IPL Auction 2026: After smart trading, Rajasthan Royals a few minor fixes away from a balanced squad
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NEW DELHI: The Rajasthan Royals arrive at the IPL Auction 2026 carrying more context than most teams at the table. Few franchises have experienced such sharp swings in direction within a single year. The Royals’ journey into this mini-auction has been anything but linear, spanning a third-place finish in 2024 to a disastrous season this year, Rahul Dravid replacing Kumar Sangakkara as head coach and then exiting, and then Sangakkara returning once again.And yet, beneath the noise, there is a sense that Rajasthan may finally have addressed their most fundamental cricketing problem.The trade window told that story clearly. Trading away Sanju Samson - their captain, most capped player, highest...