Watch! MS Dhoni Surprises Dwayne Bravo Amid IPL 2025 Mega Auctions

On Sunday, November 24, in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, the player bidding wars between the teams at the IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League) mega auction began. Notably, MS Dhoni, the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain, surprised Dwayne Bravo, a current mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and a former colleague, with a video call. 'Captain Cool' made a move that was considered heart-warming.

The CSK's social media handle posted a video of Dwayne Bravo looking at a computer screen and laughing aloud while a CSK member gave him a Bluetooth earphone. Bravo spent an incredible 10 seasons playing for CSK under Dhoni's leadership and was instrumental in their three championship victories in 2011, 2018, and 2021. Bravo ended up laughing and being shocked at the same time when he realized it was a video call and that the caller was none other than MS Dhoni.

MS Dhoni reunites with Dwayne Bravo:

IYKYK 📞🦁 #SuperAuction #UngalAnbuden 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/wXfsisAabx

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 24, 2024

As teams fought for their inclusion in their squads, a number of well-known players were put up for auction on the first day of the IPL auction. On the first day of the bidding event, 72 players in a total of 12 sets were auctioned. Being the most expensive players at the auction, Indian stars Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Venkatesh Iyer stole the show.

Rachin Ravindra (INR 4 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (INR 9.75 crore), Noor Ahmad (INR 10 crore), Devon Conway (INR 6.25 crore), Vijay Shankar (1.20 crore), Rahul Tripathi (INR 3.40 crore), and Khaleel Ahmed (INR 4.80 crore) were all purchased by CSK. With nine spots still to be filled, the five-time champions currently have INR 15.60 left in their purse.

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