Rajasthan Royals have roped in South African bowler Keshav Maharaj as the replacement player for the injured Prasidh Krishna for the IPL 2024 season.
Keshav Maharaj joins Rajasthan Royals as Prasidh Krishna’s Replacement
Ahead of the IPL 2024 start, Prasidh Krishna enrols his name in the list of players to withdraw from IPL 2024 owing to an injury.
Prasidh Krishna recently underwent surgery on his left proximal quadriceps tendon and is currently recovering. His replacement Keshav Maharaj, a veteran South African cricketer, has played 27 T20Is, 44 ODIs and 50 Tests and has scalped 237 wickets in international cricket.
Additionally, he has played 159 T20s, picking up 130 wickets and can chip in with some handy runs. RR has brought him on board for his base price of INR 50 Lac.
Rajasthan Royals named Tanush Kotian as the replacement for Adam Zampa for the IPL 2024 season. He will join the squad at his base price of INR 20 Lakh.
As of now, Rajasthan Royals holds second spot in the IPL 2024 points Table after winning their first game of the season against LSG by 20 runs.
IPL 2024 Rajasthan Royals Squad
| Player | Role | Auction Price | Nation |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Batsman | INR 4.00 Crores | India |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Batsman | INR 8.50 Crores | West Indies |
| Sanju Samson (c&wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 14.00 Crores | India |
| Jos Buttler (wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 10.00 Crores | England |
| Dhruv Jurel (wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 20.00 Lakhs | India |
| Navdeep Saini | Bowler | INR 2.60 Crores | India |
| Kuldeep Sen | Bowler | INR 20.00 Lakhs | India |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Bowler | INR 6.50 Crores | India |
| Trent Boult | Bowler | INR 8.00 Crores | New Zealand |
| Riyan Parag | All-rounder | INR 3.80 Crores | India |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | All-rounder | INR 5.00 Crores | India |
| Donovan Ferreira | WK-Batsman | INR 50.00 Lakhs | South Africa |
| Kunal Rathore | WK-Batsman | INR 20.00 Lakhs | India |
| Tanush Kotian | All-rounder | INR 20.00 Lakhs | India |
| Sandeep Sharma | Bowler | INR 50.00 Lakhs | India |
| Avesh Khan | Bowler | Traded from LSG | India |
| Keshav Maharaj | Bowler | INR 50.00 Lakhs | South Africa |
| Rovman Powell | Batsman | INR 7.40 Crores | West Indies |
| Shubham Dubey | Batsman | INR 5.80 Crores | India |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | WK-Batsman | INR 40.00 Lakhs | England |
| Abid Mushtaq | All-rounder | INR 50.00 Lakhs | India |
| Nandre Burger | Bowler | INR 50.00 Lakhs | South Africa |
