Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team: 2020 IPL Players List

The 2008 champions, last season failed to qualify for the play-offs after most of their overseas players left early due to the World Cup. Rajasthan Royals did learn from their mistakes this year during the auction as they signed back-ups if first choice foreign players do leave early due to national commitments. They also managed to sign some Indian under-19 stars in the IPL 2020 auction. Their biggest signing was Robin Uthappa who has won multiple IPL titles with Kolkata Knight Riders.  Rajasthan Royals added as many as 11 players in their squad for the 2020 edition of the cash-rich T20 cricket league. Apart from releasing and signing players, RR also traded Ajinkya Rahane to the Delhi Capitals. We look at how the Royals did during the IPL 2020 auction

Players released by Rajasthan Royals before the IPL 2020 auction

Ahead of the IPL 2020 auction, Rajasthan Royals released the likes of Ashton Turner, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun and Ajinkya Rahane.

Players signed by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2020 auction

During the IPL 2020 auction, Rajasthan Royals spent ₹14.15 crore on Robin Uthappa (₹3 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (₹3 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹2.4 crore), Kartik Tyagi (₹1.3 crore), England pacer Tom Curran (₹1 crore) Anuj Rawat (₹80 lakh), South Africa batsman David Miller (₹75 lakh), West Indies pacer Oshane Thomas (₹50 lakh), Akash Singh (₹20 lakh), and Anirudha Ashok Joshi (₹20 lakh).

Rajasthan Royals Full squad

Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Steve Smith(c), Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat.

List of overseas players for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020

Steven Smith (captain), Jos Buttler (wk), David Miller, Ben Stokes, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran.

List of Indian players for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020

Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (wk), Shashank Singh, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Rahul Tewatia, Aniruddha Joshi, Shreyas Gopal Mayank Markande, Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh.