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Rajasthan Royals
Personnel
Captain
Ajinkya Rahane
Coach
Paddy Upton
Owner
Manoj Badale
Team information
City
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Colours
Founded
2008 (2008)
Home ground
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
(Capacity: 23,185)
Secondary home ground(s)
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
(Capacity: 54,000)
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
(Capacity: 25,000)
History
Indian Premier League wins
1 (2008)
CLT20 wins
0
Official website:
www.rajasthanroyals.com
T20I kit
Rajasthan Royals in 2018
The Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a cricket team in the Indian Premier League from the city of Jaipur.[1] Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the Royals are owned by Manoj Badale. The team played its home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and also had secondary home grounds at the Sardar Patel Stadium at Ahmedabad and the Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai.
The Royals are sometimes considered the Moneyball team of the IPL.[2][3][4] The Royals are known to unearth obscure, high potential talent.[5][6][7] The team won the inaugural edition of the IPL under the captaincy of Shane Warne, despite being written off as a title contender by the media and fans. The Royals were also the runners-up of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 under Rahul Dravid's captaincy.[7][8]
On 14 July 2015 the verdict reached by a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court suspended Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for two years over a corruption and match fixing scandal, meaning they could not participate in both the 2016 and 2017 IPL tournaments. They returned to the competition for the 2018 season.
The team's record run-scorer and current captain is Ajinkya Rahane, with 2705 runs [9], while the leading wicket-taker is Shane Watson, with 67 [10].
Contents
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1 Franchise history
1.1 Expulsion from the IPL & return
1.2 Ban in 2015
2 Team history
2.1 2008 IPL season
2.2 2009 IPL season
2.3 British Asian Cup
2.4 2010 IPL season
2.5 2011 IPL season
2.6 2012 IPL season
2.7 2013 IPL season
2.8 2013 spot-fixing case
2.9 2014 IPL season
2.10 2018 IPL Season
3 Team identity
3.1 Team anthem
3.2 Mascot
4 Players
5 Home ground
6 Current squad
7 Administration and support staff
8 Seasons
9 Sponsors and Kit Manufacturers
10 Statistics
11 Fixtures and results
11.1 2008 IPL season
11.2 2009 IPL season
11.3 2010 IPL season
11.4 2011 IPL season
11.5 2012 IPL season
11.6 2013 IPL season
11.7 2013 CLT20 season
11.8 2014 IPL season
11.9 2015 IPL season
12 See also
13 References
14 External links
Franchise history[edit]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced in September 2007 the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008.[11] In January 2008, the BCCI unveiled the owners of eight city-based franchises. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. The Jaipur franchise was sold to the Emerging Media for $67 million, making it the least expensive team in the league.[1]
The franchise is currently owned and chaired by Manoj Badale. Other investors include Lachlan Murdoch, Aditya S Chellaram, and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67million.[12] Incidentally, this was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament.[13] It made a pre-tax profit of $7.5 million in 2009.[14]
Expulsion from the IPL & return[edit]
In 2010, the BCCI decided to expel Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL. The expulsion baffled captain Shane Warne who stated that he suspected that there might be some foul play and that the BCCI might possess some ulterior motives.[15] The Rajasthan Royals however filed an appeal against the decision and the two parties went to the Mumbai High Court to decide[16] The Mumbai high-court adjourned that case until 29 October 2010.[17] Both parties then agreed to adjourn the case again to 15 November because they didn't want it to coincide with Diwali celebrations from 1 to 14 November[18] Later it was announced by the Royals that they told the Bombay High Court that they would be negotiating with an arbitrator to see if they could reconcile with the IPL[19] The arbitrator announced that while the investigation was ongoing the Royals would remain a part of the IPL for six-weeks and the BCCI would not be allowed to change rules which might go against the Royals. The six-week period included the player auction in which Rajasthan Royals participated.[20] After this the Bombay High Court rejected the appeals of the BCCI against keeping the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL for six-weeks while the case was sorted out.[21] It was estimated because of the losses in court cases and damaging reputation the BCCI decided not to pursue any further legal action against Royals' or Kings XI Punjab and announced they decided to keep them in the IPL.[22]
Ban in 2015[edit]
In 2015 the team was banned for two years following the Lodha Panel inquiry.[23]
Rajasthan Royals became the source of controversy when inappropriate and fictitious bids were made, violating BCCI norms.[24] Ranjit Barthakur and Fraser Castellino were the only two shareholders of the Jaipur IPL, completely unknown to the BCCI at the time.[25][26] An out of court settlement between the two later ensued.[27] In 2015 Rajasthan Royals were banned for two years by the BCCI, with its owner Raj Kundra[28][better source needed] banned for life.[29]
Team history[edit]
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2008 IPL season[edit]
Prior to the start of the inaugural IPL season, many considered the Royals as possibly the weakest team in the IPL, giving them little chance of competing well in the tournament.[30] Evidence of the latter opinion seemed to be confirmed when the team lost its first match against the Delhi Daredevils in a 9 wicket loss.[31] The fears were confirmed that the team was likely to struggle, but no one had ever thought that this was the beginning of a new dawn for the team. But the team believed in writing their own script and there was something about their style of cricket, perhaps the simple attitude with which they approached the game. This simplicity was bought about largely by Warne's captaincy, as he never had the fear to lose and was always calm in dealing with his players and pressure situations.[32]
In their first home game ever at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, they played against the Kings XI Punjab and won by 6 wickets as Shane Watson was declared the man of the match for his unbeaten 76 off 49 balls in what was a successful run chase. That was followed by a crucial 3 wicket win against one of the favorites to win the competition, Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad. The victory proved to be a huge morale booster for the side since this was their first away win and second successful run chase on the trot, as Yusuf Pathan made a name for himself with his first man of the match award for his bowling figures of 2/20 in 4 overs and a 28-ball 61.
