Chennai Super Kings have one of the most capable and intimidating players among all the franchises. The team has all the notable spinners, batsmen, all-rounders and pacers on their side.
Team management will now be deciding to make some modification in the team for coming season. The franchise must be planning on to retain three players.
BCCI have decided that, respective team can only retain three players. In addition, it is being educated that the salaries of retained players will be deducted from their auction wallets before heading towards Mega Auction.
Let’s talk about the three players Chennai Super Kings may consider retaining before going into the auctions.
1) Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja will be the first player on the list to be retained. The all-rounder has improved his game over the last couple of years. Jaddu not only contains the ability to smash a ton in last overs. But he can also pull of some crucial wickets by bowling at the death overs. Sir Jadeja is superb on the field and has ability to change the path of the match with catches, dives and direct hits.
No one, can simply let go a talent like him. Cricket experts see him as the future captain of CSK after Dhoni’s retirement. Jadeja deserves it, he has performed exceptionally well over the years.
2) Ruturaj Gaikwad
The youngster came into the spotlight last year in IPL 2020. The 24-year-old smashed three half-centuries in a row and came out be a trustworthy player in the future for CSK. He has performed exceptionally well with his brilliant techniques and plays a lot of orthodox hits which make him different from the other youngsters. He has maintained his strike rate.
In this season, Ruturaj has scored 603 runs in 15 matches and holds the second position in orange cap holders title. Kl Rahul holds the orange cap currently with 626 runs but he will not play any more games as PBKS didn’t qualify. There’s chance for Ruturaj to win orange cap. He can smash tons of runs in the finale.
3) Sam Curran
The young all-rounder was bought by CSK in the IPL 2020 since then Curran has been magical. Sam Curran has the ability to perform well anywhere in the batting order. He can also bowl with passion in the powerplay as well as death overs. He has been doing the job of Dwayne bravo when he used to be brilliant finisher and bowls the crucial overs for team.
Curran is a match-winner and he could be the overseas players to be retained by the team.