Updated: 28 March 2024
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team History:
The Rajasthan Royals (RR) are a franchise cricket team of IPL based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was founded in the year 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises. The team has their home ground-based at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals Owner
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The franchise is currently owned by Manoj Badale. Other investors for this team include Lachlan Murdoch, Aditya S Chellaram, and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million in the year 2008. Incidentally, this was also the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals Controversies
On 14 July 2015, the panel appointed by the Supreme Court had suspended Rajasthan Royals and CSK for two years over a betting scandal, meaning they could not participate in the 2016 and 2017 IPL editions. They returned to the competition again from the 2018 season.
The official song of Rajasthan Royals is “Halla bol”.
Rajasthan Royals Captain From 2008 to 2021
| IPL Season | Rajasthan Royals Captain |
| IPL 2021 Season 14 | Sanju Samson |
| IPL 2020 Season 13 | Steve Smith |
| IPL 2019 Season 12 | Steve Smith |
| IPL 2018 Season 11 | Ajinkya Rahane |
| IPL 2015 Season 8 | Shane Watson |
| IPL 2014 Season 7 | Shane Watson |
| IPL 2013 Season 6 | Rahul Dravid |
| IPL 2012 Season 5 | Rahul Dravid |
| IPL 2011 Season 4 | Shane Warne |
| IPL 2010 Season 3 | Shane Warne |
| IPL 2009 Season 2 | Shane Warne |
| IPL 2008 Season 1 | Shane Warne |
Rajasthan Royals Retained Players IPL 2022
Sanju Samson- 14 Cr
Ben Stokes- 10 Cr
Yashaswi Jaiswal- 4 Cr
RR total purse value – 90 cr. Remaining purse value – 72 cr
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Squad VIVO IPL 2022 :
Here is the full squad of Rajasthan Royals For VIVO IPL 2022
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Sanju Samson (c)
| Batsmen list | Bowlers list | Wicketkeepers list | All-rounders list |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Jofra Archer | Sanju Samson | Ben Stokes |
| Mahipal Lomror | Mayank Markande | Jos Buttler | Rahul Tewatia |
| Manan Vohra | Shreyas Gopal | Anuj Rawat | Chris Morris |
| Riyan Parag | Jaydev Unadkat | Shivam Dube | |
| David Miller | Kartik Tyagi | Liam Livingstone | |
| AJ Tye | |||
| Chetan Sakariya | |||
| Mustafizur Rahman | |||
| KC Cariappa | |||
| Akash Singh | |||
| Kuldip Yadav |
Note – This is an old squad, we will update after IPL 2022 mega auction which is scheduled to be held on 12 & 13th Feb in Bengaluru.
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) Released players 2022:
Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Shashank Singh, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Oshane Thomas. (IPL 2021 released player, stay tuned for latest updates)
Rajasthan Royals (RR) new players IPL Auction 2022
In the IPL Auction 2021, Rajasthan Royals brought the following players:
- Christopher Morris (All-Rounder) – Rs. 16.25 crores
- Shivam Dube (All-Rounder) – Rs. 4.4 crores
- Chetan Sakariya (Bowler) – Rs. 1.2 crores
- Mustafizur Rahman (Bowler) – Rs. 1 crore
- Liam Livingstone (All-Rounder)- Rs. 75 lakhs
- K.C Cariappa (Bowler) – Rs. 20 lakhs
- Akash Singh (Bowler) – Rs. 20 lakhs
- Kuldip Yadav (Bowler) – Rs. 20 lakhs
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) most expensive players 2021:
1>Chris Morris – 16.25 crores
2> Ben stokes -12.5 crores
3> Sanju Samson -8 crores
4> Jofra Archer-7.2 crore
5> Shivam Dubey -4.4 crore
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Past performance (Team performance, most runs, most wickets):
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Given below is the Rajasthan Royals (RR) team performance from 2008-2021:
| Year | League standing | Final position |
| 2008 | 1st out of 8 | Champions |
| 2009 | 6th out of 8 | 6th |
| 2010 | 7th out of 8 | 7th |
| 2011 | 6th out of 10 | 6th |
| 2012 | 7th out of 9 | 7th |
| 2013 | 3rd out of 9 | Playoffs (3rd) |
| 2014 | 5th out of 8 | 5th |
| 2015 | 4th out of 8 | Playoffs(4th) |
| 2018 | 4th out of 8 | Playoffs (4th) |
| 2019 | 7th out of 8 | 7th |
| 2020 | 8th out of 8 | 8th |
| 2021 | 7th out of 8 |
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Most runs: Ajinkya Rahane (3098)
Most wickets: S. Trivedi (65)
Most century: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (2)
The title sponsor for KKR is NIINE.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) schedule IPL 2022
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| MATCH No | DATE & DAY | OPPONENT | TIME (IST) | VENUE |
| 4 | April 12, Monday | RR vs Punjab Kings | 19:30 | Mumbai |
| 7 | April 15, Thu | RR vs Delhi Capitals | 19:30 | Mumbai |
| 12 | April 19, Monday | Chennai Super Kings vs RR | 19:30 | Mumbai |
| 16 | April 22, Thu | Royal Challengers vs RR | 19:30 | Mumbai |
| 18 | April 24, Sat | RR vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 19:30 | Mumbai |
| 24 | April 29, Thu | Mumbai Indians vs RR | 15:30 | Delhi |
| 28 | May 2, Tuesday | SRH | 3:3o | Delhi |
| 32 | Sep 21, Tuesday | PBKS vs RR | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 36 | Sep 25, Saturday | DC vs RR | 3.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 40 | Sep 27, Monday | SRH vs RR | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 43 | Sep 29, Wednesday | RCB vs RR | 7.30 PM | Dubai |
| 47 | Oct 2, Saturday | CSK vs RR | 7.30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 51 | Oct 5, Tuesday | MI vs RR | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
| 54 | Oct 7 Thursday | KKR vs RR | 7.30 PM | Sharjah |
Qualifier 1- 10 Oct – Sunday – Dubai – 7.30 PM
Eliminator – 11 Oct – Monday – Sharjah – 7.30 pm
Qualifier 2 – 13 Oct – Wednesday – Sharjah – 7.30 pm
Final – 15 Oct – Friday – Dubai – 7.30 pm