Watson almost replicated Yusuf's all-round performance in the following match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore as another run chase was completed. In the 7 wicket victory, ‘Watto’ picked 2/20 in 4 overs and smashed 61 not out off 41 balls. Their next game was another crucial one, against the Kolkata Knight Riders at home and Rajasthan won convincingly by 45 runs as the diminutive opener from Goa, Swapnil Asnodkar received his first man of the match award for a fine knock of 60 off just 34 balls.
They further managed to defeat the Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur, as Pakistan's Sohail Tanvir continued to show his red hot bowling form in the game, picking 6 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs, winning the man of the match award for the same. But a minor hiccup followed, as they were thrashed by 7 wickets by the unpredictable Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai.
However the Royals won their next game by defeating the Kings XI Punjab and continued to win the next five games in a row. The Royals built up an impressive 11–3 record after their fourteen preliminary round matches; this included a consecutive 5-game and 6-game winning streak with an undefeated record on their home ground and a spot at the top of the points table. They were also the first team to book a place in the semifinals with their 65 run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Deccan Chargers were denied their first victory against the Rajasthan Royals, once again due to the burly Yusuf Pathan, who won his second man of the match award for his 37-ball 68 as Rajasthan prevailed by 8 wickets at home. There were two more home games on the trot, as the Delhi Daredevils were beaten this time by 3 wickets with Watto again performing his all-round magic to bewilder the opposition, as he ended with 2/21 in 4 overs and hit a 40-ball 74 to guide the chase adequately enough in the end. Whereas, the Royal Challengers Bangalore were thrashed by 65 runs, as South Africa's captain Graeme Smith won the man of the match award for his unbeaten 49-ball 75.
Their next challenge was to conquer the nerves which can be developed when playing at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. But the home team was given a proper thumping by Yusuf Pathan who hammered an unbeaten 48 off just 18 balls, and backed it with bowling figures of 1/14 in 2 overs as Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets. They were however, given a tough fight by the Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in their 10-run victory.
Followed by which, their last home game of the season was against the Mumbai Indians and Warne's boys ensured that they remained at the top of the points table in the conclusion of the round robin stage, with a 5-wicket win as Tanvir once again was devastating, picking 4/14 in his 4 overs. They did lose to the Kings XI Punjab in the final round robin game, but easily made it to the semifinals and Sohail Tanvir won the first ever Purple Cap in IPL history, for taking the most number of wickets in the tournament.
Shane Warne's captaincy and simultaneous coaching was praised and well received by everyone,[33][34] including opposition teams.[35] In addition, several players of the Royals team had consistently played well. Their semifinal was against the Delhi Daredevils in Mumbai, which was expected to be a tough contest for them. Yet, Delhi were walloped by 105 runs as Watto made this a one-sided contest following his 29-ball 52 and 3/10 in 3 overs, hence continuing his purple patch in the competition and assuring a place for Rajasthan in the final against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in the same city.
The final was a cliffhanger, which was ideal to end the first ever IPL tournament. Chennai could play their best possible to attempt stopping an in-form Rajasthan Royals. Although their team total after 20 overs was around 150, they took the match till the final ball until appropriately. With the scores level with one ball remaining, it was their bowling hero Sohail Tanvir who hit the winning runs to ensure that Rajasthan were crowned the champions of the first season of the IPL, making history in the process. Yusuf Pathan was declared the man of the match in the final as well, for his figures of 3/22 in 4 overs and 56 runs and thus became a household name ever since, beating the popularity of his younger brother Irfan Pathan and going on to represent India in the shorter formats of the game.[36]
The all-rounder Shane Watson won the man of the tournament award for scoring as many as 472 runs and picking 17 wickets. This was able to make him cement his spot in all formats of the game in the Australian team, and has now become one of the most valuable T20 players in world cricket. It was an incredible victory for an underdog team which had inexperienced, young Indian cricketers mostly who could mainly speak in their mother tongues, which Warne could not understand.
Rajasthan Royals qualified for the Champions League T20 that year, but the event was cancelled on the account of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. The Rajasthan Royals became the winner of the first IPL tournament, when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in the final played on 1 June 2008. With the scores level with one ball remaining, Sohail Tanvir scored the winning run and therefore prevented the match from being decided on a bowl out.[36]
Each player and representative on the team was awarded a medal and the team was presented with the DLF Indian Premier League trophy along with a cheque for US$1.2 million prize money. Many of the Royals' players also took home individual awards for their performance during the tournament; Yusuf Pathan claimed the Man of the Match award for the final match, Sohail Tanvir~ finished the tournament in possession of the Purple Cap (the IPL's leading wicket taker) and Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was declared the Man of the Series.
2009 IPL season[edit]
The Royals came into the tournament in South Africa as the defending champions, but not one of the favourites since Sohail Tanvir was ineligible to play for the team due to the ban imposed by the BCCI on Pakistani players playing in the competition. As well as the fact that Shane Watson, theiaround was unavailable for the whole season as Australia toured to UAE for ODI series against Pakistan. Without these two, the team looked slightly weaker than the previous season and players such as the countryman Graeme Smith, fiery pacer Shaun Tait and the aging Shane Warne had to be relied on.[37]
Rajasthan began their 2009 campaign against the Royal Challengers Bangalore solemnly. They were bowled out for the Second lowest score (First lowest score is of RCB against KKR in 2017 they made a score of 49 and were all out) in the history of the IPL, a paltry 58 as they were thrashed by 75 runs in Newlands, Cape Town by the Kevin Pietersen-led side. They made a short trip to Durban to play the Mumbai Indians but that match was washed out due to rain, which made Rajasthan go at the bottom of the points table at that stage.
But on their return to Cape Town, they faced the Kolkata Knight Riders in a match which went to the Super Over, and Rajasthan were only able to win due to Yusuf Pathan's onslaught off the bowling of Ajantha Mendis, knocking off the required 17 runs in just 4 balls. At the same ground although, they were defeated by the Kings XI Punjab by 27 runs.
Yusuf again played a blinder of an innings, an unbeaten 30-ball 62 to help Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Daredevils yet again, by 5 wickets. But the team that they met in the final last season, Chennai Super Kings was too good for them in their first clash of the season in Pretoria where Chennai won by 38 runs.
However, Yusuf was at his all-round best as the Royals beat the Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets as he bowled well in his 4 overs, with figures of 1/19 and contributing 24 runs off 17 balls. They also were able to hammer Kings XI Punjab by 78 runs in their return match in Durban as Graeme Smith made the decibel levels on the ground increase with his 44-ball 77. Whereas, they took their revenge against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, prevailing by 7 wickets as the team rode on the unknown Indian pacer, Amit Singh's spell of 4/19 in 4 overs.
Then disaster struck. They lost yet another contest to the Chennai Super Kings, by 7 wickets and Deccan Chargers posted their first win against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, by a massive margin of 53 runs. The Royals managed to shut out the Mumbai Indians by a mere 2 runs due to Warne's brilliance but were knocked out of the tournament with back-to-back defeats to the Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs and the bottom-ranked Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets.
Seven players were dropped from the team and they were sent back to home. These players were – Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Salunkhe, Paras Dogra, Anup Revandkar, Srideep Mangela, Ashraf Makda and Azhar Malik.[38]
Rajasthan Royals ended 6th out of the 8 teams in the competition, winning 6 matches out of the 14 they played. The Royals failed to make it to the semifinals after losing their last two matches against Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. It was a disappointing finish for Warne's boys, who had won many hearts with their 2008 performance.[39]
British Asian Cup[edit]
On 14 May 2009 it was announced that Rajasthan Royals would meet Middlesex Crusaders in a one-off Twenty20 for the British Asian Cup. It was the first time that an annual charity series to be played between the Twenty20 champions of the two countries. The match took place on 6 July 2009. The Squads were announced on 3 July 2009 with Rajasthan Royals included Mohammad Kaif and also saw a comeback of Sohail Tanvir.
The match was won by Rajasthan Royals by 46 runs after scoring 162/5 in 20 overs and successfully defending it by 46 runs (Middlesex 116/7). The MoM was Dimitri Mascarenhas.[40]
2010 IPL season[edit]
The Royals were back in India after their average outing in South Africa. This time they seemed to be a better outfit as they were to play in conditions which should have suited them the most. But they had to suffer an unfortunate start to the competition, with a narrow 4 run defeat to the Mumbai Indians at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The highlight of this match though, was Yusuf Pathan hitting the fastest ever hundred in IPL history, off only 37 balls! Even some of the Mumbai fans were disappointed not to see Rajasthan win, by the end of it all.[32]
They went on to lose to the Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets on one of their new ‘home’ grounds, Ahmedabad. And were again bruised badly by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who won by 10 wickets. The team remained inconsistent throughout the whole season, winning their next four matches consecutively. One of the young Turks of the erstwhile ICL, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala impressed against the franchise representing his home state, Kolkata Knight Riders as his 36-ball 45 helped the Royals win by 34 runs.
Followed by which the Western Australian batsman Adam Voges hit 45 runs off 24 balls to help Rajasthan beat Punjab in Mohali by 31 runs. The team seemed to have adapted to the Ahmedabad conditions better with wins against Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets as Yusuf Pathan continued his good form against the team, while they beat Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs courtesy wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha's 49-ball 80.
But they lost against Chennai in their return clash as Murali Vijay's hundred took the game away from them as well as were crushed in Delhi by 67 runs. But they managed to escape a Deccan Chargers attack, with a narrow 2 run victory in Nagpur and continued their unbeaten run in Jaipur though, as the out of sorts Kings XI Punjab were duly beaten by 9 wickets with English opener Michael Lumb winning the man of the match award for his 43-ball 83.
Once again, Rajasthan Royals ended the tournament miserably with losses to Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore at home, and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the last round robin game in Kolkata. Consequently, they failed to make it to the playoffs for the second consecutive season as they finished 7th out of the 8 teams in the competition, winning 6 games out of 14 played.[32]
2011 IPL season[edit]
The Rajasthan Royals, and the Kings XI Punjab were temporarily ejected from the league due to issues with their unreported ownership changes. The teams were reinstated with involvement from the High Court.[41] Their owners were broken into several legal entities when the BCCI required the incorporation of the companies.[42][43] Kochi was also at risk of ejection for the same reasons before BCCI cleared their new ownership pattern for the tournament.[44]
The team management decided to retain the Australian duo of Shane Warne and Shane Watson for the following three seasons of the IPL, although Warne's future continued to be uncertain. Yet, he decided to make this his final season for the Rajasthan Royals on the insistence of the team owners who felt that he was the ultimate source of inspiration for the team on and off the field.
