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Rajasthan Royals to scout talent at Red Bull Campus Cricket
With over 300 colleges across 30 cities participating in Red Bull Campus Cricket, the Rajasthan Royals franchise will scout talent and offer trials to top players during the college tournament.
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Red Bull Campus Cricket has been sparking new headlines by truly offering college cricketers in the country a chance to shine in the limelight.
Rajasthan Royals will be scouting for talent during the annual international T20 tournament for college cricket teams and will offer trials to select players.
A team of scouts, coaches and players of Rajasthan Royals have been present at recent editions of Red Bull Campus Cricket to pick key players who are bound to impress. The few selected players get a spectacular opportunity to be a part of the trials conducted by the team along with the possibility of getting picked for next season’s auctions.
Among the players scouted at Red Bull Campus Cricket recently was Shahrukh Khan, who was then picked up by Punjab in the auction following a successful trial with Rajasthan Royals.
Other players to have recently stepped up to the big league following a stint in Red Bull Campus Cricket have been Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh and Ripal Patel.
Action from the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2018 India Finals
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About Red Bull Campus Cricket:
Red Bull Campus Cricket is an annual international T20 tournament for college cricket teams, providing a platform for young talent to play on a world stage and make their way into professional cricket without having to give up on college education.
The competition was launched in 2012 and is now in its eighth year. The respective teams have each won national qualifiers to represent their countries at the World Finals.
Red Bull Campus Cricket stars like KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shradul Thakur and Niroshan Dickwella have represented their country at the international level. Cricketers like Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Himanshu Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Anukul Roy, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ricky Bhui have also reaped the benefits of Red Bull Campus Cricket by earning league contracts.
India opener KL Rahul was the top scorer in the 2013 edition of the competition and credits Red Bull Campus Cricket for his success at the domestic and international level.
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