Inaugural champion Rajasthan Royals went big at the IPL 2021 auctions on Thursday as it brought the services of Chris Morris for the highest-bid in IPL history at Rs 16.5 crores. 

Players Retained: Sanju Samson, 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, Robin Uthappa (traded to Chennai Super Kings)

Released Players: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Singh.

Players Brought:  Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa , Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh