Published 11:24 IST, February 14th 2022
RR Team 2022: Complete list of players roped in by Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2022
The franchise has made some shrewd business during the bidding process to land some exciting and experienced players for their IPL 2022 team.
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The Rajasthan Royals, after retaining three players, entered the IPL Auction 2022 will have a purse of INR 62 crore. Ahead of the IPL Auction 2022, the Royals had retained Sanju Samson (Rs 14 crore), Jos Buttler (Rs 10 crore), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 4 crore).
By the end of Day 1, the franchise had made some shrewd business during the bidding process to land some exciting and experienced players for their IPL 2022 team. Let's take a look at the Rajasthan Royals player list after completion of IPL Auction 2022 Day 2.
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Rajasthan Royals Players list after IPL Auction 2022
SR NO | Name | Bought / Retained | Price(INR) |
1 | Sanju Samson | Retained | 14 crore |
2 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Retained |
4 crore |
3 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Bought |
5 crore |
4 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Bought |
6.5 crore |
5 | Devdutt Paddikal | Bought |
7.75 crore |
6 | Prasidh Krishna | Bought |
10 crore |
7 | Riyan Parag | Bought |
3.80 crore |
8 | KC Cariappa | Bought |
30 lakh |
9 | Shimron Hetmayer | Bought |
8.5 crore |
10 | Trent Boult | Bought |
8 crore |
11 | Jos Buttler | Retained |
10 crore |
12 | K.C Cariappa | Bought | 30 lakh |
13 | Navdeep Saini | Bought | 2.6 crore |
14 | Obed Mccoy | Bought | 75 lakh |
15 | Dhruv Jurel | Bought | 20 lakh |
16 | Tejas Baroka | Bought | 20 lakh |
17 | Kuldip Yadav | Bought | 20 lakh |
18 | Shubham Garhwal | Bought | 20 lakh |
19 | Anunay Singh | Bought | 20 lakh |
20 | Daryl Mitchell | Bought | 75 lakh |
21 | Rassie Van Der Dussen | Bought | 1 crore |
22 | Karun Nair | Bought | 1.4 crore |
23 | James Neesham | Bought | 1.5 crore |
24 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Bought | 2 crore |
Changes in Rajasthan Royals squad
After a poor outing in outing in the previous season, RR's IPL auction went well on Day 1, with the franchise able to sign some top and promising players for the IPL 2022 campaign. The team has managed to strengthen their bowling by bringing in players a ton of international and IPL experience besides going for youth.
Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have plenty of international and IPL experience be players in charge of the pace and spin department for Rajasthan Royals. Prasidh Krishna, who bowled exceptionally during the recent India vs West Indies ODI series, gives his new franchise a cutting edge with Boult being his bowling partner. The spin department is currently the strongest point of the team with the acquisition of Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin, who are match-winners on the given day.
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Devdutt Paddikal, who played for RCB until last season, is a great buy as it will give the team solidity at the top along with Jos Buttler. Sanju Samson could take the number 3 slot. It will be interesting to see as to what role will Yashasvi Jaiswal gets with Paddikal coming into the team.
In Shimron Hetmyer, the team has purchased a player capable of not only playing big shots but also a batter who is capable of finishing matches for his team.
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08:35 IST, February 13th 2022