In the auction, the team's funds were reduced since they were penalised by the BCCI in 2010 and as a result, had to pay a certain amount of bank guarantee as fixed by the High Court. But they possessed an adequate amount of money to buy some of the world's finest T20 players, which they did not exactly.
They managed to buy back Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait for US$ 300,000 as well as South African bowling all-rounder Johan Botha for US$ 950,000. The other star players which they picked were New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor for US$ 1 million as well as ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid for half that price. England's World T20 2010 winning skipper Paul Collingwood was also purchased for a mere US$ 250,000. The other players were mostly from the domestic circuits, but were confident individuals following Rajasthan winning the Ranji Trophy that year.
Rajasthan Royals began the IPL 2011 in grand fashion, beating the Kumar Sangakkara-led Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets, with the young Indian pacer Siddharth Trivedi adjudged the man of the match for his spell of 3/15 and the Royals continued their fine record against the Chargers. While Shane Warne defied age with a fine piece of bowling to assist Rajasthan in defeating a weakened Delhi Daredevils side by 6 wickets, with figures of 2/17.
However, their confidence was dented with two back-to-back defeats to the new look Kolkata Knight Riders in a span of three days. In the clash at Jaipur, they lost by 9 wickets courtesy a 100-run partnership between Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis, Whereas in Kolkata, Lakshmipathy Balaji picked 3/15 in 4 overs on a minefield pitch in Eden Gardens to help his team pull of an 8 wicket victory.
The match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore was washed out due to rain, which made Rajasthan's task of making it into the last four much tougher. Shaun Marsh was in great nick and his 42-ball 71 resulted in the Royals losing to Kings XI Punjab in Mohali by 48 runs. However, they pulled together a string of a hat-trick of home wins, as Rajasthan chased successfully in all the three matches. The first was against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, winning by 8 wickets. Followed by Mumbai Indians, the No.1 team then on the points table as they chased down a total of 100 with 7 wickets to spare. And then the Pune Warriors India were undone by Ross Taylors’ 35-ball 47 not out, as Rajasthan won by 6 wickets.
But again it was inconsistency which let the Royals down badly. They were given a proper thumping by the eventual champions Chennai Super Kings in both the matches they played against each other, within a span of five days. The in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore thrashed them by 9 wickets courtesy Chris Gayle while they were bowled out for 97 in their 8-wicket defeat to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Although this time they ended their round robin matches well with a win against the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai and in the process giving Shane Warne a fitting farewell, Rajasthan were dismissed from the competition since they ended at the 6th position out of the 10 teams in the tournament, having again won 6 out of their 14 matches played, with one being a no result.[32]
2012 IPL season[edit]
Rajasthan Royals finished in seventh place among the point table in season 5 of IPL winning only seven matches out of sixteen.[45]
2013 IPL season[edit]
Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoff stage by finishing third in the group stage, thus grabbing a spot in Champions League 2013. They won against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator but lost to Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier, which led to their exit from the tournament.[46][47] Shane Watson was declared the Man of the tournament.
2013 spot-fixing case[edit]
Main article: 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
On 16 May 2013, three Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were arrested from Mumbai by Delhi Police along with eleven bookies on charges of spot-fixing in the tournament. The fixing happened in the matches against Pune Warriors on 5 May, Kings XI Punjab on 9 May and Mumbai Indians on 15 May.[48] Later BCCI suspended the three players.[49]
2014 IPL season[edit]
Rajasthan Royals retained five players – Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Stuart Binny – for the seventh season of the IPL. Rajasthan Royals scored 65 runs off the last 17 balls at a strike rate of 382.35 to win the match against RCB.[50] Shane Watson lead the side and Rahul Dravid played the role of a mentor.[51][52]
2018 IPL Season[edit]
In 2018, the Rajasthan Royals made a comeback to IPL after two years of suspension. Prior to the 2018 IPL auction, the Royals retained Steve Smith for ₹12 crore (US$1.8 million) announcing him as captain for 2018 season.[53] Following the ball tampering controversy in March 2018, Smith stepped down as Royals captain with Ajinkya Rahane appointed. Smith was subsequently banned from playing in the 2018 IPL season.[54][55][56][57] Following Steve Smith's ban Heinrich Klaasen was announced as replacement.
On 2 May 2018, in a match against the Delhi Daredevils, Jos Buttler scored the fastest ever 50 for Rajasthan Royals, off just 18 balls. This was also the fifth fastest in IPL history. However, RR lost the match by four runs after failing to make the revised target of 151 from 12 overs due to rain. Buttler also equalled Virender Sehwag’s record for most consecutive fifties in the IPL, with 5 consecutive fifties.
The Royals managed to secure fourth place in the regular season, with 14 points. However, they crashed out of the playoffs in the eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders, losing by 25 runs in Eden Gardens.
Team identity[edit]
Team anthem[edit]
The team anthem is 'Halla Bol'. In the first IPL season the song was sung by Ila Arun.[58] While in second season, it was sung by huudiya.[59]Currently, this team's anthem is 'Phir Halla Bol', released in 2018.
