CSK is unsure whether to use MS Dhoni's uncapped retention card: "MSD will answer the call himself."

Last season, MS Dhoni scored 161 runs in 11 innings.(BCCI)

Dhoni is qualified to be kept as an uncapped player because he has already announced his retirement from international cricket and played his final game for India in 2019.

A significant update on the Chennai Super Kings' plans for former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the next Indian Premier League season has been given by CEO Kasi Viswanathan. The BCCI has already made public the player retention guidelines and unveiled a new one that will let CSK keep MS Dhoni for less money.

"A concluded Indian player can become unrestricted if the player has been capped in the five most recent calendar years before the year where the relevant The season takes place, not appeared in the first XI in cricket internationally (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) or fails to hold a Central Agreement with the BCCI," the advisory for the IPL said.