India Great Not 100% Certain Over Rajasthan Royals Retaining Yashasvi Jaiswal: "Maybe"

With just a few more days remaining before IPL teams have to announce their retentions for 2027, the jury is still out on a number of players and franchises. If rumours and speculation are to be believed, Rajasthan Royals (RR) appear to be active in the trade window, despite not having made an official move so far. One man involved in the speculation is their star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Former India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara admitted that he isn't sure about Jaiswal being retained by RR for IPL 2027.

In a recent video on Star Sports, Pujara was asked to categorize his choices regarding RR's retentions into 'Yes', 'No' or 'Maybe', and he put a number of players in the final category.

While the likes of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Punja were a certain retention according to Pujara, he did not echo the same for a few others.

Among those in the 'Maybe' category were Jaiswal, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and pacers Brijesh Sharma and Tushar Deshpande, with Pujara not expressing certainty over their retention.

Big decisions await #RR! Cheteshwar Pujara picks who should stay and who could make way. #TATAIPL 2027 Retention Coming soon! #IPLRetention https://t.co/3fw5EFlKAs

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) November 10, 2026

Jaiswal's name has cropped up in trade talk amongst experts and fans in recent days.

The 24-year-old left-hander has been a part of the Royals for seven seasons, and been a mainstay in the team for six of them, scoring more than 400 runs in each of the last four seasons, more than 500 runs twice, and even more than 600 runs on one occasion.

However, he was outshone by his much younger teammate and opening partner Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in IPL 2026, as well as beaten to the then-vacant captaincy post by Riyan Parag ahead of the season. This has led to questions emerging regarding Jaiswal's future at the franchise.

Teams like Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have been linked to Jaiswal by experts and fans.

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