Rajasthan Royals will be without three of their key players for the second phase of IPL 2021. The UAE leg of the competition will start on September 19th with the game between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. RR will take on Punjab Kings on 21st September in their first game of the second phase. The franchise currently stands at No.5 in the points table, with three wins from seven games. RR will miss three key players for IPL 2021, and Twitter had mixed reactions regarding the same.
Buttler will also miss the UAE leg of IPL 2021
Jofra Archer was unavailable for the first phase, as well, due to an injury. He will continue to miss the second phase of the tournament. Ben Stokes is currently on a break from the game and will miss the competition. The English all-rounder had suffered an injury in the first phase and, hence, missed most part of it.
Jos Buttler, who did well in the India leg, will also miss the remaining fixtures of RR. The Buttler couple is expecting their second child and hence, the wicket-keeper has made himself unavailable. Glenn Phillips has been named as Buttler’s replacement.
Twitter has mixed reactions as RR will miss three key players for IPL 2021
Rajasthan also faced the same issue when the tournament started. However, the absence of Jos Buttler will be a bigger blow for the unit. The team lacks an experienced batsman at the top of the order, and the Englishman’s unavailability will add pressure on captain Sanju Samson. Meanwhile, Twitter had mixed reactions towards the development:
Kohli ne Buttler ko yahi bola tha shayad. Ki tujhe IPL se bahar karvata hu😂😂
— PRAVIN I K (@PRAVINKHICHI) August 21, 2021
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No Archer, No Buttler, No Stokes (?)
RR might need their Twitter admin to pad up for rest of the IPL.
Advertisement— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 21, 2021
According to Sources, RR bans themselves for this season.
Advertisement— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCric8Girl) August 21, 2021
Livingstone, Miller, phillips, Morris
Advertisement— Prateek (@prateekv8) August 21, 2021
Why are they even playing the rest of the sesosn. KKR and they should just voluntarily abandon their games
Advertisement— Student (@Kshitij070) August 21, 2021
Seems good for RR when they last won their Title, there were without any big name's apart from Shane.
Advertisement— Nilesh Satav (@84nilesh) August 21, 2021
Archer and Stokes were not present in 1st half too…and still were on no.5…better than PBKS, KKR and SRH…who had all there players present….
Advertisement— SarangP (@SPM_its_Awesome) August 21, 2021
No stokes, buttler, archer for RR ( only good players ) why are they even playing? 😭
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Jos Buttler won't be available for RR in IPL 2021 in UAE pic.twitter.com/oCkO77sn0E
Advertisement— S H E B A S (@Shebas_10) August 21, 2021
No self respecting player should play for the lousy #RR team😁😂That horrible pink jersey should also be a motivation to leave that team.😁#IPL2021 #IPL #iplUAE #JosButtler Jos Buttler
Advertisement— Abhishek (@abhishaek) August 21, 2021
Me seeing @rajasthanroyals have signed Glenn Phillips then realising it’s to replace Jos Buttler #RR pic.twitter.com/5ACQ8Aey4g
Advertisement— Mark (@jennings_182) August 21, 2021
No Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer. 3 Huge star players unavailable for Rajasthan Royals#IPL2021 #ENGvIND #INDvsENG #INDvENG #Cricket #IPL https://t.co/04envKq9Xk
Advertisement— Chenul Wahalathanthri (@Imchenul) August 21, 2021
Jos Buttler won't be available for RR in IPL 2021 in UAE 🕺 pic.twitter.com/bv2j4294Vb
Advertisement— Nith'Tz. (@NithinTx) August 21, 2021
Rajasthan Royals are definitely going to miss Jos Buttler when the match is against Mumbai Indians.🔥
As a MI Paltan fan I always pray that we get early wicket of Jos Buttler if not then he also can change the match 🤐🙃#IPL2021 #RajasthanRoyals #CricketAdvertisement— Lucky❤️✨ (@LBerojya) August 21, 2021
Without Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer they might be too weak in UAE!
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