Mascot[edit]
The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh.[30]
Players[edit]
Main article: List of Rajasthan Royals cricketers
Traditionally, the Rajasthan Royals usually purchase cricketers who are not very famous, unknown or uncapped i.e. not played for their nation, at cut-throat prices. The Royals are famous for their frugal spending in the IPL auctions, even during the mega-auctions held once in 3 years. They have even bought players who had previously never played first-class cricket such as Dinesh Salunkhe and Pravin Tambe. The team has also purchased leading cricketers at various times in their history like Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Rahul Dravid, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and Brad Hogg to name a few.
Many of the cricketers who have played for the Royals, having been bought by them as relatively unknown players, have ended up as leading international cricketers partly due to their strong performances in the IPL and backing from the Royals management. In the initial seasons, such players included Taruwar Kohli, who was acquired by the franchise in 2008 under the Under-19 player quota and Yusuf Pathan, the elder brother of the Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan and a relative unknown in cricketing circles unlike his more-celebrated younger brother. Yusuf's brilliant performances in the initial seasons of the IPL earned him a place in the Indian cricket team, and was a member of the Indian squad which won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Even Australian Shane Watson, who has played for the Royals ever since its inception, became a permanent, consistent and leading member of the Australian cricket team soon after his brilliant first season with the Royals in 2008. In the later seasons, these players have included Indian cricketers such as Ajinkya Rahane, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, leg-spinner Tambe, whose performances for the Royals earned him a Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai at the age of 42,[60] Stuart Binny and Dhawal Kulkarni, as well as international cricketers like James Faulkner, Steve Smith and Tim Southee. Even off-spinner Ajit Chandila, who played only 2 first-class matches and was also convicted in the spot-fixing scandal, was one of the top bowlers for the Royals during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.[61]
Home ground[edit]
Main article: Sawai Mansingh Stadium
The home venue of the Royals is the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The stadium was built during the reign of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II, who was also known as SMS, hence the name stadium. It is situated at one corner of the Rambagh Circle. The stadium seats 30,000 and is one of the best in India, after the 2006 renovation.
But in 2014, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad hosted the Rajasthan Royals home matches.[62]
Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, is set to host Royals home games in 2018 IPL season after Rajasthan Royals were suspended for 2 years in 2015 and after Stadium is banned to host matches for 4 years.
Current squad[edit]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No.
Name
Nat
Birth date
Batting style
Bowling style
Signed year
Salary
Notes
v
t
e
Batsmen
27 Ajinkya Rahane (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹4 crore (US$596,000) Captain
52 Rahul Tripathi (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹3.4 crore (US$507,000)
N/A Steve Smith (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹12 crore (US$1.8 million) Overseas
N/A Prashant Chopra (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
N/A Aryaman Birla (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 20) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹30 lakh (US$45,000)
All-rounders
6 Mahipal Lomror (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 18) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
7 Krishnappa Gowtham (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹6.2 crore (US$924,000)
18 Ankit Sharma (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
21 D'Arcy Short (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹4 crore (US$596,000) Overseas
22 Jofra Archer (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹7.2 crore (US$1.1 million) Overseas
37 Shreyas Gopal (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
55 Ben Stokes (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹12.5 crore (US$1.9 million) Overseas
84 Stuart Binny (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$75,000)
N/A Jatin Saxena (1982-08-04) 4 August 1982 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
Wicket-keepers
8 Sanju Samson (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 23) Right-handed 2018 ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million)
45 Heinrich Klaasen (1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 26) Right-handed 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$75,000) Overseas
63 Jos Buttler (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 27) Right-handed 2018 ₹4.4 crore (US$656,000) Overseas
Bowlers
44 Anureet Singh (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹30 lakh (US$45,000)
56 Ben Laughlin (1982-10-03) 3 October 1982 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$75,000) Overseas
61 Ish Sodhi (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$75,000) Overseas
77 Jaydev Unadkat (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 26) Right-handed Left-arm medium 2018 ₹11.5 crore (US$1.7 million)
91 Dhawal Kulkarni (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹75 lakh (US$112,000)
N/A Dushmantha Chameera (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$75,000) Overseas
N/A Zahir Khan Pakteen (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 19) Left-handed Slow left-arm chinaman 2018 ₹60 lakh (US$89,000) Overseas
N/A Sudhesan Midhun (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
