The cricket universe is officially on the road to the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. It promises to be the biggest event in the IPL Auction history. For the first time since 2011, there will be ten teams present at the auction table. There should be a huge bidding war for top-quality names. Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions of IPL 2022, have announced their four retained players, including their England all-rounder Moeen Ali.
The Chennai Super Kings have retained all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as their first pick. He will earn INR 16 crore salary. The second name is MS Dhoni who will receive INR 12 crore. The third name is Moeen Ali who has a contract worth INR 8 crore, and the last name is Ruturaj Gaikwad who will make INR 6 crore from the Chennai Super Kings contract.
Fans already knew that Gaikwad, Jadeja and Dhoni will be the three Indian players that the Chennai Super Kings retain ahead of IPL 2022 Mega Auction. However, there was a huge question mark over the overseas name. According to reports, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran were in the race. Eventually, the Chennai Super Kings went with Ali.
Chennai Super Kings CEO reveals details of his chat with Moeen Ali
After announcing the four retained players, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan revealed on the franchise’s official website that Moeen Ali was ready to be retained number one or even number four. Salary did not matter to him but he wanted to continue with the defending champions.
“When we spoke to Moeen first, he said he has been overwhelmed with the offer which was made and he said he has not thought of any other franchise at all. That was his reaction immediately and he said ‘whether I am one, two, three or four (retention number), I don’t mind, I will be there’. So was the case with Rutu (Ruturaj),” said Viswanathan.
