IPL 2018 Player Retention highlights: CSK retain MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli to RCB

Virat Kohli was retained by RCB while MS Dhoni will come back to Chennai as part of CSK in the next season of the Indian Premier League. Follow highlights from IPL 2018 Player Retention event here.The IPL 2018 Player Retention event took place in Mumbai on Thursday. Follow highlights from IPL 2018 Player Retention event here.The IPL 2018 Player Retention event took place in Mumbai on Thursday. Follow highlights from IPL 2018 Player Retention event here.(PTI)The eight Indian Premier League (IPL) teams announced which players they will be retaining for the next season at the IPL 2018 Player Retention event in Mumbai on Thursday. Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore while Chennai Super Kings retained MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja. Kolkata Knight Riders decided to part ways with skipper Gautam Gambhir while youngster Sarfaraz Khan became the surprise choice in the process as he was retained by RCB. Follow highlights from IPL 2018 Player Retention event here.19:40 hrs IST: “Dhoni is extremely excited, he is waiting to wear the yellow jersey again and we are excited to have him back,” said CSK representative George John.19:12 hrs IST: The official statement from Royal Challengers Bangalore - “For the 11th season of IPL, we are pleased to retain Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Sarfaraz Khan. Virat has been a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore since the inception of the league, and is the team’s captain - on and off the field. The camaraderie and team work between Virat and AB de Villiers has been the backbone of the team for several seasons and we want to build on that. Sarfaraz is one of the players we believe will rise to great heights, not just in the IPL but in world cricket. We believe that together, Virat, AB de Villers and Sarfaraz embody the ‘play bold andfearless’ outlook that is inherent in RCB, and we are excited to retain them for IPL 2018”.19:00 hrs IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Aussie opener David Warner and talented Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar.18:57 hrs IST: Sunil Narine and Andre Russell were the ones retained by Kolkata Knight Riders. Gautam Gambhir was excluded from the listThe teams can retain a maximum of five players per team, out of which a maximum of three can be capped Indian players, a maximum of two can be uncapped Indian players, and a maximum of two can be overseas players.The players retained (a maximum of three) by a team will not go into the auction pool. Teams will get a second chance at holding on to a player on their 2017 roster (2015 for Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings) by using a RTM card (a maximum of three) during the auction.