Rajasthan Royals in 2019

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Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals colours 2019.png
2019 season
CoachPaddy Upton
CaptainAjinkya Rahane (first 8 matches)
Steve Smith (9th match onwards)
Ground(s)Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
2019 Indian Premier League7th
Most runsAjinkya Rahane (393)
Most wicketsShreyas Gopal (20)
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The 2019 season was the 10th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals. The team was captained by Ajinkya Rahane.

Background[]

Player retention and auction[]

Main article: List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes
Smith returned to the team after serving his 12-month ban

In November 2018, the Royals announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, Sudhesan Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni and Mahipal Lomror among Indian players, and Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi among overseas players.[1][2] The Royals thus had a purse of ₹18.3 crore and nine slots remaining in their roster ahead of the player auction.

On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Royals signed up nine more players viz., Jaydev Unadkat , Varun Aaron , Oshane Thomas, Ashton Turner, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Riyan Parag, Manan Vohra and Shubham Ranjane.[3] They filled their quota of 25 players with 17 Indian and 8 overseas players.

Preseason[]

In February 2019, the Royals announced that they would wear pink jerseys in the 2019 season, changing from blue which was the primary colour of their kit since 2008. Team captain Rahane and brand ambassador Shane Warne attributed the change to Royals' home being Jaipur which is known as "Pink City" as well as the response received for a previous season's match in which they had worn pink for cancer awareness.[4]

In March 2019, the franchise opened a cricket academy based at Reed's School, Surrey, United Kingdom, called the Rajasthan Royals Academy.[5]

Team analysis[]

In his preview, Shashank Kishore of ESPNcricinfo wrote that while Royals have "great depth" in their squad they "need strategic precision" in the season. He concluded his analysis saying, "Even if a top-two finish may seem far-fetched, they will definitely be in the running for third or fourth."[6] Firstpost stated that Indian players will "dictate to a great extent [..] the balance of the side [and] their position in two months time" and opined that they have the players "to improve on their Playoff finish from last year."[7] News18 termed the "lack of a world-class spinner" as the team's weakness and suggested that the team "might suffer in the latter stages of the tournament" if their overseas players leave for World Cup preparations.[8]

Squad[]

  • 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
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane India (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹4 crore (US$531,000) Captain till match 8; Vice Captain from match 9 onwards
9 Aryaman Birla India (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹30 lakh (US$40,000)
11 Prashant Chopra India (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
18 Manan Vohra India (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
27 Liam Livingstone England (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Overseas
43 Shashank Singh India (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
49 Steve Smith Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹12 crore (US$1.6 million)

Overseas; Vice Captain till match 8; Captain from match 9

52 Rahul Tripathi India (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹3.4 crore (US$452,000)
70 Ashton Turner Australia (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Overseas
All-rounders
5 Riyan Parag India (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
6 Mahipal Lomror India (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
7 Krishnappa Gowtham India (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹6.2 crore (US$823,000)
37 Shreyas Gopal India (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
55 Ben Stokes England (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹12.5 crore (US$1.7 million) Overseas
84 Stuart Binny India (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$66,000)
700 Shubham Ranjane India (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
Wicket-keepers
8 Sanju Samson India (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 27) Right-handed 2018 ₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)
63 Jos Buttler England (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed 2018 ₹4.4 crore (US$584,000) Overseas
Bowlers
17 Oshane Thomas Jamaica (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 ₹1.1 crore (US$146,000) Overseas
19 Sudhesan Midhun India (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
22 Jofra Archer England (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹7.2 crore (US$956,160.00) Overseas
61 Ish Sodhi New Zealand (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Overseas
77 Varun Aaron India (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 ₹2.4 crore (US$319,000)
95 Dhawal Kulkarni India (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹75 lakh (US$100,000)
99 Jaydev Unadkat India (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Left-arm medium 2019 ₹8.4 crore (US$1.1 million)

Coaching and support staff[]

Ref[9][10]

Season[]

League table[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.421
2 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.131
3 Delhi Capitals 14 9 5 0 18 0.044
4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 0.577
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12 0.028
6 Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 −0.251
7 Rajasthan Royals 14 5 8 1 11 −0.449
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 8 1 11 −0.607
Source: ESPNCricinfo
  • The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs[11]
  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to the Eliminator


Match results[]

