With an initial purse of Rs 120 crore available to each franchise before retentions, CSK spent Rs 65 crore to retain five players, including the "uncapped" Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Rs 4 crore.

CSK entered the auction with the available purse of INR 31.4 crore and they did well to include a few utility players in their line-up. The team will miss the services of Ambati Rayudu who ...