Rajasthan Royals
2022 season
CoachKumar Sangakkara
CaptainSanju Samson
Ground(s)Sawai Mansingh Stadium
2022 Indian Premier LeagueRunner Up
Most runsJos Buttler (863)
Most wicketsYuzvendra Chahal (27)
Most catchesRiyan Parag (17)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsSanju Samson (16)

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.[1][2] The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inaugural season.[3]

The side finished as the runners-up in the season.[4]

Background

The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.[5]

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[6]
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[7]

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Captain
11Sanju Samson India11 November 1994Right-handedRight-arm off-spin2018
Batters
19Yashasvi Jaiswal India28 December 2001Left-handedRight-arm leg break2020
69Karun Nair India6 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break2022
189Shimron Hetmyer West Indies26 December 1996Left-handedLeg break2022Overseas
72Rassie van der Dussen South Africa7 February 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022Overseas
37Devdutt Padikkal India7 July 2000Left-handedRight-arm off break2022
5Riyan Parag India10 November 2001Right-handedLeg break2019
6Shubham Garhwal India14 May 1995Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2022
All-rounders
7Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia11 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022Overseas; Ruled out due to calf injury
50Jimmy Neesham New Zealand17 September 1990Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022Overseas
47Daryl Mitchell New Zealand20 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022Overseas
99Ravichandran Ashwin India17 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2022
Wicket-keepers
63Jos Buttler England8 September 1990Right-handed2018Overseas
21Dhruv Jurel India21 January 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
Spin bowlers
3Yuzvendra Chahal India23 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022
94K. C. Cariappa India13 April 1994Right-handedLeg break2022
28Tejas Baroka India1 February 1996Right-handedLeg break googly2022
Pace bowlers
22Kuldeep Sen India22 October 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
15Kuldip Yadav India15 October 1996Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2021
68Obed McCoy West Indies4 January 1997Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2022Overseas
96Navdeep Saini India23 November 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
24Prasidh Krishna India19 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
18Trent Boult New Zealand22 July 1989Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2022Overseas
13Anunay Singh India3 January 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
-Corbin Bosch South Africa10 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022Overseas; Replacement for Nathan Coulter-Nile[8]
Source: RR Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
CEOJake Lush McCrum[9]
Team ManagerRomi Bhinder
Head coach and Director of cricketKumar Sangakkara
Development and performance directorZubin Bharucha
Assistant coachTrevor Penney
Batting coachAmol Mazumdar
Spin bowling coachSairaj Bahutule
Fast bowling coachLasith Malinga
High performance fast bowling coachSteffan Jones
Fielding coachDishant Yagnik
Sources:[10][11]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos Grp Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 B Gujarat Titans (C) 14 10 4 0 20 0.316 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 A Rajasthan Royals (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.298
3 A Lucknow Super Giants (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.251 Advanced to Eliminator
4 B Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 0.253
5 A Delhi Capitals 14 7 7 0 14 0.204
6 B Punjab Kings 14 7 7 0 14 0.126
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12 0.146
8 B Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 −0.379
9 B Chennai Super Kings 14 4 10 0 8 −0.203
10 A Mumbai Indians 14 4 10 0 8 −0.506
Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

Group fixtures

Match 5
29 March 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
210/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
149/7 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 55 (27)
Umran Malik 2/39 (4 overs)
Aiden Markram 57* (41)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 61 runs
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Match 9
2 April 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
193/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
170/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 100 (68)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/17 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 54 (43)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 23 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
5 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
169/3 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
173/6 (19.1 overs)
Jos Buttler 70* (47)
Harshal Patel 1/18 (4 overs)
Shahbaz Ahmed 45 (26)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/15 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 20
10 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
165/6 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
162/8 (20 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 59* (36)
Krishnappa Gowtham 2/30 (4 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 38* (17)
Yuzvendra Chahal 4/41 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
14 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
192/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
155/9 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 87* (52)
Riyan Parag 1/12 (1 over)
Jos Buttler 54 (24)
Lockie Ferguson 3/23 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 37 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 30
18 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
217/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
210 (19.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 103 (61)
Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 85 (51)
Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

