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MS Dhoni is set to participate in another IPL season as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have confirmed his availability for IPL 2026. The Indian legend has been dealing with a knee issue for the past couple of seasons. Despite that, he has been playing IPL and is set to participate in his 19th IPL season. Dhoni made his IPL debut for CSK in 2008. He moved to Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) for two seasons when CSK were banned. He returned to CSK in 2018 and has been playing for them since then. Dhoni made a huge call before the IPL 2025 mega-auction and agreed to get retained in the uncapped category for Rs 4 crore. He could have decided to enter the auction and earn more than Rs 20 crore. But he stayed loyal to CSK and has a salary of Rs 4 crore. Now that Dhoni is confirmed to play another IPL season for CSK, will he get a pay raise, or will the amount remain the same? Check out - The players are given three-year contracts and their salaries remain the same for this period. Hence, Dhoni's salary will remain unchanged and he will once again earn Rs 4 crore in IPL 2026. Dhoni was once the highest earner in IPL. But he is now among the lowest-earning legends in the IPL. Dhoni is loyal to CSK and there's no doubt that he will retire in the Yellow jersey. Also Read: India vs Australia 5th T20I Live score CSK's success under MS Dhoni Dhoni joined CSK for Rs 6 crore (approx) in the IPL 2008 mega-auction. Dhoni-led CSK lost to Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2008 final. They made it to the second round of IPL 2009 as well. CSK won the back-to-back IPL titles in 2010 and 2011. They lost to Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL 2012 and 2013 finals, respectively. CSK lost to MI in the IPL 2015 final. They made a memorable return to IPL in 2018 and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. CSK lost another IPL final to MI and suffered a one-run defeat. In 2020, CSK failed to clear the league stage for the first time in history. The five-time IPL Champions won the IPL 2021 and 2023 titles while they have failed to clear the league stage thrice since 2020. Dhoni captained CSK to 131 wins in 221 IPL matches. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Sports, Cricket and around the world.
