Rahul Dravid Assesses RR's Retentions Before IPL 2025 Auction, Says Picking Sanju A 'No-Brainer'

Rajasthan Royals had a lot of star power in franchise, so IPL 2025 Retentions were especially difficult for m. y had to make amends and elect some of team's best players while releasing ors because y could only retain six members in core. This season, RR made some wise decisions and kept several players who have been in excellent form and have excelled for team. franchise's new head coach, Rahul Dravid, has opened up on how manment decided to retain some of ir star players ahead of IPL Mega Auction for 2025 season.

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Rahul Dravid Evaluates RR's Retained Picks Ahead Of IPL 2025 Mega Auction

During an appearance on JioCinema, Rajasthan  Royals' new head coach, Rahul Dravid, opened up on making six retentions in squad. He expressed on keeping stability intact as y head into mega auction. While he pointed out that y would have less cash in ir purse, franchise's core strength y y have locked in certain areas.

"re is definitely stability when you retain six players. We could only retain six players, but if we could have done more, we would have retained more for sure. We believe that players we have retained are deserving. Of course, you have less money when you go to auction, but re is a certain stability that you have blocked in some areas, and n you can see how you have to make whole team," Rahul Dravid said.

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Coach Dravid also opened up on keeping Sanju Samson while several or IPL skippers were released ahead of mega auction. new Rajasthan Royals coach cited that retaining Sanju was a -brainer, assuring that he would stary as skipper for upcoming years.

"Sanju Samson is our batsman, wicketkeeper and captain. He has been captain of this team for many years. So, it was a -brainer for us to retain him as he will be our captain in future too. He was a top retainer pick for us, and he was very involved in our decision process as well," Dravid added.