Did Kaal Somani set his money on fire? He spent Rs 15,000 crore only on one-time IPL champion Rajasthan Royals.

New Delhi. The race for ownership of Rajasthan Royals is over and a group led by American entrepreneur Kal Somani has emerged as the winner. This group has purchased 100 percent share of the franchise at a price of $ 1.63 billion (Rs 15,286 crore). Somani is the founder of IntraEdge, Academian and Truyo.AI. At the time of this deal, it was the most expensive deal in IPL history, which was soon overtaken by the sale of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In such a situation, the question in everyone's mind is, would it be beneficial to invest money on a team that wins the trophy only once?

The name of Rajasthan Royals team is recorded in IPL history. When the tournament was started in 2008, this team was the first to win it. No matter how many teams achieve this, no one can take away the record of the team winning the trophy for the first time from Rajasthan. Since then, this team has played 15 seasons and during this time the team was also banned for two years.

1 trophy and only 2 finals in 16 years

The record of Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League was nothing special. For the first time in 2008, the team was successful in winning the title. Since then the performance has been average. After winning the trophy, the team could not reach the playoffs for the next four years. It stood third in 2013 while it stood fourth in 2015. In 2016 and 2017, the Supreme Court imposed a 2-year ban on the team in the spot-fixing case. After the return, in the next 8 years the team could reach the playoffs only 3 times. In 2022, Rajasthan had to face defeat by Gujarat Titans in the final. Last season this team had to remain at number 9.

big players left

Rajasthan Royals has failed to retain its big and experienced players. The team management failed to convince Sanju Samson and traded him to Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran came in return but Sanju's departure is considered a big loss for the team. When an explosive opener like Jos Buttler was in form, he was released. The team also let go of a spinner like Yuzvendra Chahal.

Less experienced captain, lack of big names

If we pay attention to the Rajasthan Royals team at this time, then the responsibility of captaincy has been given to Ryan Parag. A player who has the experience of playing only 84 IPL matches. After his performance it is difficult to make a place in the playing eleven. Till now 1566 runs have been scored at an average of 26. After playing 84 matches, he scored only 7 half-centuries and took only 7 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals team: Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Sam Curran, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger, Tushar Deshpande, Quena Mafaka, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Charak.