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Administration and support staff[edit]
Owner - Manoj Badale
Head of cricket - Zubin Bharucha
Team Mentor - Shane Warne
Head Coach - Paddy Upton
Batting coach - Amol Muzumdar
Bowling coach - Sairaj Bahutule
Fielding coach - Dishant Yagnik
Physiotherapist - John Gloster
Seasons[edit]
Year
Indian Premier League
Champions League Twenty20
2008
Champions
Cancelled (Q)
2009
League stage (6th/8)
DNQ
2010
League stage (7th/8)
DNQ
2011
League stage (6th/10)
DNQ
2012
League stage (7th/9)
DNQ
2013
Playoffs (3rd/9)
Runners-up
2014
League stage (5th/8)
DNQ
2015
Playoffs (4th/8)
Tournament defunct
2016
Suspended
2017
Suspended
2018
4th in the IPL Lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator
Sponsors and Kit Manufacturers[edit]
Year
Kit Manufacturers
Shirt Sponsor (Front)
Shirt Sponsor (Back)
Chest Branding
2008 Reebok Bajaj Allianz Royal Challenge Reebok
2009 UltraTech Cement HDFC Life 7up
2010 Puma MOOV
2011 Floriana SuperTech
2012 UltraTech Cement
2013 Rupa
2014
2015 Provogue Lawman Pg3[9]
2018 TYKA Sports JK Lakshmi Pro+ Cement Mitsubishi Heavy Industries KEI Wires and Cables
Statistics[edit]
See also: List of Rajasthan Royals records
Summary of results
Years
Matches
Wins
Losses
No Result
Success Rate
2008
14 11 3 0 78.57%
2009
14 6 7 1 46.15%
2010
14 6 8 0 42.86%
2011
14 6 7 1 46.15%
2012
16 7 9 0 43.75%
2013
16 10 6 0 62.50%
2014
14 7 7 0 50.00%
2015
14 6 6 2 50.00%
2016
Suspended
2017
Suspended
2018
0 0 0 0 0
Total
116 59 53 4 50.86%
Fixtures and results[edit]
2008 IPL season[edit]
Captain: Shane Warne
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002008-04-19-000019 April 2008 Delhi Daredevils in 2008 Delhi Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard
2 000000002008-04-21-000021 April 2008 Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 6 wickets Shane Watson 76*(49) Scorecard
3 000000002008-04-24-000024 April 2008 Hyderabad Won by 3 wickets Yusuf Pathan 2/20 (2 overs) and 61 (28) Scorecard
4 000000002008-04-26-000026 April 2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 7 wickets Shane Watson 2/20 (4 overs) and 61* (41) Scorecard
5 000000002008-05-01-00001 May 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Won by 45 runs Swapnil Asnodkar 60 (34) Scorecard
6 000000002008-05-04-00004 May 2008 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Won by 8 wickets Sohail Tanvir 6/14 (4 overs) Scorecard
7 000000002008-05-07-00007 May 2008 Mumbai Indians Navi Mumbai Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
8 000000002008-05-09-00009 May 2008 Jaipur Won by 8 wickets Yusuf Pathan 68(37) Scorecard
9 000000002008-05-11-000011 May 2008 Delhi Daredevils in 2008 Jaipur Won by 3 wickets Shane Watson 2/21(4 overs) and 74(40) Scorecard
10 000000002008-05-17-000017 May 2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Won by 65 runs Graeme Smith 75*(49) Scorecard
11 000000002008-05-20-000020 May 2008 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 6 wickets Yusuf Pathan 1/14(2 overs) and 48*(18) Scorecard
12 000000002008-05-24-000024 May 2008 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 10 runs Albie Morkel 71(40) and 2/35(4 overs Scorecard
13 000000002008-05-26-000026 May 2008 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Won by 5 Wickets Sohail Tanvir 4/14 (4 overs) Scorecard
14 000000002008-05-28-000028 May 2008 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 41 Runs Scorecard
Semi-Final 000000002008-05-30-000030 May 2008 Delhi Daredevils in 2008 Mumbai Won by 105 runs Shane Watson 52(29) and 3/10(3 overs) Scorecard
Final 000000002008-06-01-00001 June 2008 Chennai Super Kings Navi Mumbai Won by 3 wickets Yusuf Pathan 56(39) and 3/22 (4 overs) Scorecard
The Royals won the inaugural DLF IPL T-20 Tournament on 1 June 2008. MoS – Shane Watson 472 runs and 17 wickets, Purple Cap Holder Sohail Tanvir
2009 IPL season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002009-04-18-000018 April 2009 Royal Challengers Bangalore Cape Town Lost by 75 runs Scorecard
2 000000002009-04-21-000021 April 2009 Mumbai Indians Durban Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard
3 000000002009-04-23-000023 April 2009 Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town Won (In The Superover) Yusuf Pathan 42(21), 18*(4) and 0/27(4 overs) Scorecard
4 000000002009-04-26-000026 April 2009 Kings XI Punjab Cape Town Lost by 27 runs Scorecard
5 000000002009-04-28-000028 April 2009 Delhi Daredevils Pretoria Won by 5 wickets Yusuf Pathan 62*(30) Scorecard
6 000000002009-04-30-000030 April 2009 Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Lost by 38 runs Scorecard
7 000000002009-05-02-00002 May 2009 Deccan Chargers Port Elizabeth Won by 3 wickets Yusuf Pathan 24(17) and 1/19(4 overs) Scorecard
8 000000002009-05-05-00005 May 2009 Kings XI Punjab Durban Won by 78 Runs Graeme Smith 77(44) Scorecard
9 000000002009-05-07-00007 May 2009 Royal Challengers Bangalore Pretoria Won by 7 wickets Amit Singh 4/19(4 overs) Scorecard
10 000000002009-05-09-00009 May 2009 Chennai Super Kings Kimberley Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
11 000000002009-05-11-000011 May 2009 Deccan Chargers Kimberley Lost by 53 runs Scorecard
12 000000002009-05-14-000014 May 2009 Mumbai Indians Durban Won by 2 Runs Shane Warne 3/24(4 overs) Scorecard
13 000000002009-05-17-000017 May 2009 Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein Lost by 14 runs Scorecard
14 000000002009-05-20-000020 May 2009 Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard
2010 IPL season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002010-03-13-000013 March 2010 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 4 runs Yusuf Pathan 100(37) Scorecard
2 000000002010-03-15-000015 March 2010 Delhi Daredevils Ahmedabad Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
3 000000002010-03-18-000018 March 2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 10 wickets Scorecard
