2020 Rajasthan Royals season
| 2020 season | |||
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| Coach | Andrew McDonald | ||
| Captain | Steve Smith | ||
| Ground(s) | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | ||
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The 2020 season will be the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.[1][2] The Rajasthan Royals are sometimes considered as the "moneyball" team of the IPL.[3][4][5] The Royals are known to unearth obscure, high potential talent team[6][7][8]. The team is currently being captain by Steve Smith. The franchise of Rajasthan has appointed Australian coach and former player Andrew McDonald as its team coach for next three years.
Background
Player retention and transfers
The Rajasthan Royals retained 11 players and released eleven players.[9]
Retained players: Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra.
Released players: Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun, Ajinkya Rahane.
Auction
Rajasthan Royals purchased the most number of the players at the IPL 2020 Auction, 11. Their costly purchases incorporate Robin Uthappa for INR 300L, Jaydev Unadkat for INR 300L, and Yashasvi Jaiswal for INR 240L. Aside from these 3, they got Andrew Tye and Tom Curran for just INR 100L each. Shockingly, they got David Miller for just INR 75L.
Players bought: Robin Uthappa , Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal , Anuj Rawat , Akash Singh , Kartik Tyagi , David Miller , Oshane Thomas , Anirudha Joshi , Andrew Tye, Tom Curran
Indian Premier League
Preseason
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the entire IPL 2020 season due to his injury. This is also a very big blow for the England team, who will not be with the team on their squad of Sri Lanka. Archer's elbow has a stress fracture as of February 2020.[10]
Current squad
Template:Rajasthan Royals Roster [11]
Administration and support staff
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| Owner |  Amisha Hathiramani (Tresco International Ltd),  Manoj Badale (Emerging Media (IPL) Ltd),  Lachlan Murdoch (Blue Water Estate Ltd),  Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty (Kuki Investments Ltd),  Shane Warne (Spinners)
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| COO | Jake Lush McCrum
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| Team manager | Saurabh Arora
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| Brand ambassador | Shane Warne
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| Director of Cricket | Zubin Bharucha
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| Captain | Steve Smith
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| Head coach | Andrew McDonald
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| Batting coach | Amol Muzumdar
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| Spin bowling coach | Sairaj Bahutule
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| Spin consultant and operations executive |  Ish Sodhi
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| Fast bowling coach | Rob Cassell
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| Fast bowling consultant |  Steffan Jones
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| Fielding coach | Dishant Yagnik
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| Youth development coach | Lisa Sthalekar
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| Physiotherapist | John Gloster
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| Assistant physiotherapist | Niranjan Pandit
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| Strength and conditioning coach |  Paddy Upton
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| Analyst | Panish Shetty
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Teams and standings
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1.107 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (R) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.109 | |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.608 | Advance to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.172 | |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.214 | |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.162 | |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.455 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.569 |
League stage
References
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- ^ "Indian Premier League to have 10 teams in 2020 edition?". News Nation. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Rajasthan Royals' team ethos and values have remained intact since first season". Cricketcountry.com. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Rajasthan Royals' IPL 7 Player Retentions: The 'moneyball' team retains Shane Watson and promising players - Cricket Country".
- ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Royals retain Samson, Binny, Rahane, Watson, Faulkner". Cricinfo. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "ABOUT THE BRAND". Archived from the original on 27 March 2015.
- ^ "KKR release Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa; RCB let go of several overseas names". ESPNcricinfo. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Jofra Archer ruled out of IPL, to focus on rehabilitation". timesofindia.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "IPL 2018: Heinrich Klaasen to replace Steve Smith in Rajasthan Royals team". The Financial Express. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.