Rajasthan Royals announced on Thursday that they have traded batsman Robin Uthappa to Chennai Super Kings in an all-cash deal.
Uthappa was picked up by the Royals at the IPL auction for the 2020 season and played 12 games for the franchise.
This is the first activity Rajasthan Royals have done after appointing Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara as Director of Cricket.
In a release Rajasthan Royals said: “We’d like to thank Robbie for his contribution during his time with us. He provided significant value building into the season in our camps in Guwahati and Nagpur, and his speech during our World Cup winners session during the season was one of the most powerful we have heard. We do have depth with regards to openers in our squad, therefore when the offer came from CSK, we thought it was a good opportunity for all parties involved. We’d like to wish Robbie all the best for this season at CSK and his future beyond that.”
Rajasthan Royals now have a salary purse of nearly Rs 35 cores to buy players at the upcoming IPL mini auction.
Retained players:
Sanju Samson (c), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra
Released players:
Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Sing
Traded player :
Robin Uthappa
Purse remaining:
Rs 34.85 crore