The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the upcoming edition of 2020 has started at Kolkata and it will be engrossing to see how each of the teams finally shapes up. Here is what the Rajasthan Royals (RR) is up to in the auctions.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Before the Auction
Players Released: Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun.
Players Retained: Steve Smith (captain), Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Ankit Rajpoot
Purse Remaining (after the auction): ₹14.75 crores
Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa, who won the Orange Cap in the 2014 edition of the tournament, is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹3 crores. Given they lost Ajinkya Rahane, Uthappa can be very useful for them.
Jaydev Unadkat
Rajasthan Royals (RR) manages to retain Jaydev Unadkat for ₹3 crores. He can be a good buy, but he needs to do well in the death overs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
17-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was having a base price of ₹20L has been bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.4 Crores.
Anuj Rawat
Anuj Rawat, the young wicket-keeper who has a nice batting record too was bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹80 Lakhs.
Akash Singh
The uncapped young fast bowler Akash Singh bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 Lakhs.
Kartik Tyagi
Kartik Tyagi was bought by Rajasthan Royals for a decent amount of ₹1.3 crores
David Miller
David Miller was a surprise buy for Rajasthan as they bought him for just ₹75 lakhs.
Oshane Thomas
Rajasthan Royals bought Oshane Thomas again for his base price of ₹50 lakhs.
Anirudha Joshi
Rajasthan Royals bought the al-rounder, Anirudha Joshi for his base price of ₹20 lakhs.
Andrew Tye
Andre Tye was brought by Rajasthan Royal for his base price of ₹1 crore.
Tom Curran
Rajasthan Royals bought Tom Curran for his base price of ₹1 crore.
Final RR Squad For IPL 2020
Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande (Transferred), Rahul Tewatia (Transferred), Ankit Rajpoot (Transferred), Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye, Oshane Thomas, Aniruddha Joshi