Match 34
22 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
222/2 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
207/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 116 (65)
Mustafizur Rahman 1/43 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 44 (24)
Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was originally scheduled to take place at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, but it was relocated to the Wankhede Stadium after a number of COVID-19 cases in the Delhi camp.[13]
  • Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) became the second player to score consecutive hundreds in the IPL, after Shikhar Dhawan. Buttler also became the second player after Virat Kohli to score three or more centuries in a single IPL season.[14]

Match 39
26 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
144/8 (20 overs)
v
Riyan Parag 56* (31)
Josh Hazlewood 2/19 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 23 (21)
Kuldeep Sen 4/20 (3.3 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 29 runs
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 44
30 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
158/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
161/5 (19.2 overs)
Jos Buttler 67 (52)
Riley Meredith 2/24 (4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 51 (39)
Ravichandran Ashwin 1/21 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 47
2 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
152/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
158/3 (19.1 overs)
Sanju Samson 54 (49)
Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 48* (37)
Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 52
7 May 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
189/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
190/4 (19.4 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 56 (40)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/28 (4 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 68 (41)
Arshdeep Singh 4/29 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind)
Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.[15]

Match 58
11 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
160/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
161/2 (18.1 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (38)
Chetan Sakariya 2/23 (4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 89 (62)
Trent Boult 1/32 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 63
15 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
178/6 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
154/8 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 41 (29)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/31 (4 overs)
Deepak Hooda 59 (39)
Trent Boult 2/18 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 24 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 68
20 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
150/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
151/5 (20 overs)
Moeen Ali 93 (57)
Obed McCoy 2/20 (4 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 59 (44)
Prashant Solanki 2/20 (2 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[16]

Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1


24 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
188/6 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans
191/3 (19.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 89 (56)
Hardik Pandya 1/14 (2 overs)
David Miller 68* (38)
Trent Boult 1/38 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2


27 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Rajasthan Royals
161/3 (18.1 overs)
Rajat Patidar 58 (42)
Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 106* (60)
Josh Hazlewood 2/23 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Final


29 May 2022
20:00 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
130/9 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans
133/3 (18.1 overs)
Jos Buttler 39 (35)
Hardik Pandya 3/17 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 45* (43)
Trent Boult 1/14 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1Jos Buttler1414162911648.38428146.963305637
2Sanju Samson141413745528.76254147.240203521
3Devdutt Padikkal141403375424.07264127.650113812
4Shimron Hetmyer1212729759*59.40182163.180101921
5Yashasvi Jaiswal7702126830.28157135.03020266
  • Last updated: 21 May 2022
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1Yuzvendra Chahal141456.00430265/4016.537.6712.911
2Prasidh Krishna141455.03449153/2229.938.1622.000
3Trent Boult131350.02412132/1831.698.2423.000
4Ravichandran Ashwin141456.00400113/1736.367.1430.500
5Kuldeep Sen7725.1023784/2029.629.4118.810
  • Last updated: 21 May 2022
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]

Player of the match awards

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
129 March 2022Sanju SamsonSunrisers HyderabadWon by 61 runs55 (27)[19]
22 April 2022Jos ButtlerMumbai IndiansWon by 23 runs100 (68)[20]
310 April 2022Yuzvendra ChahalLucknow Super GiantsWon by 3 runs4/41 (4 overs)[21]
418 April 2022Yuzvendra ChahalKolkata Knight RidersWon by 7 runs5/40 (4 overs)[12]
522 April 2022Jos ButtlerDelhi CapitalsWon by 15 runs116 (65)[22]
626 April 2022Riyan ParagRoyal Challengers BangaloreWon by 29 runs56* (31)[23]
77 May 2022Yashasvi JaiswalDelhi CapitalsWon by 6 wickets68 (41)[24]
815 May 2022Trent BoultLucknow Super GiantsWon by 24 runs2/18 (4 overs)[25]
920 May 2022Ravichandran AshwinChennai Super KingsWon by 5 wickets40* (23)[26]
1027 May 2022Jos ButtlerRoyal Challengers BangaloreWon by 7 wickets and advanced to the Finals106* (60)[27]

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