Rajasthan Royals (RR) ko IPL 2025 mein Gujarat Titans ke haath 58 runs se haar ke baad, former India cricketer Robin Uthappa ne unki team ki mega auction strategy par questions uthaye. RR ke liye yeh season kuch khaas nahi chal raha, jahan unhone apni teesri lagataar haar Gujarat Titans se thi. Robin, jo CSK ki IPL 2025 mein jeetne wali squad ka hissa the, ne Rajasthan Royals ke decision ko criticize kiya, jisme unhone apne squad se kai big stars ko release kar diya tha.
Uthappa ne poocha, ‘RR ne Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal aur Ravichandran Ashwin jaise big stars ko kyun release kiya? Yeh samajhna kaafi mushkil hai.’ Unhone Rajasthan Royals ke retention strategy par bhi apni nafrat zahir ki, jo thodi alag thi. RR ne mega-auction ke liye apne 6 retention slots ko use kiya aur Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer aur Sandeep Sharma ko retain kiya tha.
‘Sanju ka connection Jos Buttler ke saath kaafi strong hai. Jos ka leadership mein bhi kafi impact hota hai, jo team ke morale ko affect karta hai. Yeh baat mujhe samajh nahi aati ki Rajasthan Royals ne Buttler ko retain kyun nahi kiya. Uski performance ke alawa, team mein uski value kaafi zyada thi,’ Robin ne kaha.
Buttler, jo 2018 mein RR se jude the, unhone 2022 season mein team ko final tak pahunchaane mein important role ada kiya. Unhone 17 innings mein 863 runs banaye the. Uske baad bhi Buttler ne kaafi achha performance diya tha, lekin fir bhi RR ne usse retain nahi kiya tha. Mega auction mein Buttler ko Gujarat Titans ne Rs 15.75 crore mein kharida.
RR ka IPL 2025 mein ab tak ka record kuch khaas nahi raha. Unhone ab tak 5 matches khele hain, jisme se sirf 2 hi jeete hain. Team currently points table mein seventh position par hai.
