RR Squad for IPL 2025: Who's In, Who's Out?

Inaugural Indian Premier League champions Rajasthan Royals will get their IPL 2025 campaign underway with a fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have also won the tournament once, on March 23. Here’s what the RR squad looks like, compared to last season.

Rajasthan Royals scripted history by becoming the very first IPL champions in 2008. However, they have struggled to replicate that success since. The closest they came to recapturing that glory was in IPL 2022 when they finished runners-up to Gujarat Titans.

Besides their two appearances in the final, they have been able to make it to the playoffs on four other occasions, including last season. In IPL 2024, RR finished third in the league and beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator. However, they were knocked out by Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2.

They’ll be looking to begin their new campaign with plenty of hope and optimism and they have got a young squad with a lot of potential.

RR Squad 2025: Who’s out?

Rajasthan Royals utilised the full capacity of six retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Captain Sanju Samson and star Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal were the highest-paid retentions with both players fetching 18 crores each. Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel were paid 14 crores each for their retentions while RR also retained Caribbean all-rounder Shimron Hetmyer and uncapped Indian bowler Sandeep Sharma.

Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin were the biggest names to be released by the franchise ahead of the mega auction.

Players released by RR ahead of IPL 2025: Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Avesh Khan, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Abid Mushtaq, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj

RR Squad 2025: Who’s in?

Star England pace bowler Jofra Archer proved to be the biggest acquisition for RR at the IPL 2025 mega auction, costing Rs 12.5 crore. They also got the Sri Lankan duo of Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana for 5.25 crore and 4.40 crore respectively.

At 6.50 crore, Tushar Deshpande was the most expensive Indian signing for the 2008 champions who also brought in left-handed batter Nitish Rana for 4.20 crore. Fazalhaq Farooqi adds to the pace option for the franchise while 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi made headlines by fetching a successful 1.10 crore bid from Royals. The franchise also roped in uncapped players like Akash Madhwal, Shubham Dubey and Kumar Kartikeya.

Players signed by RR ahead of IPL 2025: Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya.

RR Squad for IPL 2025: Full player list

Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya.

Find the full squad including batters, bowlers, all-rounders and wicketkeepers here.

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