League stage[]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
25 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
184/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
170/9 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 79 (47)
Ben Stokes 2/48 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 69 (43)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/31 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 14 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) was dismissed by Mankading.[12]
29 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
198/2 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
201/5 (19 overs)
Sanju Samson 102* (55)
Rashid Khan 1/24 (4 overs)
David Warner 69 (37)
Shreyas Gopal 3/27 (4 overs)
Hyderabad won by 5 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Sunrisers Hyderabad's highest successful run chase in the IPL.[13]
31 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
175/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
167/8 (20 overs)
MS Dhoni 75* (46)
Jofra Archer 2/17 (4 overs)
Ben Stokes 46 (26)
Deepak Chahar 2/19 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 8 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
2 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
164/3 (19.5 overs)
Parthiv Patel 67 (41)
Shreyas Gopal 3/12 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 59 (43)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/17 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) played in his 100th IPL match as captain.[14]
7 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
139/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
140/2 (13.5 overs)
Steve Smith 73* (59)
Harry Gurney 2/25 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 50 (32)
Shreyas Gopal 2/35 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 8 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Harry Gurney (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
11 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
151/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
155/6 (20 overs)
Ben Stokes 28 (26)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/20 (4 overs)
MS Dhoni 58 (43)
Ben Stokes 2/39 (3 overs)
Chennai won by 4 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
13 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
188/6 (19.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 81 (52)
Jofra Archer 3/39 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 89 (43)
Krunal Pandya 3/34 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
16 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
170/7 (20 overs)
K. L. Rahul 52 (47)
Jofra Archer 3/15 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 50 (45)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/24 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 12 runs
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Kings Xi Punjab)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Arshdeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
20 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
161/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
162/5 (19.1 overs)
Quinton de Kock 65 (47)
Shreyas Gopal 2/21 (4 overs)
Steve Smith 59* (48)
Rahul Chahar 3/29 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 5 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
191/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
193/4 (19.2 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 105* (63)
Kagiso Rabada 2/37 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 78* (36)
Shreyas Gopal 2/47 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 6 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ashton Turner (Rajasthan Royals) became the first batsman to make five consecutive ducks in Twenty20 cricket.[15]
25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
175/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
177/7 (19.2 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 97* (50)
Varun Aaron 2/20 (4 overs)
Riyan Parag 47 (31)
Piyush Chawla 3/20 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 3 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Varun Aaron (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
27 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
160/8 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
161/3 (19.1 overs)
Manish Pandey 61 (36)
Jaydev Unadkat 2/26 (4 overs)
Sanju Samson 48* (32)
Shakib Al Hasan 1/26 (3.1 overs)
Rajasthan won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind)
Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[16]
30 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
62/7 (5 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
41/1 (3.2 overs)
Virat Kohli 25 (7)
Shreyas Gopal 3/12 (1 over)
Sanju Samson 28 (13)
Yuzvendra Chahal 1/0 (0.2 overs)
No result
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
  • Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick.[17]
4 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
115/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
121/5 (16.1 overs)
Riyan Parag 50 (49)
Amit Mishra 3/17 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 53* (38)
Ish Sodhi 3/26 (3.1 overs)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

Statistics[]

Most runs[]

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Ajinkya Rahane 14 13 1 393 105* 32.75 285 137.89 1 1 1 45 9
2 Sanju Samson 12 12 2 342 102* 34.20 230 148.69 1 0 1 28 13
3 Steve Smith 12 10 2 319 73* 39.87 275 116.00 0 3 0 30 4
4 Jos Buttler 8 8 0 311 89 38.87 205 151.70 0 3 0 38 14
5 Riyan Parag 7 5 0 160 50 32.00 126 126.98 0 1 0 17 5
  • Last updated: 5 May 2019
  • Source:Cricinfo[18]

Most wickets[]

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Shreyas Gopal 14 14 48.0 1 347 20 3/12 17.35 7.22 14.4 0 0
2 Jofra Archer 11 11 43.0 2 291 11 3/15 26.45 6.76 23.4 0 0
3 Jaydev Unadkat 11 11 37.2 0 398 10 2/26 39.80 10.66 22.4 0 0
4 Ben Stokes 9 6 16.5 0 189 6 2/39 31.50 11.22 16.8 0 0
5 Dhawal Kulkarni 10 10 35.0 1 335 6 1/14 55.83 9.57 35.0 0 0
  • Last updated: 5 May 2019
  • Source:Cricinfo[19]

Awards and achievements[]

Awards[]

Man of the Match
No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 2 April 2019 Shreyas Gopal Royal Challengers Bangalore Won By 7 wickets 3/12 (4 overs) [20]
2 13 April 2019 Jos Buttler Mumbai Indians Won By 4 wickets 89 runs in 43 balls [21]
3 20 April 2019 Steve Smith Mumbai Indians Won By 5 wickets 59* runs in 48 balls [22]
4 25 April 2019 Varun Aaron Kolkata Knight Riders Won By 3 wickets 2/20 (4 overs) [23]
5 27 April 2019 Jaydev Unadkat Sunrisers Hyderabad Won By 7 wickets 2/26 (4 overs) [24]

References[]

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  6. ^ "Rajasthan Royals have depth, but need to get their game plans right". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. ^ "IPL 2019, Rajasthan Royals preview: Questions linger over Ajinkya Rahane's place in team's power-packed middle order". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  8. ^ "IPL 2019: Rajasthan Set to be Hit Hard by World Cup Storm". News18. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Paddy Upton appointed Rajasthan Royals coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ^ "IPL 2019: Rajasthan Royals' camp gets underway". Sportstar. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  11. ^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website - Stats". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  12. ^ "Drama in Jaipur as Jos Buttler mankaded by R Ashwin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Decoding the Sanju Samson, David Warner blitzkriegs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Shreyas Gopal and Jos Buttler hand RCB fourth straight defeat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Ashton Turner in record fifth successive T20 duck - four of them first ball". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Livingstone, Samson, Unadkat keep Royals' playoff hopes alive". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Gopal hat-trick in washout, RCB eliminated". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  18. ^ "RR Most Runs in IPL 2019". Cricinfo.
  19. ^ "RR Most Wickets in IPL 2019". Cricinfo.
  20. ^ "Shreyas Gopal and Jos Buttler hand RCB fourth straight defeat". ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Buttler fifty sets up sloppy Royals win". ESPN. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  22. ^ "New captain Smith leads Royals home to keep their campaign alive". ESPN. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Dinesh Karthik's 97* in vain after Riyan Parag and Jofra Archer's late fireworks". ESPN. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Livingstone, Samson, Unadkat keep Royals' playoff hopes alive". ESPN. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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