Rajasthan Royals have built a strong bowling unit around their retained core group of players but lack of bench strength is a setback for the inaugural champions.

Rajasthan Royals entered the auction with a purse value of only Rs. 41 crores, which was the lowest among the ten franchises. However, the Royals managed to build a strong squad of 20 players for the next season,

On Day 2, RR spent 4.20 crores on Nitish Rana. They also roped in pacer Tushar Deshpande for ₹ 6.50 crores. They also signed Shubman Dubey for ₹ 80 Lakhs. RR also signed 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for ₹ 1.10 Cr, from a base price of ₹ 30 Lakh, making him the youngest-ever player to be picked in IPL.

Even after coming into the auction with one of the lowest purses, Rajasthan Royals have made a squad that could stitch up a very strong Playing XI, with perfect balance of batters, bowlers and all rou

RR's retentions are as follows – Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 Cr), Sanju Samson (18 Cr), Dhruv Jurel (14 Cr), Riyan Parag (14 Cr), Shimron Hetmyer (11 Cr) and Sandeep Sharma (4 Cr).

Rajasthan spent Rs 5.25 crore on Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga. Maheesh Theekshana was roped in as another spin-bowling option. RR forked out Rs 4.20 crore to take Nitish Rana on board. Fazalhaq Farooqi was acquired at his base price of Rs 2 crore.