Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif supports a new IPL rule change that allows MS Dhoni to play as an uncapped player beyond 2024, despite his last appearance for India in 2019. Kaif highlights Dhoni's influence and fitness,

MS Dhoni can be retained as an uncapped player by CSK for a nominal fee of Rs. 4 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 auction.

Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) will continue to change its rules to allow MS Dhoni to play, as long as he wants it.

Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that the BCCI had decided to reintroduce the uncapped player rule because of MS Dhoni. He opined that the decision was right and that the Chennai Super Kings would be able to retain the former skipper for INR 4 crore.

MS Dhoni's future with Chennai Super Kings remains unclear ahead of the IPL 2025, but BCCI's reintroduction of the 'uncapped' player rule has given CSK a big lifeline. Mohammad Kaif decodes how CSK can use the rule to their advantage even though it seems 'weird' to see Dhoni being retained as an uncapped player for INR 4 crore.

MS Dhoni has remained tight-lipped on his CSK future but the reintroduction of uncapped player rule might see the former captain returning for another season.

The governing council has reinstated the uncapped players rule, which declares an Indian player uncapped if he has not played international cricket in five years.

On Saturday the BCCI approved five retentions per side along with a Right to Match (RTM) card in the mega-auctions that could take place in the next couple of months. It is the biggest retention ever offered as teams prepare for a shake-up before the IPL 2025 season.