Kumar kartikey

After Rajasthan Royals: After Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) crashed out of IPL 2025 playoffs race with a 100-run loss to Mumbai Indians’ (MI), former India batter Abhinav Mukund said if it was upto him, the money which the franchise spent on buying Nitish Rana and Vaibhav Suryavanshi would have been invested in acquiring a couple of good bowlers.

Before the auction, RR had let go of Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan. Moreover, RR didn’t buy them back in the auction and instead brought in Jofra Archer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Kumar Kartikey Singh and Akash Madhwal, apart from retaining Sandeep Sharma – all of whom haven’t been in the best of form.

"Their one good bowler and the one whom they spent the most money on is Archer. Unfortunately, their Indian picks didn't go right. Tushar Deshpande was benched for this particular game; he was bought for a lot of money, 6.5 crore.