IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals dump Steve Smith, Sanju Samson is new captain

Before IPL 2021, the Rajasthan Royals franchise has taken a big decision and released Steve Smith. Let us know that last season Rajasthan Royals performed poorly under the leadership of Steve Smith and the team finished last.

At the same time, Steve Smith’s personal performance was not so good, he scored 311 runs in 14 league matches. His captaincy was heavily criticized for the team’s poor performance. This is the reason that they have been released now. After Steve Smith split from the team, Rajasthan Royals have given the captaincy of the team to Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson had a bang last season.

He had scored 375 runs in 14 matches, including 26 sixes. Sanju Samson, who has made headlines for his dangerous batting, has hit 911 sixes in 107 matches so far. Please tell that the responsibility of the team is going to be on the shoulders of Sanju Samson. Rajasthan Royals have not won the team title since 2008, but the franchise hopes that the team will do well under the leadership of the new captain.

Keeping in mind IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals retained Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Zofra Archer among the foreign players. All three players performed well for Rajasthan last season. Archer was the highest wicket-taker for the team last season. At the same time, Stokes and Butler also have good innings with the bat.