Rajasthan Royals in 2021

Rajasthan Royals
	2021 season
Coach	Trevor Penney ; (Lead Assistant Coach)
Captain	Sanju Samson
Ground(s)	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
← 2020

The 2021 season is the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.^[1]^[2]

Background[]

Player retention and transfers[]

The Rajasthan Royals retained 17 players and released eight players.^[3]

Retained Players: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa (traded to Chennai super kings), Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye

Released Players: Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Aniruddha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron

Added Players:Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, K. C. Carriapa

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	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
10	David Miller	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$105,000)	Overseas
24	Manan Vohra	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
7	Liam Livingstone	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹75 lakh (US$105,150.00)	Overseas
19	Yashasvi Jaiswal	(2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 19)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2.4 crore (US$340,000)
	Evin Lewis	(1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 (age 29)	left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021		Overseas
All-rounders
	Oshane Thomas	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2021		Overseas
2	Chris Morris	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹16.25 crore (US$2.3 million)	Overseas
4	Rahul Tewatia	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$110,000)
25	Shivam Dube	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	₹4.4 crore (US$616,880.00)
3	Shreyas Gopal	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
6	Mahipal Lomror	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
5	Riyan Parag	(2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Wicket-keepers
11	Sanju Samson	(1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)	Captain
N/A	Glenn Phillips	(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$70,000)	Overseas
12	Anuj Rawat	(1999-10-17) 17 October 1999 (age 21)	Left-handed	N/A	2020	₹80 lakh (US$112,000)
Spin Bowlers
N/A	Tabraiz Shamsi	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2021		Overseas
94	K. C. Cariappa	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
99	Mayank Markande	(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Pace Bowlers
77	Jaydev Unadkat	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 29)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2020	₹3 crore (US$420,600.00)
90	Mustafizur Rahman	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹1 crore (US$140,200.00)	Overseas
15	Kuldip Yadav	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
28	Chetan Sakariya	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹1.2 crore (US$170,000)
9	Kartik Tyagi	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020	₹1.3 crore (US$182,260.00)
26	Akash Singh	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 19)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Source:RR Players

Administration and support staff[]

Position	Name
Owner	Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch,
COO	Jake Lush McCrum
CEO	Mike Fordham
Team Manager	Romi Bhinder
Brand ambassador and mentor	Shane Warne
Director of Cricket	Kumar Sangakkara
Assistant coach	Trevor Penney
Batting coach	Amol Mazumdar
Spin bowling coach	Sairaj Bahutule
Fast bowling coach	Rob Cassell
Fielding coach	Dishant Yagnik
Source:

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
Alcis Sports	Expo 2020	BKT Tyres	KEI
Source :RR Sponsors

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[]

Results by match[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Result	L	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	6	5	6	8	6	7	5

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table 2021[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals	8	6	2	12	0.547
2	Chennai Super Kings	7	5	2	10	1.263
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	7	5	2	10	−0.171
4	Mumbai Indians	7	4	3	8	0.062
5	Rajasthan Royals	7	3	4	6	−0.190
6	Punjab Kings	8	3	5	6	−0.368
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	7	2	5	4	−0.494
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	7	1	6	2	−0.623

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2021. Source: IPLT20.com

The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
- advance to Qualifier 1
- advance to the Eliminator

League Stage[]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[4]

Matches[]

Match 4
12 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 221/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 217/7 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 91 (50) Chetan Sakariya 3/31 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 119 (63) Arshdeep Singh 3/35 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 4 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
15 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 147/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 150/7 (19.4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 51 (32) Jaydev Unadkat 3/15 (4 overs)		David Miller 62 (43) Avesh Khan 3/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12
19 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 188/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 143/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (17) Chetan Sakariya 3/36 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 49 (35) Moeen Ali 3/7 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16
22 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 177/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/0 (16.3 overs)
Shivam Dube 46 (32) Mohammed Siraj 3/27 (4 overs)		Devdutt Padikkal 101* (52)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to score 6,000 runs in the IPL.^[5]

Match 18
24 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 133/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 134/4 (18.5 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 36 (26) Chris Morris 4/23 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 42* (41) Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
29 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 171/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 172/3 (18.3 overs)
Sanju Samson 42 (27) Rahul Chahar 2/33 (4 overs)		Quinton de Kock 70* (50) Chris Morris 2/33 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 28
2 May 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 220/3 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 165/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 124 (64) Rashid Khan 1/24 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 31 (20) Mustafizur Rahman 3/20 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 55 runs
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Match 32
21 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Rajasthan Royals

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)

Match 36
25 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Rajasthan Royals

Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)

Match 40
27 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad	v	Rajasthan Royals

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)

Match 43
29 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)

Match 46
2 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	Delhi Capitals

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)

Match 49
3 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)

Match 54
7 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Rajasthan Royals

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)

Statistics[]

Most runs[]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	Sanju Samson	7	7	1	277	119	46.16	190	145.78	1	0	0	26	11
2	Jos Buttler	7	7	0	254	124	36.28	166	153.01	1	0	0	27	13
3	Shivam Dube	6	6	0	145	46	24.16	123	117.88	0	0	0	14	5
4	David Miller	6	6	3	102	62	34.00	80	127.50	0	1	1	11	3
5	Rahul Tewatia	7	5	0	86	40	17.20	67	128.35	0	0	0	6	4

Last updated: 2 May 2021
Source: Cricinfo^[6]

Most Wickets[]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Eco.	SR	4
1	Chris Morris	7	7	26.0	224	14	4/23	16.00	8.61	11.1	1
2	Mustafizur Rahman	7	7	27.0	224	8	3/20	28.00	8.29	20.02	0
3	Chetan Sakariya	7	7	27.0	222	7	3/31	31.71	8.22	23.1	0
4	Jaydev Unadkat	4	4	16.0	113	4	3/15	38.25	7.06	24.0	0
5	Rahul Tewatia	7	7	20.0	195	2	1/21	97.50	9.75	60.0	0

Last updated: 2 May 2021
Source: Cricinfo^[7]

Awards and achievements[]

Awards[]

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	12 April 2021	Sanju Samson	Punjab Kings	Lost by 4 runs	119 (63)	^[8]
2	15 April 2021	Jaydev Unadkat	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 wickets	11* (7) & 3/15 (4 overs)	^[9]
3	24 April 2021	Chris Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 6 wickets	4/23 (4 overs)	^[10]
4	2 May 2021	Jos Buttler	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 55 runs	124 (64)	^[11]

References[]

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^ "Virat Kohli becomes first player to score 6000 IPL runs". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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^ "Jos Buttler's 64-ball 124 set up big Rajasthan Royals win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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[4] "BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[5] "Virat Kohli becomes first player to score 6000 IPL runs". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[6] "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[7] "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[8] "Punjab Kings snatch thrilling victory as KL Rahul 91 trumps Sanju Samson 119". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[9] "David Miller and Chris Morris haul Rajasthan Royals home in tense chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[10] "Chris Morris, Sanju Samson take Rajasthan Royals to convincing win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[11] "Jos Buttler's 64-ball 124 set up big Rajasthan Royals win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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Home ground	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Captains	Shane Warne (2008-11) Rahul Dravid (2012-13) Shane Watson (2014-15) Steve Smith (2015 & 2019-20) Ajinkya Rahane (2018-2019) Sanju Samson (2021-)
Coaches	Shane Warne (2008-12) Paddy Upton (2013–2015 & 2018-2019) Andrew McDonald (2020) Kumar Sangakkara (Director of Cricket) (2021-) Trevor Penney (Lead Assistant Coach) (2021-)
Honours	2008 Indian Premier League
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