Chennai Super Kings (CSK) endured their worst performance ever in the IPL 2025 finishing at the bottom. With the new season in sight, we take a look at CSK retention list IPL 2026 auction.
Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history. They have won the IPL crown a total of 5 times. But they had a tough outing in the most recent season, finishing 10th with just 4 wins in the entire season.
With the 2025 season now in the past, the planning has already begun for the new season set to commence from March. There is currently a lot of debate surrounding the CSK retention list 2026 players list.
Ashwin has already announced his retirement from IPL. That means he won’t be included in the CSK retention list ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. There are a lot of fans still puzzled about MS Dhoni CSK retention IPL 2026.
Before the Auction takes place in December, there has also been lots of rumours about Sanju Samson in CSK 2026 season. There is still no update on that.
With the BCCI having set a deadline of 15 November for every team to submit their retention list, we take a look at CSK retention list IPL 2026 auction.
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Retained Players List
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Shaik Rasheed, Urvil Patel, Andre Siddharth, MS Dhoni (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Dewald Brevis, Vansh Bedi (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Nathan Ellis.
Likely Released List of Chennai Super Kings IPL 2026
Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Ashwin, Sam Curran, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Shreyas Gopal.
CSK Retained Players List from Mega Auction 2025
CSK Retained Players List 2025 included all the key players for the franchise over the years. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja were the highest paid players retained with 18 crore salary. Most importantly, they retained their former captain MS Dhoni for just 4 crore salary as he was an uncapped player for the previous 5 years.
| Player | Price (INR Crore) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 18.00 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 18.00 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 13.00 |
| Shivam Dube | 12.00 |
| MS Dhoni | 4.00 |
| Total Spent | 65.00 |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Player | Role / Notes |
| Batters | Devon Conway | Top-order Batter |
| Rahul Tripathi | Top-order Batter | |
| Ayush Mhatre | Young-prodige Opening Batter | |
| Shaik Rasheed | Middle-order Batter | |
| Andre Siddarth | Batter | |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Top-order Batter (c) | |
| Wicketkeepers | Vansh Bedi | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| MS Dhoni | Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| Urvil Patel | Wicketkeeper Aggresive Batter | |
| All-rounders | Rachin Ravindra | All-rounder (Spin) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | All-rounder (Spin)/ Now Retired | |
| Vijay Shankar | All-rounder | |
| Sam Curran | All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Anshul Kamboj | All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Deepak Hooda | All-rounder | |
| Jamie Overton | All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh | All-rounder | |
| Shivam Dube | All-rounder | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Bowlers | Syed Khaleel Ahmed | Left-arm Pacer |
| Noor Ahmad | Young Afghan Spinner | |
| Gurjapneet Singh | Fast Bowler | |
| Nathan Ellis | Fast Bowler | |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Fast Bowler | |
| Shreyas Gopal | Spinner | |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Fast Bowler |
Kamlesh nagarkoti should be retained.its my personal opinion