4 000000002010-03-20-000020 March 2010 Kolkata Knight Riders Ahmedabad Won by 34 runs Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 45(36) Scorecard
5 000000002010-03-24-000024 March 2010 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 31 runs Adam Voges 45(24) Scorecard
6 000000002010-03-26-000026 March 2010 Deccan Chargers Ahmedabad Won by 8 wickets Yusuf Pathan 73(34) Scorecard
7 000000002010-03-28-000028 March 2010 Chennai Super Kings Ahmedabad Won by 17 runs Naman Ojha 80(49) Scorecard
8 000000002010-03-31-000031 March 2010 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Lost by 67 runs Scorecard
9 000000002010-04-03-00003 April 2010 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 23 runs Scorecard
10 000000002010-04-05-00005 April 2010 Deccan Chargers Nagpur Won by 2 runs Shane Warne 4/21(4 overs) Scorecard
11 000000002010-04-07-00007 April 2010 Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 9 wickets Michael Lumb 83(43) Scorecard
12 000000002010-04-11-000011 April 2010 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Lost by 37 runs Scorecard
13 000000002010-04-14-000014 April 2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
14 000000002010-04-17-000017 April 2010 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
2011 IPL season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002011-04-09-00009 April 2011 Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets Siddharth Trivedi 3/15 Scorecard
2 000000002011-04-12-000012 April 2011 Delhi Daredevils Jaipur Won by 6 wickets Shane Warne 2/17 Scorecard
3 000000002011-04-15-000015 April 2011 Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard
4 000000002011-04-17-000017 April 2011 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
5 000000002011-04-19-000019 April 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Scorecard
6 000000002011-04-21-000021 April 2011 Kings XI Punjab Chandigarh Lost by 48 runs Scorecard
7 000000002011-04-24-000024 April 2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Jaipur Won by 8 wickets Shane Warne 3/16 Scorecard
8 000000002011-04-29-000029 April 2011 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Won by 7 wickets Johan Botha 45(39)& 3/6 (2 overs) Scorecard
9 000000002011-05-01-00001 May 2011 Pune Warriors India Jaipur Won by 6 wickets Ross Taylor 47*(35) Scorecard
10 000000002011-05-04-00004 May 2011 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
11 000000002011-05-09-00009 May 2011 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Lost by 63 runs Scorecard
12 000000002011-05-11-000011 May 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard
13 000000002011-05-15-000015 May 2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Indore Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard
14 000000002011-05-20-000020 May 2011 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 10 wickets Shane Watson 89*(47) & 3/19 Scorecard
2012 IPL season[edit]
Captain : Rahul Dravid
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002012-04-06-00006 April 2012 Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 31 runs Ajinkya Rahane (98) Scorecard
2 000000002012-04-08-00008 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Won by 22 runs Brad Hodge 44 (29) Scorecard
3 000000002012-04-11-000011 April 2012 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 27 runs Scorecard
4 000000002012-04-13-000013 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
5 000000002012-04-15-000015 April 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 59 runs Ajinkya Rahane 103* Scorecard
6 000000002012-04-17-000017 April 2012 Deccan Chargers Jaipur Won by 5 wickets Brad Hodge Scorecard
7 000000002012-04-21-000021 April 2012 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 7 Wickets Scorecard
8 000000002012-04-23-000023 April 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Lost by 46 runs Scorecard
9 000000002012-04-29-000029 April 2012 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Lost by 1 run Scorecard
10 000000002012-05-01-00001 May 2012 Delhi Daredevils Jaipur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
11 000000002012-05-05-00005 May 2012 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 43 runs Shane Watson Score Card
12 000000002012-05-08-00008 May 2012 Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 7 wickets Shane Watson 90* (51) Scorecard
13 000000002012-05-10-000010 May 2012 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Lost by 4 Wickets Scorecard
14 000000002012-05-13-000013 May 2012 Pune Warriors India Jaipur Won by 45 runs Ajit Chandila 4/13 Scorecard
15 000000002012-05-18-000018 May 2012 Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
16 000000002012-05-20-000020 May 2012 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Lost by 10 wickets Scorecard
2013 IPL season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002013-04-06-00006 April 2013 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 5 runs Rahul Dravid 65(51) Scorecard
2 000000002013-04-08-00008 April 2013 Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Won by 19 runs Siddharth Trivedi 4/23 Scorecard
3 000000002013-04-11-000011 April 2013 Pune Warriors India Pune Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
4 000000002013-04-14-000014 April 2013 Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 6 wickets James Faulkner 2/30 Scorecard
5 000000002013-04-17-000017 April 2013 Mumbai Indians Jaipur won by 87 runs Ajinkya Rahane 68(54) Scorecard
6 000000002013-04-20-000020 April 2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
7 000000002013-04-22-000022 April 2013 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
8 000000002013-04-27-000027 April 2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad Jaipur Won by 8 wickets James Faulkner 5/20(4 overs) Scorecard
9 000000002013-04-29-000029 April 2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Won by 4 wickets Sanju Samson 63 (31) Scorecard
10 000000002013-05-03-00003 May 2013 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 Wickets Scorecard
