Rajasthan Royals (RR) are the champions of the inaugural season of IPL in 2008. However, they haven’t been able to repeat their triumph since. Despite being the first-ever champions of IPL, RR are considered as underdogs and least favorites to win the tournament every year. After 2008, they had their best season in IPL 2022 where they finished in top 2 and qualified for their second IPL final after 14 years. However, they lost the final against Gujarat Titans, who won the title in their maiden IPL season. While in IPL 2023, RR were looking in good touch in the first half of the tournament and were one of the strong contenders to qualify for the playoffs. But things changed drastically in the second half of the season and they went on to lose back-to-back matches. Even after a good start in the first of the season, RR failed to qualify for the IPL 2023 playoffs.
Under the captaincy of Sanju Samson, RR had a strong squad in the previous two seasons but still failed to clinch the title for the second time. They just need to give more push and maintain consistent form to achieve glory in IPL 2024. The squad looks balanced and the management wouldn’t be willing to make too many changes ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
RR Team for IPL 2024 (Updated)
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (ENG).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell (WI), Shubham Dubey.
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abid Mushtaq.
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa (AUS), Nandre Burger (SA), Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan.
RR Target Players in IPL 2024 Auction
RR had a balanced squad in the previous two seasons and they won’t be willing to make too many changes in their combination. However, they might look for some impactful players in the 2024 auction to make their squad stronger. They will be looking for a perfect batter in the middle order, for that, they might target West Indies’ Rovman Powell.
Let’s have a look at the list of players that RR will target in the IPL 2024 auction:
- Rachin Ravindra
- Shardul Thakur
- Michael Bracewell
- Kartik Tyagi
- Akash Singh
- Kuldeep Yadav
RR Retained Players IPL 2024: Complete List
As we mentioned earlier, the management of Rajasthan Royals would not be willing to make too many changes in the squad and retain their best players ahead of IPl 2024 auction. The skipper Sanju Samson lead the team well previously and has been consistently backed by the management. So it is likely that RR would retain him before the auction and he will be seen as the skipper again in IPL 2024.
Star England wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler and the all time leading wicketkeeper in IPL, Yuzvendra Chahal are two of the most crucial players for RR for the last couple of years. Both Buttler and Chahal won the orange cap and purple cap in IPL 2022 respectively and played a major role in their team to qualify for the final. Along with them, Star Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin and batter Yashasvi Jaiswal are the other possible retentions for RR in the upcoming season. Jaiswal had his best season in IPL 2023 where he finished as a leading run scorer for RR with 625 runs from 14 matches at an average of 48.06 and a strike rate of 163.61 with five half-centuries and a hundred
Let’s have a look at the list of all the players who are likely to be retained by RR ahead of IPL 2024 auction:
NO. | Retained Players |
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1 | Adam Zampa |
2 | Avesh Khan (T) |
3 | Dhruv Jurel |
4 | Donovan Ferreira |
5 | Jos Buttler |
6 | Kuldeep Sen |
7 | Kunal Rathore |
8 | Navdeep Saini |
9 | Prasidh Krishna |
10 | R. Ashwin |
11 | Riyan Parag |
12 | Sandeep Sharma |
13 | Sanju Samson |
14 | Shimron Hetmyer |
15 | Trent Boult |
16 | Yashaswi Jaiswal |
17 | Yuzvendra Chahal |
RR Released Players IPL 2024: Trade Players List
Fans were excited to see Joe Root in RR colors after the English batter was picked for INR 1 crore in the IPL 2023. However, Root couldn’t find his place in the playing with the batting line up which included Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer. He got only three matches in the season and wasn’t that effective as he scored only 10 runs in those three games.
It looks like Root doesn’t have a place in the RR playing XI and is likely to get released by the franchise in the upcoming auction. Along with him, West Indies pacer Jason Holder is also among the players who could not be a part of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024. Lets have a look at the full list of players which are likely to be released by RR ahead of IPL 2024 auction:
Certainly! Here’s the list in a table format:
NO. | Released Players |
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1 | Abdul P A |
2 | Akash Vashisht |
3 | Jason Holder |
4 | Joe Root |
5 | K.C Cariappa |
6 | K.M. Asif |
7 | Kuldip Yadav |
8 | Murugan Ashwin |
9 | Obed McCoy |
RR IPL 2024 Coaching Staff
Rajasthan Royals have Sri Lankan cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara as their Director of Cricket and Head Coach. His inputs have helped RR in the last couple of years. Along with him, another Sri Lanka’s cricketing great and the former Mumbai Indians player, Lasith Malinga is set to continue his duties as a fast bowling coach of RR in IPL 2024. Let’s have a look at the full list of coaching and support staff for RR in IPL 2024:
Jake Lush McCrum (CEO), Kumar Sangakkara (director of cricket and head coach), Trevor Penney (assistant coach), Lasith Malinga (fast bowling coach), Dishant Yagnik (fielding coach), Zubin Bharucha (Strategy, Development, and Performance Director), Romi Bhinder (manager), John Gloster (physio), Richard das Neves (spin bowling and strategy coach), Lisa Keightley (tactical performance coach), Siddharth Lahiri (support coach).