2022 Rajasthan Royals season
| 2022 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Kumar Sangakkara | ||
| Captain | Sanju Samson | ||
| Ground(s) | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | ||
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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 will be among the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.[1][2] The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inagural season.[3]
The Royals are known to unearth obscure, high potential talent,[4][5] as well as for their involvement in a number of controversies and scandals.[6][7] The team is based at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.[8]
Background
The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.[9] For the IPL Mega Auction 2022, Rajasthan Royals will have 62 Crores in their Purse, after retaining three Players namely Sanju Samson for Rs 14 crores, Jos Buttler for Rs 10 crores, and Yashasvi Jaiswal retained for Rs 4 crores. Adding to this, Rajasthan Royals have signed 21 more new players in Auction 2022. the Most Expensive player for the Franchise is Bowler Prasidh Krishna who roped for Rs. 10 Crores, following Krishna, Shimron Hetmyer is the second most expensive player, the batter has bought for Rs.8.5 Crores in the Auction. The Royals started the auction with the first purchase of player presented, Ravichandran Ashwin[10] roped for Rs. 5 Crores and ended up adding 7 more players to their squad, including two overseas players. Rajasthan Royals bought a Total of 8 players on the First Day and the remaining 13 players on the second day of Mega Auction 2022. In Mega Auction, Royal Franchise bought 21 players Consisting of 6 All Rounders, 1 Wicketkeeper, 4 Batsman and 10 Bowler.
- 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[11]
- 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[12]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||
| 19 | Yashasvi Jaiswal |  India |
28 December 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
| Karun Nair | India |
6 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ||
| 02 | Shimron Hetmyer |  Guyana |
26 December 1996 | Left-handed | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Rassie van der Dussen |  South Africa |
7 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Devdutt Padikkal | India |
7 July 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| Riyan Parag | India |
10 November 2001 | Right-handed | Leg break | 2022 | ||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile |  Australia |
11 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Jimmy Neesham |  New Zealand |
17 September 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand |
20 May 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | India |
17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ||
| Shubham Garhwal | India |
May 14, 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ||
| Anunay Singh | India |
3 January 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||
| 11 | Sanju Samson | India |
11 November 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | 2018 | Captain |
| 63 | Jos Buttler |  England |
8 September 1990 | Right-handed | – | 2018 | Overseas |
| Dhruv Jurel | India |
21 January 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ||
| Spin bowlers | |||||||
| 03 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India |
23 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | |
| K. C. Cariappa | India |
13 April 1994 | Right-handed | Leg break | 2022 | ||
| Tejas Baroka | India |
1 February 1996 | Right-handed | Leg break googly | 2022 | ||
| Pace bowlers | |||||||
| Kuldeep Sen | India |
22 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ||
| Kuldip Yadav | India |
15 October 1996 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ||
| Obed McCoy |  Windward Islands |
4 January 1997 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas | |
| Navdeep Saini | India |
23 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ||
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | India |
19 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 18 | Trent Boult | New Zealand |
22 July 1989 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas |
| Source:RR Players | |||||||
RR Matches Schedule and Time table 2022
| Match No | Match Centre | Date | Time (IST) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRH vs RR | 29-Mar-2022 | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium, Pune |
| 2 | MI vs RR | 2-Apr-2022 | 3:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 3 | RR vs RCB | 5-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
| 4 | RR vs LSG | 10-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
| 5 | RR vs GT | 14-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 6 | RR vs KKR | 18-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 7 | DC vs RR | 22-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium, Pune |
| 8 | RCB vs RR | 26-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | MCA Stadium, Pune |
| 9 | RR vs MI | 30-Apr-2022 | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 10 | KKR vs RR | 2-May-2022 | 7:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
| 11 | PBKS vs RR | 7-May-2022 | 3:30 PM | Wankhede Stadium |
| 12 | RR vs DC | 11-May-2022 | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 13 | LSG vs RR | 15-May-2022 | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 14 | RR vs CSK | 20-May-2022 | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| Sources :[13] | ||||
Administration and support staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owners | Manoj Badale (65%), RedBird Capital Partners (15%), Lachlan Murdoch (13%) |
| COO | Jake Lush McCrum |
| CEO | Mike Fordham |
| Team Manager | Romi Bhinder |
| Director of Cricket | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Development and performance director | Zubin Bharucha |
| Head Coach | Trevor Penney |
| Batting coach | Amol Muzumdar and Siddartha Lahiri |
| Spin bowling coach | Sairaj Bahutule |
| Fast bowling coach | Steffan Jones |
| Fielding coach | Dishant Yagnik |
| Sources:[14][15][16][17][18] | |
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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