11 000000002013-05-05-00005 May 2013 Pune Warriors India Jaipur Won By 5 Wickets Ajinkya Rahane 67 (48) Scorecard
12 000000002013-05-07-00007 May 2013 Delhi Daredevils Jaipur Won By 9 Wickets Ajinkya Rahane 63* (45) Scorecard
13 000000002013-05-09-00009 May 2013 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won By 8 Wickets Kevon Cooper 3–23 Scorecard
14 000000002013-05-12-000012 May 2013 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Won By 5 Wickets Shane Watson 70 (34) Scorecard
15 000000002013-05-15-000015 May 2013 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 14 Runs Scorecard
16 000000002013-05-17-000017 May 2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Lost by 23 Runs Scorecard
17 000000002013-05-22-000022 May 2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator) New Delhi Won by 4 wickets Brad Hodge 54* (29) Scorecard
18 000000002013-05-24-000024 May 2013 Mumbai Indians (Qualifier 2) Kolkata Lost by 4 Wickets Scorecard
2013 CLT20 season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002013-09-21-000021 September 2013 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Won by 7 wickets Vikramjeet Malik 3/24 (4 overs) Scorecard
2 000000002013-09-25-000025 September 2013 Highveld Lions Jaipur Won by 30 runs Pravin Tambe 4/15 (3 overs) Scorecard
3 000000002013-09-29-000029 September 2013 Perth Scorchers Jaipur Won by 9 wickets Kevon Cooper 4/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
4 000000002013-10-01-00001 October 2013 Otago Volts Jaipur Won by 4 wickets Rahul Shukla 3/23 (4 overs) Scorecard
Semi-Final 000000002013-10-04-00004 October 2013 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Won by 14 runs Pravin Tambe 3/10 (4 overs) Scorecard
Final 000000002013-10-06-00006 October 2013 Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla Lost by 33 runs Scorecard
2014 IPL season[edit]
Captain: Shane Watson
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
Phase 1 Matches in United Arab Emirates
1 000000002014-04-18-000018 April 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Abu Dhabi Won by 4 Wickets Ajinkya Rahane 59(53) Scorecard
2 000000002014-04-20-000020 April 2014 Kings XI Punjab Sharjah Lost by 7 Wickets Scorecard
3 000000002014-04-23-000023 April 2014 Chennai Super Kings Dubai Lost by 7 Runs Scorecard
4 000000002014-04-26-000026 April 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Abu Dhabi Won by 6 Wickets Pravin Tambe 4/20 (4 overs) Scorecard
5 000000002014-04-29-000029 April 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Abu Dhabi Match Tied; Super Over Tied; Won by Boundary Count James Faulkner 2*(1) & 3/11 (2 overs) Scorecard
Phase 2 Matches in India
6 000000002014-05-03-00003 May 2014 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 7 Wickets Karun Nair 73*(50) Scorecard
7 000000002014-05-05-00005 May 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Ahmedabad Won by 10 Runs Pravin Tambe 3/26 (4 Overs) Scorecard
8 000000002014-05-08-00008 May 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Ahmedabad Lost by 33 Runs Scorecard
9 000000002014-05-11-000011 May 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 5 Wickets James Faulkner 41(17) & 1/42 (4 Overs) Scorecard
10 000000002014-05-13-000013 May 2014 Chennai Super Kings Ranchi Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
11 000000002014-05-15-000015 May 2014 Delhi Daredevils Ahmedabad Won by 62 Runs Ajinkya Rahane 64(50) Scorecard
12 000000002014-05-19-000019 May 2014 Mumbai Indians Ahmedabad Lost by 26 Runs Scorecard
13 000000002014-05-23-000023 May 2014 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 17 Runs Scorecard
14 000000002014-05-25-000025 May 2014 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
2015 IPL season[edit]
No.
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Man of the Match
Scorecard link
1 000000002015-04-10-000010 April 2015 Kings XI Punjab Pune Won by 26 Runs James Faulkner 46(33) Scorecard
2 000000002015-04-12-000012 April 2015 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 3 Wickets Deepak Hooda 54(25) Scorecard
3 000000002015-04-14-000014 April 2015 Mumbai Indians Ahmedabad Won by 7 Wickets Steven Smith 79* (53) Scorecard
4 000000002015-04-16-000016 April 2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Won by 6 Wickets Ajinkya Rahane 62 (56) Scorecard
5 000000002015-04-19-000019 April 2015 Chennai Super Kings Ahmedabad Won by 8 Wickets Ajinkya Rahane 76* (55) Scorecard
6 000000002015-04-21-000021 April 2015 Kings XI Punjab Ahmedabad Match Tied, Lost Super Over Scorecard
7 000000002015-04-24-000024 April 2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore Ahmedabad Lost by 9 Wickets Scorecard
8 000000002015-04-26-000026 April 2015 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata "No Toss" Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard
9 000000002015-04-29-000029 April 2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru No Result Scorecard
10 000000002015-05-01-00001 May 2015 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 9 Runs Scorecard
11 000000002015-05-03-00003 May 2015 Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Won by 14 Runs Ajinkya Rahane 91*(54) Scorecard
12 000000002015-05-07-00007 May 2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Lost by 8 Runs Scorecard
13 000000002015-05-10-000010 May 2015 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 13 Runs Scorecard
14 000000002015-05-16-000016 May 2015 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Won by 9 Runs Shane Watson 104*(59) & 2/38(4 Overs) Scorecard
15 000000002015-05-20-000020 May 2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore (Eliminator) Pune Lost by 72 Runs Scorecard
See also[edit]
List of Rajasthan Royals records
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External links[edit]
Official Rajasthan Royals Site
IPL team Rajasthan Royals web page on official IPL T20 website – IPLT20.com
Rajasthan Royals on Twitter
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