25 players, from earlier 27, with a maximum of 8 overseas players in the squad.</p>


The five players secured can include any combination of retention and right-to-match cards with not more than three through either category

Providing a long-pending solution to the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams to retain their big players, the governing council on Wednesday announced that the franchises can retain a maximum of five players by virtue of a combination of pre-auction retention and Right To Match (RTM) cards for the upcoming 2018 edition. The five players secured can include any combination of retention and right-to-match cards with not more than three through either category. The breakup of the five players retained will adhere to the maximum numbers of three-capped Indian players, maximum of two uncapped Indian players and two overseas players. Divulging details on the new set norms, IPL Commissioner Rajeev Shukla said that out of 5, 3 can be retained and 2 can be taken under Right to Match or vice-versa, adding the salary cap of players and the base price of uncapped players has also been increased. IPL governing council decided all teams can avail facility of retaining 5 players & Right to Match. Out of 5, 3 can be retained & 2 can be taken under Right to Match or vice-versa. Increased salary cap of players & base price of uncapped players: Rajeev Shukla, IPL Commissioner pic.twitter.com/Wc0ohIpMKR — ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2017 × The salary budget of all the IPL teams was hiked from Rs 66 crore to Rs 80 crore for the next year's auction, with the figure to rise to Rs 82 crore in 2019 and Rs 85 crore in 2020. The governing council specified the retention criteria for the two suspended IPL franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, saying the player pool for retention or RTM will be the players' who played for them respectively in IPL 2015 and the ones who were part of Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) and Gujarat Lions (GL) squads in IPL 2017. On being asked whether former Indian Cricket Team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will go to CSK again, Shukla said that,"We can't say who will go where, it depends on the franchise and player." We can't say who will go where, it depends on the franchise and player.: Rajeev Shukla, IPL Commissioner on MS Dhoni going to Chennai Super Kings pic.twitter.com/mHhW8iimhD — ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2017 × The franchises will be allowed to have a maximum of 25 players, from earlier 27, with a maximum of 8 overseas players in the squad.

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IPL 2018: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retained by Chennai Super Kings

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