Ending with last and last-second position in back-to-back years. Things will definitely change here since there is a change in captain and a mastermind from Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakara has joined the squad as head coach. Let`s evaluate full squad Rajasthan Royals.
Auction Picks:
Rajasthan tried to address their problem of Death over bowling by bringing Chris Morris into the side for a whopping amount of 16.25 cr. With this buy, Royals went for one more player from the Royal i.e Indian Left Handed Allrounder Mr.Dube.It seems like it wasn’t ending yet and they picked up an RCB’s net bowler Chetan Sakariya. They also picked back Liam Livingstone and went for Bangladesh’s pacer Rahman.
Full squad Rajasthan Royals
Full squad Rajasthan Royals
CBC’s predicated playing XI:
Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Jofra Archer, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal.
Bench Strength :
Since Jofra is going to miss the initial phase of IPL Andrew Tye will have a major role. David Miller and Liam Livingstone have an important role if an Indian batsman fails.RR traded Robin to CSK and they might miss Indian batsman like last year, but there is a fact they didn’t Manan Vohra last year. This trade reminds me of an interesting trade Mayank Markande who was traded from MI to DC and then DC to RR in a single year but didn’t get a chance.
Top 5 Fantasy Picks if they get a chance in Playing XI :
1- Chris Morris:
With the price tag of 16.25 cr.
5 wickets with economy 5.71 in 5 matches in recently finished SA’s domestic T20 competition.
In the last IPL, he picked 11 wickets and conceded runs with an economy of 6.63 in 9 matches.
He’s a handy batsman down the order. His overall IPL career strike rate 157.88
2- David Miller:
Got one game in last IPL season (got run out without facing a single ball)
In recent series vs Pak- he played a gem of innings 85*(45) in a T20I decider.
In the CSA T20 Challenge, he played two match-winning knocks of 49*(35) & 56*(38)
3- Andrew Tye:
21 wickets in 17 matches in this BBL season for Perth Scorchers
Overall in his IPL career- he picked 40 wickets in 27 matches.
He picked 5/17 on his IPL debut playing for Gujarat Lions (which included hat-trick)
4- Liam Livingstone:
He made his IPL debut in 2019 for RR. He played only 4 matches then.
Now he is a much-improved player.
426 runs in 14 matches in this BBL season, also picked 5 wickets. He can bowl off break & leg break both.
Also in Vitality Blast (England’s domestic T20 competition) last year- he picked 9 wickets in 7 matches.
5- Mahipal Lomror:
Made his IPL debut way back in 2018. But played only 7 matches so far.
In the recently finished Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored 272 runs in 5 matches with 3 fifties.. also bowls decent left-arm spin (orthodox).
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