IPL 2018: Rajathan Royals Announce Their Captain

Rajasthan Royals have appointed Steven Smith as the captain of the team.

On the IPL retention day, the franchise retained Smith.

It had to pay an amount of Rs 12.50 Crore to retain the Aussie captain.

This already gave indications that Smith would be leading the team and an official announcement was made on today (February 24).

He was also the captain of the side in IPL 2015.

Later, when the franchise was banned for a period of two years, he went onto lead Rising Pune Supergiant in one season.

He also led the team to the final of the tournament in IPL 2017, before RPS lost to Mumbai Indians by just one run in the final.

In the IPL auction 2018, the franchise retained Ajinkya Rahane by the use of Right to Match (RTM) card.

He is expected to assist captain Smith in the job.

Rahane has experience of leading the Indian team in past.

Rajasthan Royals made some big buys in the IPL auction 2018.

Ben Stokes and Jaydev Unadkat were two topmost buys in the IPL auction, respectively.

Stokes was sold a price of Rs 12.50 Crore while Unadkat garnered Rs 11.50 Crore.

Rajasthan Royals will open their campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 3 in Hyderabad.

In the opening contest of the season, Mumbai Indians will face Chennai Super Kings.

The final of the tournament will be played on May 27 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

RR Squad: Steve Smith (retained 12.5 crore), Ben Stokes (12.5 c), Ajinkya Rahane (4 c), Stuart Binny (50 Lakh), Sanju Samson (8 c), Jos Buttler (4.4 c), Rahul Tripathi (3.4 c), D’Arcy Short (4 c), Jofra Archer (7.2 c), K Gowtham (6.2 crore), Dhawal Kulkarni (75 lakh, RTM), Jaydev Unadkat (11.5 crore), Ankit Sharma (20 lakh), Anureet Singh (30 lakh), Zahir Khan Pakteen (60 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (20 lakh), MS Midhun (20 lakh), Prashant Chopra (20 lakh), Ben Laughlin (50 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (20 lakh), Aryaman Birla (30 lakh), Jatin Saxena (20 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (50 lakh).

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