Defending champions Mumbai Indians have retained captain Rohit Sharma, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
The bill, which has divided political parties and drawn criticism from several Muslim bodies, was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 28. It now has to be passed by the Rajya Sabha to become a law.
Chennai Super Kings tweeted a video of Dhoni signing his contract papers where he can be heard saying "back home". Dhoni's daughter Ziva was also seen in the video.
Leader of the House Arun Jaitley accused Congress of sabotaging the bill and questioned the motions moved by Congress MP Anand Sharma and Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of TMC. He argued that the motions stand invalid on technical grounds.
On December 28, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. The legislation, which has to be cleared by the Rajya Sabha, criminalises instant divorce with three years of imprisonment for Muslim husbands.
Smith was earlier on retained by Rajasthan Royals where he had been a part of the team during 2014 and 2015 and led the side to the play-offs as well.
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KKR have instead elected to retain West Indies duo Sunil Narine for Rs 8.5 crore and Andre Russell for Rs 7 crore.
Breaking all the records, the world's best batsman Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping price of INR 17 crores during the first-ever IPL player retention event in Mumbai.
Ponting now fills the void which was left vacant by former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid who stepped down in the previous season.
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