MS Dhoni IPL 2025: Will MS Dhoni play in IPL 2025 or not? If Dhoni plays, then know how his salary can be cut not by one or two but three times.

MS Dhoni Uncapped Player IPL 2025: Recently, BCCI had a meeting with IPL team owners. In that meeting, there was a discussion on declaring former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. At that time, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) owner Kavya Maran had strongly objected. But now a big update has come out on Dhoni being made an uncapped player.

Will Dhoni’s salary be reduced?

Although there is no confirmation of this yet, but according to reports, BCCI can bring back the old rule. Under this rule, MS Dhoni will be kept in the list of uncapped players. This will also make it clear that Dhoni will definitely be seen playing in IPL 2025.

Let us tell you that this rule existed earlier as well, but it was not used then. But now discussions have started on bringing it back. As a capped player, Dhoni was getting a salary of Rs 12 crore per season from CSK, but if he is kept in the list of uncapped players, then his salary can be reduced to Rs 4 crore.

What is the rule of uncapped player?

If a player has retired for five years or more, then he can be made an uncapped player from a capped one. This rule came into effect from the first season of the Indian Premier League and lasted till 2021, but it was abolished in 2022 as no team ever used it.

In IPL 2024, it could be clearly seen that Dhoni had a problem in his knee, despite this he continued to play the whole season. But due to this injury, he was often seen batting at seventh or even lower order. Due to that injury, questions were raised that Dhoni might retire from IPL as well, but due to no official confirmation, fans are still hoping to see Dhoni playing.