Rajasthan Royals (RR) enter the IPL 2026 mini auction after making some of the boldest decisions of the season\u2014releasing long-time captain Sanju Samson along with several big overseas names. With major star additions like Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran already in, RR are gearing up for a refreshed identity.<\/p>\n
RR head into the auction with Rs 16.05 crore remaining<\/strong>, giving them solid financial room to complete their squad around their newly formed core.<\/p>\n The franchise has nine slots available<\/strong>, including just one overseas slot<\/strong>, which RR will likely reserve for a high-impact role\u2014either a finisher or a frontline bowler.<\/p>\n Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga.<\/p>\n RR have let go of several key performers, including their captain Samson and star spinners Theekshana and Hasaranga, signalling a fresh direction for the franchise.<\/p>\n Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh.<\/p>\n The retained squad looks powerful and well-rounded\u2014Jadeja and Curran add elite all-round quality, Jaiswal and Hetmyer anchor the batting, Archer and Burger strengthen pace, while Riyan Parag continues as the central domestic figure.<\/p>\n With nine slots open and only one overseas pick left, RR are expected to target Indian batting depth, a wrist spinner, and reliable finishers at the IPL 2026 mini auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rajasthan Royals (RR) enter the IPL 2026 mini auction after making some of the boldest decisions of the season\u2014releasing long-time\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}RR remaining slots for IPL 2026 auction<\/strong><\/h2>\n
RR released players ahead of IPL 2026 auction<\/strong><\/h2>\n
RR retained players for IPL 2026 season<\/strong><\/h2>\n