Rajasthan Royals
Last updated on: April 2, 2013 08:10 IST
Rajasthan Royals were the surprise winners of the inaugural IPL in 2008 but since then failed to live up to expectations.
Rahul Dravid will lead a young side brimming of talent and expectations, but not many will bet on them going all the way.
As always, Rajasthan went easy at the players' auction, getting in a few unknown names in Australia's James Faulkner, West Indiies' Fidel Edwards and Sri Lanka's Kusal Janith Perera.
The team will be counting on the experience of few ageing players in Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg and Owais Shah.
Shane Watson is their key player. He may have struggled in the just-concluded India Tests, but he is known to excel in the shortest format.
They there is Ajinkya Rahane. He will look to continue his impressive record with the Royals.
Watch out for two uncapped Indian players -- Stuart Binny, son of former India all-rounder Roger Binny, who has had a good couple of seasons in domestic cricket for Karnataka, and Kerala's Sachin Baby.