Rajasthan Royals are back at the IPL auction eyeing to chase the IPL title that has evaded them since the opening season. After a good 2022 season, they missed the play-off in 2023 and for them, the auction is important to plug the holes they have troubled them in the season before. Rajasthan Royals were quiet for a good part of the auction but managed to pull off some good signings, which includes Rovman Powell. Besides, they have signed young Proteas fast bowler Nandre Burger. IPL 2024 Auction: Ten Most Expensive Players in History of Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals have managed to retain 17 players including five overseas players. The Sanju Samson-led outfit also signed youngster Shubham Dubey for a sum of Rs 5.80 crore. The inaugural champions had made it to the final in 2021 and failed to qualify in the previous edition, which CSK won. IPL 2024 Auction Round-up and Highlights.
RR Players Bought at IPL 2024 Auction: Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Nandre Burger, Abid Mushtaq
RR Players Retained Ahead of IPL 2024 Auction:
Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore.
RR Previous Season Recap: RR had a good start to the 2023 season but their campaign fell off the track after a few close losses and from there on they failed to make it to the play-off despite showing much promise.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 19, 2023 01:08 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).