Chennai Super Kings were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years over the betting and spot-fixing case of 2013. Their captain, M.S. Dhoni, played for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017. In January 2018 CSK retained him for 15 crore rupees.
“A lot of people approached me. I can’t think of not coming back to CSK,” Dhoni said in Chennai. “It is a second home to me.” In 2021 the owner, N. Srinivasan, said: “There is no CSK without Dhoni and there is no Dhoni without CSK.”