We all talk about how much Yashasvi Jaiswal means to Rajasthan Royals as a player, but we don't talk enough about the massive role Zubin Bharucha has played in his journey.

Behind Jaiswal's success and explosive growth as a world-class cricketer is the high-performance centre at RR, where Zubin Bharucha has been instrumental in his overall player development, technical fine-tuning, and mindset.

How about this playing 11 :

1. Jaiswal ( because he is Jaiswal )

2. Vaibhav ( obviously )

3. Pretorius ( will save from the 40 ball 50 runs tuk tuk game of jurel and he has proven himself )

4. Parag ( if his surgery has worked and if he has gotten his form back or else just play jurel at 4 and make jaiswal captain )

5. Dubey / Donovan ( dubey can either perform or get out )

6. Donovan / Dubey ( same here )

7. Jadeja

8. Archer

9. Burger

10. Brijesh

11. Punja / Sushant ( depends on conditions )

I don't think Sam Curran might play for RR but if he does then he can replace Dubey or Donovan Ferreira at 6 position

The skill gap between Parag and Yashasvi is so massive that it makes the captaincy experience gap look insignificant. He can learn on the job, just like Shubman did. This way, you could potentially retain both Yashasvi and Parag. Honestly, I don’t think any team is looking at Parag as a captain. I haven’t heard a single trade rumor involving him, and even if he wants to leave after being removed as captain, I’d gladly let him go rather than risk losing Yashasvi. Having Yashasvi and Vaibhav open together for another couple of mega auction cycles could be generational for RR.

As a die-hard RR fan, it breaks my heart to see our own fanbase selling our team short. Why do we constantly accept that our best players—whether it's Jaiswal today or Vaibhav tomorrow—have to leave us for "career growth" in a so-called big franchise?

For so called player's career growth but what about our growth as a team?

Look at RCB fans. They didn't win a cup for 18 years, yet they never undervalued their team or acted like a stepping stone. Why do we?

If we keep sending our stars away, what happens to us? What do we get out of it as loyal fans? It’s time to drop this underdog mentality. We are the first-ever champions of the IPL—let's start acting like a powerhouse and back our jersey with pride.

Stop treating RR like a minor league. Halla Bol!

wanted to spark a discussion about Dhruv Jurel and his current trajectory in the Indian setup.
At just 25 years old I genuinely feel Jurel is the best wicketkeeper in the Indian circuit purely on keeping skills Yet, looking at how things are panning out, it feels like he isn't being backed consistently enough by the team management.

Massive IPL Season: He had a phenomenal IPL season recently crossing the 500 run mark**

India A Performances: he has consistently scored runs for India A against tough overseas opposition like Australia A, South Africa A and England A in testing conditions.

Red-Ball: Whenever he has gotten a look-in for the senior Test side (mostly when Rishabh Pant has been unavailable), he has delivered that stunning century against Sri Lanka that showed exactly what he is capable of at the international level.

Now, with the New Zealand tour approaching, there's a lot of chatter about Ishan Kishan making a comeback into the Test squad. Let’s be honest if Kishan is in the squad, management isn't dropping Rishabh Pant, meaning Jurel will likely lose his spot entirely to Kishan.

Sure, Ishan Kishan lit up the 2026 Duleep Trophy final with a massive double century but let's remember the context of those tracks. Is a singular explosive performance on batter-friendly pitches enough to jump ahead of a proven red-ball performer like Jurel, who has actually grinded it out and performed in tough overseas conditions for India A? 
Personally, I feel we are sitting on a massive, generational talent here. We shouldn't waste him. He needs a long rope in Tests and looking past the 2027 World Cup, he could easily develop into a mainstay in our ODI setup as well.
What do you guys think? Are we mismanaging Jurel's transition or should he be starting ahead of the competition? Drop your thoughts below!

Jaiswal, Rahane, Parag, Smith, Karun Nair, Samson (wk), Watson, Warne, Archer, SK Trivedi, Dhawal Kulkarni. The All-Star XI had Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah and Malinga.
I knew it would be hard to win against the All Time IPL XI, but 1-4 is unacceptable, which player am i missing to get the series win?

Reply with yours (2 openers, 3 middle order, 1 keeper, 2 all-rounder/spinner spots, 3 fast bowlers, max 4 overseas) and I'll post what it scores.

Vaibhav

Pretorius/Amanrao

Jurel

Parag

Hardik

Donavan

Sam curren/Jansen

Jaddu

Archer

Burger/Brijesh

Yashraj

This season ,he played in 2-3 matches but all were out of his positions... He can bat in top order,if there is no place of him,then they can trade him for some good fast bowling allrounder who can bat at 6/7... There will be many teams who might want him bcz of his red hot form accross formats

+ He is wicketkeeper alsi

A duck to start of the ranji. Jaiswal really needs to find his rhythm back. He has been dwindling in test formats especially. Jaiswal's position is not under scrutiny in the test squad rn. But if continues his mediocre form across NZ and BGT his place will be under threat. It's good that he is at least playing ranji. It should hopefully help him rectify his errors and to get back into his best. But we are running out of time.

Take a step back from everything that's been happening and if you just see his potential and performance in the Ipl(one of the best season any batter has ever had) and all the U19 series etc - he should be walking into the playing XI.

But okay, if you are saying it's unfair to others who are already there and playing - then okay, lets give him a year or two and then bring. but when you are already so sure that you want to give a long rope to all 3 openers, then why have him in the squad? He didn't play a single game against afghanistan, at home, in a dead rubber third match. if you didn't give him chance then, when will you give him a chance?

And if the coach and captain can just communicate this with the selectors, then he should not be there in the squad and he can play all the different tournament that India A is playing or he can try his hand at the county, and get a reality check of what it would be like batting in a pure seaming english conditions.

what is being done right now is a sheer waste of time for him, and this is no way to handle a generational talent. Either have him in the playing XI or drop from the squad and let him get match practice in the other matches

Rutu who played ODI against WI is captaining India A against Australia A. Many popular players are playing. But Jaiswal is not in the squad. Jaiswal is not getting any kind of game time. He didn't play a single match in the last month. And this month either he won't play any match. He should ve played today against Aus A.

With the auction and retentions starting to get closer, what's your guys' main releases?

I personally would release the likes of hettie, bishnoi and tushar. Some other names would include milne, shanaka, and prob (unfortunately) Curran.

Going into the auction we desperately need some reliable finisher, along with another spinner as bishnoi will be leaving and punja is still young.

He is in the form of his life right now, unfortunately there is currently no place for him in team as top order is well settled but having backup top order batters like ldp and aman rao is a great thing