Parth Jindal, one of the owners of the Delhi Capitals, has given fans a huge update regarding the retention of players in the team. In his words, DC captain Rishabh Pant “will definitely be retained”. It is worth mentioning that the Board of Control for Cricket in India has very recently put out the regulations concerning the auction which should be held sometime in November this year. According to the regulation, a franchise could however retain a maximum of 6 players with the Right-To-Match option included in it. The alleged cut-off date for the franchises to list their retention is reported to be October 31.
Yes, we certainly have to retain, Jindal said. We have some very good players in our squad. The rules are out now and, after talking to GMR and our cricket director Sourav Ganguly, we will make some decisions. Rishabh Pant will in no way be let go, Jindal stated in a video posted by IANS on X, formerly Twitter.
“We also have excellent players like Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav, Abishek Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, and other players in our squad. We’ll wait and see how the auction goes. But first, according to the rules, we can keep six players. Then we will have a talk, go ahead with the auction and figure out what happens,” he went on.
As for the newly implemented retention policy for the teams, any individual who has not represented the country in the last five years would be regarded as an ‘uncapped player’ and would be not be retained at a high price. This is good news for Chennai Super Kings, who will most probably utilize this provision in order to have MS Dhoni back on board.
As stated by sources, an uncapped player might cost a mere retention of Rs 4 crore. This allows CSK to still retain Dhoni in the mix even as one capped player option is not used.
In 2020, Dhoni announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket but played his last game for India in July 2019. He played his final match for the team in the ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand which India lost.
