Rajasthan Royals entered the 2025 IPL mega auctions with a basic purse value of 41 crore, as they had spent a cumulative INR 79 crores, retaining 6 players—Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmyer in the capped player category, and Sandeep Sharma in the uncapped player category. RR throughout, focused more on its bowling line-up. They desperately got England speedstar Jofra Archer in the team, even though having a humble purse value. Initially, it was a bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Supergiants, but LSG stepped back as the price rose to 8.50 crore, raised by Rajasthan. An intense paddle fight between Mumbai and Rajasthan and Jofra reunites with the pink army with a huge amount of INR 12.50 crore. Other than retaining Sandeep Sharma, they further bought the former CSK bowler Maheesh Theekshana and added Wanindu Hasaranga to the list as well. Tushar Deshpande was their most expensive buy among the Indian bowlers and stole the Mumbai Indians star Akash Madhwal for just 1 core. Speaking of batting, the squad looks decent, having the captain Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, as well as Dhruv Jurel on the list. They have also added KKR's Nitish Rana, further strengthening the core, and have Hetmyer retained to go big down the order. However, their squad lacks enough bench strength. Both Archer and Hasaranga don't have good names in terms of health. Jofra once missed an entire season of IPL due to injury while he was signed with MI. Moreover, Deshpande, despite having wicket-taking skills, is too expensive to rely on. Afghanistan's World Cup star Fazalhaq Farooqi can give some hope, but not enough for the team to relax. Also Read | MI Squad for IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians Full Squad and Probable XI Rajashthan Royals' squad for IPL 2025 NO PLAYERS ROLE INDIA PRICE (IN INR) 1 Sanju Samson India Wicketkeeper 18 crore 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal India Batter 18 crore 3 Dhruv Jurel India Wicketkeeper 14 crore 4 Riyan Parag India All rounder 14 crore 5 Jofra Archer England Bowler 12.50 crore 6 Shimron Hetmyer West Indies Batter 11 crore 7 Tushar Deshpande India Bolwer 6.50 crore 8 Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka Bolwer 5.25 crore 9 Maheesh Theekshana Sri Lanka Bolwer 4.4 crore 10 Nitish Rana India Batter 4.20 crore 11 Sandeep Sharma India Bolwer 4 crore 12 Fazalhaq Farooqi Afghanistan Bowler 2 crore 13 Kwena Maphaka India 1.50 crore 14 Akash Madhwal India Bolwer 1.20 crore 15 Vaibhav Suryavanshi India Batter 1.10 crore 16 Shubham Dubey India Batter 80 lakh 17 Yudhvir Singh India All rounder 35 lakh 18 Kumar Kartikeya India All rounder 30 lakh 19 Kunal Rathore India Wicketkeeper 30 lakh 20 Ashok Sharma India Bowler 30 lakh Rajasthan Royals formed their team with 20 (15 Indians and 5 overseas) players, buying 14 of those in the auction. RR still had 5 slots left and a purse remaining of INR 0.30. Probable Playing XI of Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by CricketGully (@cricketgullyofficial) Strongest XI of RR for IPL 2025: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Aakash Madhwal, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma Impact Subs: Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande