how csk bagged ms dhoni ipl 2008 auction from mumbai indians
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There was a collision between Mumbai and Chennai
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was India’s T20 and ODI captain at that time. Had also won the T20 World Cup title. Their bidding started at US$400,000. By the time the bidding crossed US$900,000, only two teams were in the fray, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. In the end, Chennai Super Kings prevailed and Mumbai had no option but to shake hands. But how did this happen?
What was that IPL rule?
Icon player was the rule in IPL 2008. That is, before the auction, the franchise could have added an icon player. There was a rule to give him 15 percent more salary than the most expensive player of the team. The total purse of a team was 5 million i.e. in that much they had to buy players. Mumbai chose Sachin Tendulkar, Delhi Virender Sehwag, Kolkata Sourav Ganguly, Bangalore Rahul Dravid and Mohani picked Yuvraj Singh as their icon players. Chennai Super Kings had no icon player.
Mumbai did not go beyond $1.5 million
The purchase of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was disclosed by team owner N Srinivasan some time ago. He had said – suddenly Mumbai came up to 1.5 million dollars for Dhoni. Maybe then they realized they would have to pay the icon player 10 percent (15 percent) more than the most expensive player. In such a situation, more than 3 million of them would have gone and nothing would have been left. This is how Dhoni came to Chennai.
5 times champion
Chennai Super Kings made Mahendra Singh Dhoni their captain in the very first season. The team reached the finals but eventually lost against Rajasthan Royals. In 2010, the team became champion under the captaincy of Dhoni. Won the title in 2011 as well. Then became IPL champion in 2018 and 2021. Dhoni’s team won the league title for the 5th time after defeating Gujarat Titans last Monday.
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