Rajasthan Royals finalized their retention list for the IPL 2025 auction and sent the list of retained players to the BCCI. All franchises had a deadline to submit their final list of retained players for the IPL 2025 Auction by Thursday, October 31.
BCCI has allowed each franchise to retain 6 players in their team ahead of IPL 2025. Of them, there can be 5 or less capped international players and 2 or less uncapped members. Therefore, franchises can choose a combination of 5+1 or 4+2 players retained in their roster.
Each franchise has been allocated Rs. Salary purse of 120 crores and they can use Rs. 75 crores for its members retained. They can use 18-14-11 crore for the first three retentions. They can go ahead with Rs. 18 crores and Rs. 14 crore if they want to retain six members. The cost for unlimited players is set at Rs. 4 crores.
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Rajasthan Royals reached Qualifier 2 last season
Rajasthan Royals is a team that has come a long way since the last mega auction. Rajasthan Royals made it to the playoffs last season but lost the Qualifier 2 match to Sunriser’s Hyderabad. Notably, the team led by Sanju Samson lost the final of the 2022 season.
In the league stage, Rajasthan Royals won 8 matches and lost 5 out of 14. With 17 points, they finished at the third place in the points table. They defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifiers but lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 and failed to reach the finals.
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Rajasthan Royals showed incredible teamwork last season
Riyan Parag was the team’s highest run-getter last season with 573 runs. Sanju Samson followed him with 531 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal was another impressive batsman with 435 runs.
Among the bowlers, Avesh Khan took the most 19 wickets for the team in 16 games. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 18 scalps in 15 matches, while Trent Boult got 16 wickets. Therefore, the RR players showed a lot of teamwork in both batting and bowling until their trip to Qualifier 2 last season.
Now, since RR had many brilliant members in their team last season, the franchise will face a big challenge to form an equally dominant team. Notably, many RR members are also part of the national teams and other franchises will focus on them during the IPL 2025 Auction.
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IPL 2025 Auction: Rajasthan Royals (RR) Retention List and Retained Players List Below
According to Cricbuzz, RR has decided to retain the following players in IPL 2025 retention:
1. Sanju Samson
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Riyan Parag
4. Shimron Hetmeyer
5. Dhruv Trevally
6. Sandeep Sharma (uncapped)