IPL Auctions 2023: Details for Rajasthan Royals’ purse balance, retained players and released players

Indian Premier League (IPL) released the list for the upcoming auction, which will take place in Kochi on December 23. A total of 405 cricket players will be auctioned off. The 10 franchises initially selected 369 players from the list of 991 players who had signed up for the IPL’s 2023 season. A total of 405 players will be offered at the IPL 2023 Auction after the franchises later requested the addition of 36 players, who were included in the final list.

Out of those 405 players in the list, 273 are Indians, 132 are overseas players while four are from associate nations. Meanwhile, 119 of those 405 players are capped international players while 282 are uncapped.

Sanju Samson will serve as the captain of the Rajasthan Royals. Prior to the IPL 2023 mini-auction, which will take place on December 23 in Kochi, it has released nine players while keeping its core. James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch, and Nathan Coulter-Nile are the five overseas players that Rajasthan has released. The other released by RR are Anunay Singh, Karun Nair, Shubham Garhwal, and Tejas Baroka.

The Right to Match (RTM) option will not be available in the IPL auction of 2023. Each team may select a squad of no more than 25 players. The team can only select a maximum of 8 foreign players from among these. 75% of each franchise’s total salary cap must be used. Beyond the salary cap, there can be no purchases made. In the IPL auction 2023, each team is subject to a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores. 5 crores more than the previous auction, to be exact. After retentions, Samson’s men will still have 13.2 crore INR in their pockets.

Rajasthan Royals Retained Players – Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Rajasthan Royals Released Players – Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka