Legendary India cricketer MS Dhoni was seen casting his vote with his wife Sakshi in Ranchi for Jharkhand Assembly Elections on Wednesday, November 13. Notably, Dhoni has been enjoying his retirement life in his hometown Ranchi ever since his international retirement in 2020.
Since then, the former India captain is often seen making public appearances in his hometown on several occasions and was once again spotted exercising his constitutional right amid the ongoing elections in Jharkhand. In a viral video, Dhoni can be seen entering the polling booth amid tight security with his wife as the duo was surrounded by cameras and were welcomed loud cheers of fans.
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Dhoni to return in action in IPL 2025
Dhoni is all set to play his 18th season of the tournament after being retained by his franchise under the ‘uncapped player’category. As a result, CSK managed to retain Dhoni for just INR 4 Crore making sure Chennai’s beloved ‘Thala’ returns to their ‘anbuden’ for one more season.
However, it’s not yet known whether Dhoni will continue playing ahead as well or will the upcoming season be his last hurrah. His return for another season was felicitated by the uncapped player rule which has been re-introduced by the IPL governing council for the upcoming season.
The rule which was scrapped in 2021, states that a capped Indian player will become uncapped if he hasn’t played international cricket in the last five years since the beginning of next season and doesn’t have a BCCI Central Contract.
Meanwhile, apart from Dhoni, CSK retained Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 Crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 Crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 Crore), and Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 Crore). After five retentions, CSK have used INR 65 Crore out of their INR 120 Crore Purse value and have INR 55 Crore to build their remaining squad in the mega auction.
