Rajasthan Royals – IPL 2021 Players Released and Retained

Sanju Samson is named the new captain Rajasthan Royals after the franchise decided to release Aussie cricketer Steve Smith ahead of the IPL 2021 auction. Kumar Sangakkara will join the franchise as the Director of Cricket.

Royals released 8 cricketers from their squad which allows them to add INR 12.5 Crore to their purse for the auction.

Released Players:

Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Singh

Squad/Retained Players:  

Sanju Samson (c), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa

Purse Remaining for Auction: INR 34.85 cr.

Players Remaining: 8
Overseas slots Remanining: 3