IPL 2021: 4 Overseas Players Of Rajasthan Royals Who Might Be Benched Throughout The Season

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will lock horns against Punjab Kings in their first match of IPL 2021. Rajasthan Royals finished on the last 8th spot in IPL 2020. Due to the team’s poor performance, the management released Steve Smith from the team who was the skipper of the team in IPL 2021. Sanju Samson is set to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021.

Other than Steve Smith, Rajasthan Royals also released Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, and Varun Aaron from the squad. During the IPL 2021 auction, Rajasthan Royals bought 8 new players.

Out of these, 3 are overseas players while 5 are domestic players. Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, K.C Cariappa, Akash Singh, and Kuldip Yadav were the 8 players which Rajasthan Royals bought during the auction.

Jofra Archer suffers an elbow injury and he might miss the tournament due to recovery. As a result, the Rajasthan Royals will have to find a replacement for the Archer. There are few overseas players in Rajasthan Royals who might be not selected for the playing 11 in any match. Here we look at 4 overseas players of Rajasthan Royals who might be benched throughout IPL 2021.

IPL 2021: 4 Overseas Players Of Rajasthan Royals Who Might Be Benched Throughout The Season

David Miller

Once David Miller was considered a dangerous batsman in IPL but over the years, his batting charm has faded. In IPL 2017 and IPL 2018, he only played 5 and 3 matches respectively. Last year he played only 1 game for Rajasthan Royals. In IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals have many hard-hitting overseas batsmen like Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, so David Miller might lose his spot to these players.

Mustafizur Rahman

Mustafizur Rahman was bought by Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021 auction. The Bangladesh pacer is a great player but Rajasthan Royals have pacers like Andrew Tye,  Jaydev Unadkat, and Chris Morris in the squad. The team might go with these pacers instead of Mustafizur Rahman. In such a case, Mustafizur Rahman might have to sit out during IPL 2021.

Liam Livingstone

Liam Livingstone is an English cricketer who is an opening batsman and occasional spin bowler. Rajasthan Royals bought him for Rs. 75 lakh during IPL 2021 auction. For openers, Rajasthan Royals have players like Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Sanju Samson. So, there is little chance that Liam Livingstone will make it to the playing 11 in any game.

Andrew Tye

Andrew Tye can lose his spot to Mustafizur Rahman in the playing 11. If the team goes for Mustafizur Rahman in the initial games and he performs his duties well, Rajasthan Royals will prefer Mustafizur Rahman over Andrew Tye. Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are two permanent overseas players in the Rajasthan Royals who will play all the matches. So there is a tough competition for the overseas spot which can affect Andrew Tye’s selection.