Rajasthan Royals are the franchise of Indian Premier League, based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The team found in 2008 and become the champions of the first under skipper (Shane Warne). Sawai Mansingh Stadium, home ground where Royals player home games, having capacity of 30,000. Royals recently made couple of changes to their batting and bowling line-up. Things did not go well last season, Royals only manage to win five matches out of 15 while suffer defeat in 9 matches. It’s a great chance to build the squad, there are some players which Rajasthan will not going retain for the upcoming season. Rajasthan Royals IPL squad for 2022 based on players list in mega auction and retentions updated.
| Players | Base Salary | Status | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanju Samson | $1.9m | Local | 2022 |
| Jos Buttler | $1.3m | Overseas | 2022 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | $530,000 | Local | 2022 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | $1m | Local | 2022 |
| Karun Nair | $195k | Local | 2022 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | $1.12m | Overseas | 2022 |
| Rassie Van Der Dussen | $110k | Overseas | 2022 |
| Daryl Mitchell | $93k | Overseas | 2022 |
| James Neesham | $200k | Overseas | 2022 |
| Riyan Parag | $505k | Local | 2022 |
| Dhruv Jurel | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | $666k | Local | 2022 |
| Shubham Garhwal | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Trent Boult | $1m | Overseas | 2022 |
| Prasidh Krishna | $1.3m | Local | 2022 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | $860k | Local | 2022 |
| KC Cariappa | $35k | Local | 2022 |
| Navdeep Saini | $345k | Local | 2022 |
| Obed Mccoy | $92k | Overseas | 2022 |
| Anunay Singh | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Kuldeep Sen | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Tejas Baroka | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Kuldip Yadav | $30k | Local | 2022 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | $330k | Overseas | 2022 |
Since, Ben Stokes name not included in retentions there are many chances another English bowler or all-rounder will replace him. Most chances of Jos Butler, who performed very well in T20 World Cup, looking forward to retain the same kind of form in the IPL 2022. The mega auction reported for IPL 2022 in December but no confirmed date yet announced. The retention players detail will be updated on 30th November. Yashasvi Jaiswal also nominated to retain at third place in the Rajasthan squad for 2022 IPL season.
There is limitation set by IPL for the players retentions (IPL 2022 Mega Auction), a team can spend limited amount on Indian first team squad player, one overseas player and two uncapped Indian players. Liam Livingstone one of the best T20 hard hitters is second opinion for the Royals selectors if they do not get (Jofra Archer or Jos Butler). Complete details based on Rajasthan Royals IPL squad 2022 updated once mega auction and retentions take place in two months time period.