IPL 2015 Auction: Full list of players bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for IPL 8

Full list of players bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Indian Premier League (IPL) 8.

Rajasthan Royals has a tradition of unearthing exciting talent © IANS

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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.