IPL 2020: 3 players who could be surplus to Rajasthan Royals

Oshane Thomas

Having released Oshane Thomas ahead of the auctions, it was indeed a strange move to buy him back. The Caribbean speedster warmed the benches for the majority of the season last year and failed to make an impact in the limited opportunities he got for the Royals. Thomas was not given a long run by the Rajasthan Royals which was understandable given the fact that there were some genuine match-winners in the team. The Caribbean speedster could turn out to be massive retention for RR in future years.

Thomas has the tendency to hurry batters with his pace. He came into the limelight back in 2017 after bagging the important wickets of Chris Gayle and Carlos Brathwaite in the Caribbean Premier League. There is certainly no doubt of the talent he possesses, but the Jamaican is still a work in progress and could be in the fringes for the major part of IPL 2020.

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Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.

A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.

Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.

He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.

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