The 2018 season was the 9th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.
Offseason Support staff changes In January 2018, former Royals team director Zubin Bharucha was appointed as the team's head of cricket In February 2018, former Royals captain Shane Warne was named team mentor In February 2018, Sairaj Bahutule was appointed spin bowling coach In March 2018, Amol Muzumdar and Dishant Yagnik were announced to be the team's batting coach and fielding coach respectively
Others In January 2018, the BCCI cleared Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur to host the home matches of the Royals. The Royals had last played at Jaipur in 2013, after which they had to shift their base to Ahmedabad and Mumbai in 2014 and 2015 due to the BCCI's ban on the Rajasthan Cricket Association.
In March 2018, in an event in Jaipur, the franchise unveiled the new team anthem "Phir Halla Bol" by Ila Arun.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen27 Ajinkya Rahane Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Captain52 Rahul Tripathi Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Steve Smith Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas Prashant Chopra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Aryaman Birla Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 All-rounders6 Mahipal Lomror Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 7 Krishnappa Gowtham Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 18 Ankit Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 21 D'Arcy Short Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Overseas37 Shreyas Gopal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 55 Ben Stokes Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas84 Stuart Binny Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Jatin Saxena Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Wicket-keepers8 Sanju Samson Right-handed 2018 45 Heinrich Klaasen Right-handed 2018 Overseas63 Jos Buttler Right-handed 2018 Overseas Bowlers22 Jofra Archer Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas44 Anureet Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 56 Ben Laughlin Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas61Ish Sodhi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas77 Jaydev Unadkat Right-handed Left-arm medium 2018 91 Dhawal Kulkarni Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Dushmantha Chameera Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 OverseasZahir Khan Pakteen Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2018 Overseas Sudhesan Midhun Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018
Season League table
Results League matches
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