Former Australia cricketer Brad Hogg has said that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) should be professional while deciding the future of their captain MS Dhoni and his retention. Hogg has said that if Dhoni (40) is not going to play for more than a year, retaining him wouldn’t be a good idea.

As per the report in The Indian Express, CSK has retained Dhoni for the next three years. However, according to other unconfirmed reports, Dhoni is not keen to be CSK’s first choice in IPL 2022 as he feels there are more deserving players than him as well. He also said that CSK should not take an emotional call regarding Dhoni.

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Brad Hogg said, “MS Dhoni, how long does he want to play? If he is only going to play for one year, I’d be very reluctant to pick him in the retention cycle. I’ll put him back in the auction and hopefully pick him back. It’s very tough but this is the business world. Do you want to put 15% of your wage on one player who is only going to be there for 1 year?”

Hogg chose opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Faf Du Plessis as the four players from CSK who he felt should be retained. While speaking of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Hogg named Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal and Glenn Maxwell as well.

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Sharing his views on RCB’s retention quandary, Brad Hogg said: “They have had their problems. I think they will retain Kohli, Chahal, Padikkal and Maxwell. If I was going to take a huge risk, I’d have Maxwell come in as my overseas player. I might make him captain because there might not be too many options in the auction moving forward. That’s a huge risk because Maxwell’s inconsistency over the last decade will trouble RCB selectors. They will be a little unsure.”