The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction for the upcoming edition of 2023 has started in Kochi and it will be engrossing to see how each of the teams finally shapes up. Here is what the Rajasthan Royals (RR) are up to in the auctions.
Before Auction
Retained Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Jos Buttler *, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy*, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer*, Trent Boult*, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal
Available Purse: ₹13.3 Crores
During Auction
Jason Holder
Jason Holder is also in great demand with CSK and RR bidding for him with all their might. 5.75 is the current bid from RR and CSK was contemplating. It seems that they don’t want to go ahead from there. That’s it for RR, they bag the services of Jason Holder for ₹5.75 crores.
Joe Root
Joe Root returns to the auction and Rajasthan Royals make the opening and closing bid for him. He goes for INR 1 Crore.
- Donovan Ferreira has been signed by RR for INR 50 lakh.
- Kunal Rathore is roped in by RR for INR 20 lakh.
- Adam Zampa has found a new franchise in RR as they picked him at his base price of INR 1.5 crore.
- KM Asif and Murugan Aswin were bought by RR for their base price of INR 30 lakhs and INR 20 lakhs respectively.
- RR bought the services of Akash Vashisht and Abdul P A for their base prices of INR 20 lakhs