IPL 2018: 3 players Rajasthan Royals might release ahead of the auction

D’Arcy Short

D’Arcy Short, the little dynamite from Australia appeared as a huge T20 prospect after a very successful Big Bash League season of 2017-18 and the T20 tri-series involving England New Zealand and as such was thrown into the auction. The southpaw, in recent times, has been in a scintillating form. In the List A match against Queensland, he made 257 runs, milking a record 23 sixes.

In the process, he also created the record for the highest List A individual score. Short was bagged by Rajasthan Royals for a very good amount of INR 4 crore. He, however, turned out to be a disappointment. Playing seven games, he could score only 115 runs at a deplorable average of 16.42. His weakness on the spinning tracks was soon exposed.

As such, he had to be dropped for a few games and Rajasthan had to try several opening combinations before installing Buttler at the top of the order which gave fruitful results. Retaining Short might not seem a very good prospect as Steve Smith, who is a high-quality player of spin bowling will most likely return to the side.