IPL 2018: 3 players Rajasthan Royals might release ahead of the auction
The Royals have got some unfinished business and ahead of the next season, they might release the following players.
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.
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