Rajasthan Royals fans get emotional, might change loyalties after Steve Smith's release

Australia’s batting star Steve Smith was recently excluded from Rajasthan Royals squ for upcoming Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) season. Ahe of IPL 2021 auction, franchise listed out ir released and retained players on Wednesday, January 20. Steve Smith, who led Rajasthan Royals in previous two editions of tournament, will be replaced by Sanju Samson as ir new captain.

Rajasthan Royals tribute for Steve Smith

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Rajasthan Royals legend Steve Smith gets excluded, fans get emotional

Steve Smith me his debut for Rajasthan Royals back in 2014. Since n, he has represented franchise in 50 matches and has provided some much-needed stability with bat in ir middle-order. Smith’s departure from franchise has evoked some emotional responses from fans of cricketer, with several of m pledging ir loyalties for a different franchise alrey.

While some fans are looking to shift ir loyalties, ors have seemingly accepted truth and have alrey offered ir farewells for decorated cricketer. Here is a look at some of fans reacting to Rajasthan Royals’ decision of parting ways with Steve Smith.

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Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021 list of released players

Steve Smith is t only player to be released by Rajasthan franchise ahe of IPL 2021 auction. franchise has also parted ways with West Indies’ Oshane Thomas, England’s Tom Curran, India’s Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Shashank Singh and Akash Singh. On Thursday, January 21, social media accounts of Rajasthan Royals shared a two-minute video that paid a tribute to ir outbound cricketers. Here is a look at video as released by franchise.

Rajasthan Royals squ 2021

Jos Buttler, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer among ors are those who retained ir spots for upcoming IPL 2021 season. y will play under leership of newly-appointed captain Sanju Samson, who has been one of ir leing run-scorers in past few years. Here is a look at entire Rajasthan Royals squ 2021, which includes 17 cricketers y retained from ir previous edition’s squ.

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Im source: IPLT20.COM