IPL 2022 Mega Auction: 4 Players That Rajasthan Royals (RR) Might Retain
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: 4 Players That Rajasthan Royals (RR) Might Retain.
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Indian cricket fans are exciting for the 2nd leg of IPL 2021 in September-October later this year. On the other hand, IPL franchises are also keeping a close eye on IPL 2022 mega auction, which is set to take place next year. Since two new teams are going the join the T20 tournament from next year, the tournament will become a 10-team event in the 2022 season.

The mega auction will witness the transfer of many players to different franchises. However, each franchise will also be allowed to retain 4 players in their squad.

According to reports, the mega action rules will allow each franchise to retain 1 or 2 foreign players out of the 4, and the rest can be domestic. It will be a good opportunity for the Rajasthan Royals team to pick some prominent players from the different franchises.

In the last two seasons IPL 2019 and IPL 2020, Rajasthan Royals struggled to perform up to the mark and finished on the 7th and 8th spot in the points table respectively.

The franchise does have few strong international players in the squad but their teamwork has totally failed in the last two seasons. Rajasthan Royals will definitely aim to pick a few powerful batsmen and bowlers in IPL 2022 mega auction but there will also be few players that they will wish to retain. Here we talk about 4 players that Rajasthan Royals might retain in IPL 2022 mega auction.

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IPL 2022 Mega Auction: 4 Players That Rajasthan Royals (RR) Might Retain

Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson, IPL 2022, IPL 2021
Sanju Samson (Image Credit: Twitter)

Sanju Samson is the first player that the franchise might retain for next year’s season. Ahead of IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals dropped their former skipper Steve Smith from the squad and promoted Sanju Samson as the new skipper. While the team struggled under Samson’s leadership with 4 losses and 3 victories in 7 matches, the RR skipper bagged the limelight with his batting.

The right-handed batsman smashed a century in his first match itself and piled up 277 runs in 7 innings at an average of 46.19. He also owned a great strike rate of 145+. In the last few IPL seasons, Samson accounted for 375 runs, 342 runs, and 441 runs in IPL 2020, 2019, and 2018 respectively. Due to his consistent batting show, Rajasthan Royals has retained Sanju Samson over the years and the franchise might retain him again in the 2022 season.

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