Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni set to be held by RCB and CSK separately

Quick to get their relationship with the Indian Premier League (IPL) off to a breaking begin, Star Sports, the new telecasters of the class, is set to direct a glamorous, first of its kind function here on Thursday to declare the IPL player maintenances.With the IPL barters round the corner (on January 27 and 28 in Bangalore), there is a buzz around the event. The capacity will be gone to by BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, IPL administrator Rajiv Shukla, and the proprietors of all the eight groups. The maintenances would be reported by the particular establishments from 5-7pm, with the procedures to be communicated from 7pm on Star Sports.Not surprisingly, India captain Virat Kohli (RCB) and his ancestor MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) are set to be held by their establishments. In any case, the issue for RCB, who might in a perfect world need to hold AB de Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal as well, is that in the event that they hold all their best three players, the sum cut from the Rs 80 crore pay top could be the greater part of the accessible store, abandoning them with minimal expenditure to spend.Apart from Dhoni, CSK, who're coming back to the IPL following a two-year boycott in spot-settling embarrassment, are set to hold Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, who both played for the Gujarat Lions in the previous two versions of the IPL.

Mumbai Indians will stay with captain Rohit Sharma and the Pandya siblings (Hardik and Krunal), while attempting to hold Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard through Right-to-Match (RTM) cards. The idea behind holding Krunal could be that being an uncapped Indian player, he can be held for just Rs3 crore rather than Rs7 crore for third toppest player.Sunrisers Hyderabad could hold captain David Warner and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, while Shikhar Dhawan could be purchased back through the RTM card. There are discussions that Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant are with Delhi daredevils. The Rajasthan Royals may ask Australian captain Steve Smith to lead them once more.