IPL 2022 mega auction: N Srinivasan makes BIG statement over MS Dhoni's future at CSK

Amid speculations over Chennai Super Kings' skipper MS Dhoni's future, India Cements Ltd (ICL) vice-chairman and managing director N Srinivasan said that there is no CSK with Dhoni. He added that there is no Dhoni without CSK. It is to be noted that ICL owned the CSK from the start of IPL in 2008 till 2014, when the ownership was transferred to Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd.

It is to be noted that Dhoni successfully led CSK to their fourth IPL title few days ago in the UAE. "Dhoni is part and parcel of CSK, Chennai and Tamil Nadu. There is no CSK without Dhoni and there is no Dhoni without CSK," Srinivasan told reporters.
 
Asked about whether CSK are planning to retain Dhoni and other CSK players in the IPL 2022 auction, Srinivisan said that the team management is yet to finalise the retention policy. Responding to aquery that no cricketer from Tamil Nadu is in the CSK team, Srinivasan said that 13 players from the TNPL are playing in the IPL or representing India.

"Lot of people are watching TNPL matches and it will go from strength to strength," he noted.

Srinivasan said that CSK will celebrate the IPL 2021 victory once Dhoni would come to Chennai after doing duty as the Indian team mentor in the T20 World Cup and "share the trophy with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at a function proposed to be organised at the MA Chidambaram Stadium".