Strength and Weakness of RR: Rajasthan has explosive batting, Hetmyer also made the finish strong; Not a top class all-rounder

Mar 22, 2024 Divya Bharat

Jaipur36 minutes ago

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Rajasthan Royals team looks very strong. The team has a very strong batting line, power hitters and a strong bowling attack, but the team lacks all-rounders. In such a situation, combination in playing-11 can be difficult.

Rajasthan will play its first match in the current season against Lucknow Supergiants on March 24. The team that won the title in the inaugural season of the league is still waiting for the second title. Rajasthan traveled to the finals in the 2022 season, but the new team Gujarat Titans, captained by Hardik Pandya, broke the team's dream. Last season, the team was ranked 5th in 2023.

Batting became stronger with the arrival of Shubham Dubey, Powell made the finisher point perfect.
Rajasthan Royals bought 5 players by spending Rs 14.30 crore in the last auction. However, the place of 3 players remained vacant in the mini auction. The franchise strengthened the batting by including finisher Rovman Powell and uncapped Shubham Dubey. Nandre Berger worth Rs 50 lakh has strengthened the fast bowling.

Possible playing-11

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Shubham Dubey, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan.

The Rajasthan franchise has not yet chosen the replacement for Prasidh Krishna.

Strength

Jaiswal, Butler and Samson in top order Explosive openers Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and captain Sanju Samson are making Rajasthan's top order strong. Strengthened the middle order by adding Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag and Rovman Powell.
Names like Boult in pace battery, Ashwin-Chahal in spin The bowling department of the team is already excellent. The team has bowlers like Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Trent Boult and Avesh Khan. Apart from the pacers, there are spinners like Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Adam Zampa. Chahal is the top wicket taker of the league.
Many options in backup The Rajasthan franchise has also prepared bench strength in the current season. The franchise bought excellent backups in the form of Avesh, Berger.

Weakness

not a good allrounder The biggest weakness of Rajasthan is all-round department. The team does not have any world class all-rounder. The team expressed confidence in Riyan Parag many times, but except for 1 or 2 matches, he has not been able to do anything amazing.
Lack of consistency as a team There is a lack of continuity in Rajasthan as a team. The team had won the title in the very first season of the league, but since then could not reach the finals for a long time. In 2023, Gujarat had broken Rajasthan's dream of becoming champion once again. Last time the team was at number 5.
The challenge of choosing the perfect combination Due to the absence of all-rounders, the team management of Rajasthan will have the challenge of choosing the perfect combination, although an impact player can be an option. The team may miss the fifth bowler. Batting can become weak as bowling strength increases.