IPL Retention: Rajasthan Royals retained 6 players, excluded these big players

MN news October 31, 2024

2 minutes read

Image Source : PTI
Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals team started the IPL with the trophy. He won the IPL title in 2008, since then he is waiting for his second trophy. Although in the meantime his team came close to the IPL trophy several times, but could not succeed. For the last several seasons, the Rajasthan Royals team has performed amazingly under the captaincy of Sanju Samson. They have retained a total of 6 players before IPL 2025. At the same time, they have released some big players for auction.

Rajasthan Royals retained these players

6 players retained by Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2025. It includes the names of Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma. Rajasthan Royals have retained Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal for the highest amount. He has given Rs 18-18 crore to both these players. Apart from this, they have retained Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel for Rs 14 crores. Rajasthan has also retained Shumron Hetmyer. They have retained Hetmyer for Rs 11 crore. Rajasthan Royals have retained experienced player Sandeep Sharma as an uncapped player. Sandeep Sharma has been out of Team India for the last five years. In such a situation, he has been kept in the list of uncapped players.

How was your performance last season?

If we take a look at the performance of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024, their team finished third on the points table and reached the playoffs. However, despite making a great start to the tournament, his team could not win the trophy. They have dropped big players like Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal before the IPL auction. They have retained 6 players. Due to which they will not be able to use RTM cards on these players during the auction.

List of players released by Rajasthan Royals:

Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Avesh Khan, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Abid Mushtaq, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Nandre Berger, Keshav Maharaj.