The Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise will be looking forward to the upcoming IPL 2020 edition given that they brought some fresh faces in their lineup and are all geared up for the first full IPL in the United Arab Emirates.
RR had named Steve Smith their captain for the IPL 2020, but are now searching for a new captain in his place. This is because Australia and England will be playing a limited-overs series in England that begins on September 4 and ends on September 16.
The IPL 13 begins on September 19 and the Australian and England players will arrive just before the beginning of the tournament.
However, as per BCCI SOPs for the IPL, they will have to observe six days of quarantine period on arrival in UAE, and only then they can join the team. This leaves the franchise without majority of their foreign players like Steve Smith, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, and Jos Buttler.
The team will also search for a new captain for the first few games of the tournament with Smith not being able to play and Team COC has shortlisted three potential candidates for RR captaincy in Smith’s absence.
Check out the 3 captaincy options for Rajasthan Royals in case Steve Smith is not available for the first week
