Rajasthan Royals Squad 2026: Pakistan Super League has suffered another big blow. Sri Lankan cricket team captain Dasun Shanaka has joined Rajasthan Royals. He was supposed to play for Lahore Qalandars in PSL 2026, but now he has replaced all-rounder Sam Curran in the RR squad.

Rajasthan Royals have also confirmed that Dasun Shanaka will be seen playing in the pink jersey in IPL 2026. He has joined Rajasthan team for an amount of Rs 2 crore. Let us tell you that Shanaka is not the first player to leave Pakistan Super League and join IPL this season. Before him, Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani has come to Kolkata Knight Riders, who has replaced Mustafizur Rahman.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has said that legal action will be taken against any player who has broken the PSL contract and gone to the Indian Premier League. Last season, South Africa’s Corbin Bosch had joined Mumbai Indians, due to which the PCB banned him from playing in the Pakistan Super League for one year.

Talking about Dasun Shanaka, he is currently the captain of Sri Lanka’s T20 cricket team. So far he has represented Sri Lanka in 6 Tests, 71 ODI matches and 131 T20 International matches. So far, he has scored more than 3 thousand runs in his international career and has also taken 86 wickets.

Dasun Shanaka is a fast bowling all-rounder by profession. He had earlier been a part of Gujarat Titans squad in 2023 and 2025. Till now he has played only 3 IPL matches.

Updated squad of Rajasthan Royals: Ryan Parag (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Quena Mafaka, Nandre Berger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen

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There is panic in Pakistan because of the Indian Premier League. Actually, some of the players who were supposed to play in PSL have come to IPL. Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi is very upset about this. He has openly threatened the players going to IPL.

Earlier, Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani was to play for Islamabad United, but he has replaced Mustafizur Rahman in Kolkata Knight Riders. Now Sri Lankan cricket team captain Dasun Shanaka has become the second player who has left the PSL contract and joined the IPL. He will join Rajasthan Royals. Let us remind you that last season PCB had taken action against South African cricketer Corbin Bosch, who had joined Mumbai Indians.

Open threat from PCB Chairman

During a conversation with the media on Sunday, Mohsin Naqvi said, “As far as international players are concerned, see which players have come to play in the PSL this time. Yes, 2-3 players have left and we are preparing to take legal action against them.”

This time IPL and PSL are being organized at the same time. On the clash between the two leagues, Mohsin Naqvi said that the clash with IPL will not have much impact because the world is full of talented players. Despite IPL, many international players have come to play in PSL.

Mohsin Naqvi told that the matches of PSL 2026 will be played in empty grounds. He cited the ongoing war in the Middle East as the reason. PSL will start from 26th March and the final will be played on 3rd May. On the other hand, IPL 2026 is going to start from March 28, but BCCI has not yet released the complete schedule, hence the date of the final has not been revealed.

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