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While other teams in the IPL have famous players, the Royals has a tradition of unearthing exciting talent. Royals has a history of picking non-flashy, uncapped players. They have always put emphasis on buying players at cut-throat prices while picking unknown talent of all ages and backing them. IPL 2015 Player Auction Live Updates
About five players were retained during the last season in the form of Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Stuart Binny by Rajasthan. Shane Watson would be leading the side again along with Rahul Dravid, who would continue to act as the mentor for the team. The team lost in a thrilling manner in the group stage to Mumbai Indians and eventually missed out on a play-off spot.
As the IPL auction 2015 came to an end, the champions of the inaugural edition of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals had six more players in their bags, with all-rounder, Christopher Morris (SA) being the top buy for Rs. 1.40 crore. Also Juan Theron was the uncapped oversea bowler, bought for Rs. 30 lakhs. Read: Rajasthan Royals go for wise spending in IPL Auctions 2015
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Following are the players bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2015 Auction:
Players |
Base Price |
Selling Price |
Playing Role |
Country |
Chris Morris | Rs. 50,00,000 | Rs. 1,40,00,000 | All-rounder | South Africa |
Pardeep Sahu | Rs. 10,00,000 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Batsman | India |
Dinesh Salunkhe | Rs. 10,00,000 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Batsman | India |
B Singh Saran | Rs. 10,00,000 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Bowler | India |
Juan Theron | Rs. 30,00,000 | Rs. 30,00,000 | Bowler | South Africa |
SV Trivedi | Rs. 10,00,000 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Batsman | India |
Players retained by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for IPL 8
Name | Role | Country |
Shane Watson | All-rounder | Australia |
Abhishek Nayar | All-rounder | India |
Ajinkya Rahane | Batsman | India |
Ben Cutting | Bowler | Australia |
Dhawal Kulkarni | Bowler | India |
James faulkner | All-rounder | Australia |
Pravin Tambe | Bowler | India |
Kane Richardson | Bowler | Australia |
Sanju Samson | Batsman | India |
Steven Smith | All-rounder | Australia |
Stuart Binny | All-rounder | India |
Tim Southee | Bowler | India |
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The 2015 IPL auction is all set to take place in Bangalore on Monday for the upcoming season this year, which will be the eighth edition of the cash-rich league. Around 200 players are expected to go through the auctions with the eight franchises to battle it out with their funds. Delhi Daredevils will be the team to watch out for as they have released most of their players and look to rebuild their team in wake of the dismal performance last season, thus finishing at the bottom of the table.
Rajasthan Royals at IPL Player Auction 2015: Royals continue to remain wise