Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Rajasthan, India, which has played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inaugural season.
The side finished as the runners-up in the season.
Background
The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.
Retained Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal Released Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, K. C. Carriapa Acquired at the auction Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Captain 11 Sanju Samson Right-handed Right-arm off-spin 2018 Batters 6 Shubham Garhwal Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2022 19 Yashasvi Jaiswal Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 37 Devdutt Padikkal Left-handed Right-arm off break 2022 47 Daryl Mitchell Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas 69 Karun Nair Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 72 Rassie van der Dussen Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 Overseas 189 Shimron Hetmyer Left-handed Leg break 2022 Overseas All-rounders 5 Riyan Parag Right-handed Leg break 2019 50 Jimmy Neesham Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas - Corbin Bosch Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas; Replacement for Nathan Coulter-Nile Wicket-keepers 21 Dhruv Jurel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 63 Jos Buttler Right-handed – 2018 Overseas Spin bowlers 3 Yuzvendra Chahal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 28 Tejas Baroka Right-handed Leg break googly 2022 94 K. C. Cariappa Right-handed Leg break 2022 99 Ravichandran Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Pace bowlers 7 Nathan Coulter-Nile Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas; Ruled out due to calf injury 13 Anunay Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 15 Kuldip Yadav Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2021 18 Trent Boult Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas 22 Kuldeep Sen Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 24 Prasidh Krishna Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 68 Obed McCoy Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas 96 Navdeep Saini Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 Source: RR Players
Administration and support staff PositionName CEO Jake Lush McCrum Team Manager Romi Bhinder Head coach and Director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara Development and performance director Zubin Bharucha Assistant coach Trevor Penney Batting coach Amol Mazumdar Spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule Fast bowling coach Lasith Malinga High performance fast bowling coach Steffan Jones Fielding coach Dishant Yagnik Sources:
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve sponsor (left) Sleeve sponsor (right)AlcisHappiloBKTDollarRed BullJio Source: RR Sponsors
Teams and standings Points table
Group fixtures
Playoffs Preliminary Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s 1 Jos Buttler 14 14 12 629 116 48.38 428 146.96 4 4 0 56 37 2 Sanju Samson 14 14 1 374 55 28.76 254 147.24 0 2 0 35 21 3 Devdutt Padikkal 14 14 1 337 54 24.07 264 127.65 0 1 1 38 12 4 Shimron Hetmyer 12 12 7 297 59* 59.40 182 163.18 0 1 0 19 21 5 Yashasvi Jaiswal 7 7 0 212 68 30.28 157 135.03 0 2 0 26 6 Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W 1 Yuzvendra Chahal 14 14 56.0 0 430 26 5/40 16.53 7.67 12.9 1 1 2 Prasidh Krishna 14 14 55.0 3 449 15 3/22 29.93 8.16 22.0 0 0 3 Trent Boult 13 13 50.0 2 412 13 2/18 31.69 8.24 23.0 0 0 4 Ravichandran Ashwin 14 14 56.0 0 400 11 3/17 36.36 7.14 30.5 0 0 5 Kuldeep Sen 7 7 25.1 0 237 8 4/20 29.62 9.41 18.8 1 0 Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Player of the match awards No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref. 1 29 March 2022 Sanju Samson Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 61 runs 55 (27) 2 2 April 2022 Jos Buttler Mumbai Indians Won by 23 runs 100 (68) 3 10 April 2022 Yuzvendra Chahal Lucknow Super Giants Won by 3 runs 4/41 (4 overs) 4 18 April 2022 Yuzvendra Chahal Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 7 runs 5/40 (4 overs) 5 22 April 2022 Jos Buttler Delhi Capitals Won by 15 runs 116 (65) 6 26 April 2022 Riyan Parag Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 29 runs 56* (31) 7 7 May 2022 Yashasvi Jaiswal Delhi Capitals Won by 6 wickets 68 (41) 8 15 May 2022 Trent Boult Lucknow Super Giants Won by 24 runs 2/18 (4 overs) 9 20 May 2022 Ravichandran Ashwin Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 wickets 40* (23) 10 27 May 2022 Jos Buttler Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 7 wickets and advanced to the Finals 106* (60)
References
External links Official Website