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Royals had released as many as 11 players after they finished seventh last season.
The responsibility of keeping Royals alive for the Play-offs would be on their foreign recruits since Indian players in the set up do not inspire much confidence.
Kohli's India beat Williamson's New Zealand in a close semifinal of the 2008 edition, which also featured Ravindra Jadeja, Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
The former Australia captain was jeered by the crowd in last year's Ashes series for the 2018 ball-tampering scandal that unfolded in South Africa on his watch.
The selectors have left out trike bowler Josh Hazlewood and in-form batsman Peter Handscomb.
The inaugural edition of the 100-ball competition will be played in July-August next year.
Matthew Wade's 117 could not prevent England from registering a 135-run victory in the final Ashes Test.
Smith's player of the match effort of 211 and 82 in the two innings of the Manchester Test has lifted him to 937 rating points, only 10 less than his all-time best aggregate achieved in December, 2017.
Tendulkar praised Smith, the numero uno batsman in Tests right now, for his fantastic comeback in red-ball cricket in the just-concluded Ashes series.
Smith has been England's tormentor-in-chief in the ongoing Ashes series, which Australia have already retained after winning the fourth Test in Manchester.
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