{"id":2190302,"date":"2025-12-07T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2190302"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:50:16","slug":"5-possible-targets-for-rajasthan-royals-in-ipl-2026-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/5-possible-targets-for-rajasthan-royals-in-ipl-2026-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Possible Targets For Rajasthan Royals In IPL 2026 Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After retaining 16 players, which includes 7 overseas stars, ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, inaugural edition winners Rajasthan Royals will enter the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi with a purse of Rs 16.05 crore. The Jaipur-based team will look to sign an overseas pacer as backup for Jofra Archer and a finisher in addition to a spin bowler. Here\u2019s a look at five possible targets for RR in the IPL 2026 auction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana is up for grabs, and RR will look to secure his services to sort out their death over bowling woes. (Picture Credit: PTI)<\/p>\n

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Pathirana has played 32 matches in the IPL so far for CSK and dismissed 47 batters. (Picture Credit: PTI)<\/p>\n

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Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Aquib Nabi has impressed with his bowling in domestic cricket, and he will be on RR\u2019s radar. (Picture Credit: PTI)<\/p>\n

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Nabi is yet to make his IPL debut but has picked up 40 wickets in 33 T20 matches played so far. (Picture Credit: PTI)<\/p>\n

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As Sanju Samson’s replacement, RR may sign Rachin Ravindra. The Kiwi all-rounder can open the innings or can bat at No. 3 as well. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Rachin has played 18 matches in the IPL for CSK and scored 413 runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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RR need experience in the middle order, and that’s where WI captain Shai Hope can be an ideal fit for them. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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The West Indies ODI and T20I captain has played nine matches in the IPL for DC and scored 183 runs with a strike rate of 150. (Picture Credit: PTI)<\/p>\n

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Even though RR have traded Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran and Donovan Ferreira ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, they can target Australian spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly in the auction for the finisher role. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Cooper Connolly has played 35 T20 matches so far and dismissed 13 batters in addition to scoring 646 runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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After retaining 16 players, which includes 7 overseas stars, ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, inaugural edition winners Rajasthan Royals will enter the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi with a purse of Rs 16.05 crore. The Jaipur-based team will look to sign an overseas pacer as backup for Jofra Archer and a finisher in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2190303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[422776,358523,326872,340520,341782,422777,409980,422778,324902,422779,422780,422781],"class_list":["post-2190302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-cooper-connolly","tag-indian-premier-league","tag-ipl","tag-ipl-2026","tag-ipl-2026-auction","tag-ipl-auction","tag-matheesha-pathirana","tag-rachin-ravindra","tag-rajasthan-royals","tag-ravi-bishnoi","tag-shai-hope","tag-venkatesh-iyer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-Possible-Targets-For-Rajasthan-Royals-In-IPL-2026-Auction.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2190302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190304,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190302\/revisions\/2190304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2190303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2190302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2190302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2190302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}