To begin with, they traded Devdutt Padikkal to Lucknow Super Giants for Avesh Khan. At the auction, the Rajasthan Royals bought Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey and Abid Mushtaq.
The trio of veteran spin bowlers Adam Zampa, Yuzvendra Chahal, and R Ashwin represents the Royals in IPL. Zampa might not start every game, but as the competition goes on and the conditions deteriorate, he might be crucial.
New capped Indian players Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel will try to bring their confidence from their strong performance in the Test match against England. Jaiswal made history last year as well, smashing 625 runs at a strike rate of 163.61, with five half-centuries and a century. An IPL record, one of the fifty came off of thirteen balls. Last year, Jurel, batting in the lower order, amassed 134 runs at a strike rate of 172.72 in 88 deliveries.
Riyan Parag’s outstanding all-around performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will give the Royals hope. With 510 runs at an average of 85.00 and a strike rate of 182.79, he was the tournament’s top run scorer. In ten innings, that amounted to seven half-centuries. In addition, Parag claimed 11 wickets at a 7.29 economy rate.
Their pace bowling unit has been further boosted with the addition of Avesh Khan in replacement of Devdutt Padikkal, but that wasn’t their main worry. They haven’t provided enough backups, which has made the batting somewhat vulnerable. At the most recent auction, they were also unable to significantly increase the batting strength in their bowling unit. To perhaps add some firepower to their bottom middle order, they did find a couple of powerful batters.
New Players in Rajasthan Royals : Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger
Full Squad : Abid Mushtaq, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sin, Kunal Singh Rathore, Nandre Burger, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal
Possible XI : Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
