IPL 2023: 3 RR Players Who Can Win The Man of The Tournament Award
Published - 06 Feb 2023, 03:37 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM
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IPL 2022 finalists Rajasthan Royals (RR) bought nine players in the IPL 2023 auction. They have completed a 25-member squad and still, they have 6.75 crores remaining in their purse. The finalists of IPL 2022 would look to go one better and win their second IPL title this year.
The IPL 2022 finalists retained 16 players and in the process retained much of the core of the side. Sanju Samson will continue to lead the side. Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, and Devdutt Padikkal were all retained. All of them played a key role in taking the Royals to their second IPL final.
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Like all the franchises they also had eyes on Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, and Cameron Green for filling up the all-rounder’s slot. They had a pretty solid first XI and needed overall backups which they did manage to buy.
Speaking about The IPL 2023 auction, The BCCI further shortened the list from 991 to 405 players as they announced the final list of players. 369 players were initially shortlisted by 10 teams, but later 36 additional players were requested and they were added to the final list.
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At last 87 players made it to the auction with 30 overseas players. This was after the 10 franchises retained a total of 163 players and released 85 players during the retention window. The Royals had formed a 25-member squad, it’s time now to look at three players who can win the Man of The Tournament award.
IPL 2023: 3 RR Players Who Can Win The Man of The Tournament Award
Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler had a year to remember in 2022. He won the Orange Cap scoring 863 runs in 17 matches taking them to the finals and also won the T20 World Cup 2022 as England’s T20I captain. Buttler is in the form of his life in white-ball cricket especially scoring runs for fun. He will be the most important batter for RR again in IPL 2023. Buttler scored four centuries in IPL 2022 and he would like to start from where he left off last season.
Sanju Samson
While he has stayed away from the national team for most of his career, he is very much the force behind the Rajasthan Royals. Under his captaincy, the team reached the final last year after a long gap of 14 years. After Buttler, he is the most important batter on the side.
He scored 458 runs last season from 17 matches. One important aspect of his game yet again will be his captaincy and how he identifies the strengths and the weaknesses of the opposition.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal will be one of the leading Indian spinners to play in IPL 2023. He picked up 27 wickets last season ending as the Purple Cap winner. After staying out of the team during the T20 World Cup, he is back amongst the wickets in the white-ball format for India.
He will have Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end and the duo can weave their magic over the opposition. Along with Buttler and Samson, Chchal is definitely a candidate to win the player of the tournament award in IPL 2023.
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