MS Dhoni 'Will Be Retained' By Chennai Super Kings In 2021 Too: N Srinivasan

The newly announced contracts are from the period starting October 2019 till September 2020 and the decision to exclude Dhoni from the annual contracts seems to have hinted towards a possible end of the former skipper in international cricket

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New Delhi: According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, N Srinivasan has said that team India former captain MS Dhoni will be retained by Chennai Super Kings in the auction prior to IPL 2021 season. Whether Dhoni will play for the Indian cricket team or not this year is still uncertain, but he will definitely play in the 2020 edition of the IPL for Chennai Super Kings. 'People keep saying when will he... how long will he play, etc. He will play. I can assure you. He will play this year. Next year he will go the auction, he will be retained. So there is no doubt in anybody's mind,' Srinivasan told ESPNcricinfo at a recent India Cements event. BCCI had recently announced the annual central contracts for the 2019-20 season. The newly announced contracts are from the period starting October 2019 till September 2020 and the decision to exclude him from the annual contracts seems to have hinted towards a possible end of the former skipper in international cricket. "If he decides to play, which he will because he will play the IPL, then he will start with a very fresh mind and very clear ideas," Shastri told India Today in an interview. "Then you've got to see form. If he has a great IPL and puts himself into contention that 'I'm available for selection', then you don't fool around."