Indian biggest event of them all, its Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 is all set to brightness the cricketing fraternity begins on April 7. Ahead of IPL, reinstated franchise Rajasthan Royals have begun their training camp at the Cricket Club of India (CCI)'s Brabourne stadium in Mumbai from Tuesday. The abandoned team besides Chennai Super Kings were welcomed back in the roster of IPL's eleventh season replacing Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions. The franchise took to the popular micro blogging site Twitter to reveal how the first day of Royal's camp transpired.
The Indian Premier League, Season 11 already set its tone with the jazzy mega auction on January 27th and 28th. Coming back into the fray, The Royals made sure they leave no stones overturned to forge a team with players best in the business. Spending this year's highest bid money of INR 12.5 Crore they pocketed England all-rounder, Ben Stokes. And prior to the auction, the IPL Player Retention Process also was an intriguing event as the eight city-based franchises publicized their choice of retentions. Australian captain Steve Smith was the sole player retained by Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (c), Benjamin Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Darcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror.