The first-ever IPL champions, Rajasthan Royals, have done their part in the IPL auction. Now the team would hope for the players to get the job done on the field. In this article, we discuss the full squad of the Rajasthan Royals after the IPL 2026 auction.
Rajasthan Royals Full Squad for IPL 2026 After Auction
Retentions Made by Rajasthan Royals
RR would want the youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, and Dhruv Jurel to come good, having retained them before the auction.
Key Players For Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal has come a long way since making his IPL debut and will now be a part of the leadership group, being one of the senior batters in RR.
Yashasvi has been a consistent run scorer in the Indian Premier League and will have to take the responsibility of doing so once again, taking into account the fact that he bats at the top of the order and has the ability to put pressure on the opposition.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
The kid who took the last IPL season by storm with a breathtaking century against the Gujarat Titans, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, has been the talk of the town since then and has had a lot of good things since then, one of them being scoring runs consistently.
Vaibhav would look to keep up the good work in the back-to-back season and convert the start that he gets into big scores while playing in his natural aggressive manner while opening the innings for the Rajasthan Royals.
Dhruv Jurel
Dhru Jurel, the Indian wicketkeeper batter, can prove to be a dark horse for the Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming season, given the ability that he has to play utility innings at crucial moments in the game.
Jurel will also be expected to do his job behind the stumps as he will now keep wickets on a permanent basis in the absence of former captain Sanju Samson, who has been tarded to the Chennai Super Kings for experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Amid a below-par season in 2025, one bowler who made a strong comeback after being on the expensive side in the first match was Jofra Archer.
The team management would wish for him to keep up the good work he did last season and pick early wickets for the team in the first six overs.
Archer would also expect good support from other bowlers, which wasn’t the case in the last edition.
Performance of Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Rajasthan Royals are still in search of their second IPL title, having won the inaugural season under the leadership of Shane Warne with a number of youngsters at the helm.
Rajasthan Royals Full Squad for IPL 2026 After Auction
| Purse Spent: | ₹122.35 Cr | Purse Left: | ₹2.65 Cr | |
| Players Bought: | 25 / 25 | Overseas Buys: | 8 / 8 | |
| Player | Status | Type | Base Price (Cr) | Sold Price (Cr) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Retained | AR | – | 18 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Retained | AR | – | 14 |
| Dhruv Jurel | Retained | BAT | – | 14 |
| Riyan Parag | Retained | AR | – | 14 |
| Jofra Archer | Retained | BOWL | – | 12.5 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Retained | BAT | – | 11 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | NEW | BOWL | 2 | 7.2 |
| Tushar Deshpande | Retained | BOWL | – | 6.5 |
| Sandeep Sharma | Retained | BOWL | – | 4 |
| Nandre Burger | Retained | BOWL | – | 3.5 |
| Sam Curran | Retained | AR | – | 2.4 |
| Adam Milne | NEW | BOWL | 2 | 2.4 |
| Kwena Maphaka | Retained | BOWL | – | 1.5 |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Retained | BAT | – | 1.1 |
| Donovan Ferreira | Retained | BAT | – | 1 |
| Ravi Singh | NEW | BAT | 0.3 | 0.95 |
| Sushant Mishra | NEW | BOWL | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Shubham Dubey | Retained | BAT | – | 0.8 |
| Kuldeep Sen | NEW | BOWL | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Yudhvir Singh | Retained | AR | – | 0.35 |
| Yash Raj Punja | NEW | BOWL | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Brijesh Sharma | NEW | BOWL | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Vignesh Puthur | NEW | BOWL | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Aman Rao | NEW | BAT | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Lhuan-dre Pretorius | Retained | BAT | – | 0.3 |
