Rajasthan Royals Team 2023: Squad, Captain, Retained, and Released Players List

The anticipation for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 has already begun. By November 15th, the participating teams were expected to deliver the list of players they had retained and released. The Rajasthan Royals were one of the top-performing teams in the previous IPL. They were the runner-up the last season and are preparing for the trophy this year. In the auction in December 2022, they announced their entire team, where they retained some of their players and let others go.

The IPL team always considers the top international players and those that had successful prior seasons when bidding in the IPL. The Rajasthan Royals made some significant bids on the members to strengthen their middle order. They paid Rs. 1 crore for Joe Root and Rs. 5.75 crores for Jason Holder. They let go of 11 players and bought Donovan Ferreira (Rs 20 lakhs), Kunal Rathore (Rs 20 lakhs), Adam Zampa (Rs 1.5 crore), K.M. Asif (Rs 30 lakhs), Murugan Ashwin (Rs 20 lakhs), Akash Vashisht (Rs 20 lakhs) and Abdul P A (Rs 20 lakhs). With a budget of 9.85 crores and nine new team members, Rajasthan Royals completed their squad.

Rajasthan Royals went into the auction in search of a decent all-rounder, and they got exactly what they needed, as they bought former West Indian skipper and all-rounder Jason Holder. This deal, though expensive, might be a sensible one. Besides that, they also made a few changes to the team, giving us a list of players that looks like this:

• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Trent Boult
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Sanju Samson
• Riyan Parag
• R. Ashwin
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Prasidh Krishna
• Obed Mccoy
• Navdeep Saini
• Devdutt Padikkal
• Dhruv Jurel
• Jos Buttler
• K.C Cariappa
• Kuldeep Sen
• Kuldip Yadav
• Joe Root
• Donovan Ferreira
• Kunal Rathore
• Adam Zampa
• K.M. Asif
• Murugan Ashwin
• Akash Vashisht
• Abdul P A

Sanju Samson has been selected as the team’s captain for the 2023 season; Sanju Vishwanath Samson is a right-handed batsman with excellent wicket-keeping abilities. He made his Indian Premier League debut in 2013 and won over the fans in his first season with his strong performance. This wicketkeeper batter is believed to have been trained by India’s most famous batsman, Rahul Dravid. Sanju has a respectable IPL track record.

He scored approximately 342 runs during the 2019 IPL season and added another 375 runs during the following season in 2020. Later, in 2021, he was given a chance to serve as the IPL team’s manager. He was the RR’s leader in 2022 and was eager to begin his third season as the team’s captain.

Because the Rajasthan Royals team reached the finals in 2022, it is clear that he has been performing and managing the team successfully. As a result, Rajasthan Royals supporters anticipate their team winning the IPL championship in 2023.

Rajasthan Royals retained the best team members with their captains in the IPL auction in December 2022. The list of players they have announced to retain are:

• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Trent Boult
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Sanju Samson
• Riyan Parag
• R. Ashwin
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Prasidh Krishna
• Obed Mccoy
• Navdeep Saini
• Devdutt Padikkal
• Dhruv Jurel
• Jos Buttler
• K.C Cariappa
• Kuldeep Sen
• Kuldip Yadav

With last year’s performance, where they ended up as runner-ups, Rajasthan Royals are unwilling to take any risks. They have released eight members this season and replaced them with new members. The list of players they have let go are:

• Anunay Singh
• Corbin Bosch
• Daryl Mitchell
• James Neesham
• Karun Nair
• Nathan Coulter-Nile
• Rassie Van Der Dussen
• Shubham Garhwal
• Tejas Baroka