IPL: Rajasthan Royals's first ever IPL XI- Where are they now?

#7 Mahesh Rawat (WK)

Railways wicket-keeper, Mahesh Rawat kept the wickets for Rajasthan Royals in their maiden IPL match, and scored just 2 runs of 4 balls before being dismissed by Rajat Bhatia.

Mahesh Rawat made his first-class debut at the age of 18 for Haryana during the 2003-04 season of Ranji Trophy and impressed everyone with his consistent performances early on during his career. But the presence of MS Dhoni in Indian team meant that Rawat was unable break it into the Indian National team despite consistent performances in the domestic circuit.

In IPL apart from Rajasthan Royals, Rawat also played for now defunct Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013, and is currently playing for Railways in the domestic circuit.

#8 Dinesh Salunkhe

Number 8 batsman Dinesh Salunkhe, resurrected the Rajasthan innings in their first ever IPL match by scoring unbeaten 26 runs of just 20 balls by hitting 4 fours, there by helping Rajasthan Royals recover from a precious situation of 71/6 to post a modest total of 129/8.

Dinesh Salunkhe is one of the rare cricketers to have never played first class cricket as to this date, all of Dinesh Salunkhe's professional cricket appearances have been in T20 cricket.

In IPL, Dinesh Salunkhe played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 and was dropped from Rajasthan Royals franchise in IPL 2009, there by playing his last IPL match against Kings XI Punjab in May 2008.

Currently, Dinesh Salunkhe plays for North Mumbai Panthers T20 Mumbai League.