Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2024 Auction: Full list of players bought by RR, complete squad

Thanks to the late Shane Warne’s outstanding tactics as captain, Rajasthan Royals will forever be known as the inaugural champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), having beaten Chennai Super Kings in 2008.

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That, however, would be the Royals’ only title in the 15 years that have passed since. The Jaipur-based franchise would reach the final just once since then — in the 2022 edition, where they would lose against the debuting Gujarat Titans to finish runners-up.

RR entered the auction with the second-lowest purse among the 10 franchises — an amount of Rs 14.5 crore. After releasing nine players, including senior overseas players Jason Holder and Joe Root, they were left with eight slots (three overseas).

RR full squad: Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Avesh Khan (Traded from LSG), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger

Players bought by RR at IPL 2024 Auction: Rovman Powell (Rs 7.4 crore), Shubham Dubey (Rs 5.8 crore), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Rs 40 lakh), Abid Mushtaq (Rs 20 lakh), Nandre Burger (Rs 50 lakh)

Purse left: Rs 20 lakh

Overseas slots available: 0

Total available slots: 3

Rajasthan Royals retained players: Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Avesh Khan (Traded from LSG), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira.

Rajasthan Royals released players: Murugan Ashwin. KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Akash Vashisht, Abdul Basith, Kuldip Yadav, Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy.