2021 Rajasthan Royals season

Rajasthan Royals
	2021 season
Coach	Trevor Penney ; (Lead Assistant Coach)
Captain	Sanju Samson
Ground(s)	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Tournament performance	League stage (7th)
Most runs	Sanju Samson (484)
Most wickets	Chris Morris (15)
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 season was the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.^[1]^[2] After winning only 5 matches out of 14 matches, they finished seventh in the tournament.^[3]

Background[edit | edit source]

Player retention and transfers[edit | edit source]

The Rajasthan Royals retained 17 players and released eight players.^[4]

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

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

Squad[edit | edit source]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
7	Liam Livingstone	England	(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹75 lakh (US$105,150.00)	Overseas
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$105,000)	Overseas
17	Evin Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago	(1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (aged 29)	left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021		Overseas
19	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	(2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2.4 crore (US$340,000)
24	Manan Vohra	India	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
All-rounders
2	Chris Morris	South Africa	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹16.25 crore (US$2.3 million)	Overseas
4	Rahul Tewatia	India	(1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$110,000)	Vice Captain
5	Riyan Parag	India	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
6	Mahipal Lomror	India	(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
25	Shivam Dube	India	(1993-06-26)26 June 1993 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	₹4.4 crore (US$616,880.00)
55	Ben Stokes	England	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million)	Overseas Withdrew^[5]
Wicket-keepers
11	Sanju Samson	India	(1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)	Captain
12	Anuj Rawat	India	(1999-10-17)17 October 1999 (aged 21)	Left-handed	N/A	2020	₹80 lakh (US$112,000)
63	Jos Buttler	England	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	N/A	2018	₹4.4 crore (US$617,000)	Overseas
98	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	(1996-12-06)6 December 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$70,000)	Overseas
Spin Bowlers
3	Shreyas Gopal	India	(1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
26	Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2021		Overseas
94	K. C. Cariappa	India	(1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
99	Mayank Markande	India	(1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Pace Bowlers
9	Kartik Tyagi	India	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020	₹1.3 crore (US$182,260.00)
15	Kuldip Yadav	India	(1996-10-15)15 October 1996 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
22	Jofra Archer	England	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹7.2 crore (US$1.0 million)	Overseas Withdrew^[6]
28	Chetan Sakariya	India	(1998-02-28)28 February 1998 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹1.2 crore (US$170,000)
42	Oshane Thomas	Jamaica	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2021		Overseas
68	Andrew Tye	Australia	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹1 crore (US$140,000)	Overseas Withdrew^[7]
77	Jaydev Unadkat	India	(1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2020	₹3 crore (US$420,600.00)
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹1 crore (US$140,200.00)	Overseas
117	Akash Singh	India	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Source:RR Players

Administration and support staff[edit | edit source]

Position	Name
Owner	Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Gerry Cardinale
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
Development and performance director	Zubin Bharucha
Batting coach	Amol Mazumdar
Spin bowling coach	Sairaj Bahutule
Team Liaison and spin bowling consultant	Ish Sodhi
Fast bowling coach	Rob Cassell
Fast bowling development coach	Steffan Jones
Fielding coach	Dishant Yagnik
Physiotherapist	John Gloster
Strength and conditioning coach	Rajamani Prabhu
Team doctor	Rob Young
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit | edit source]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
Alcis Sports	Expo 2020	BKT Tyres	KEI
Source :RR Sponsors Archived 1 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[edit | edit source]

Results by match[edit | edit source]

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League table 2021[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	3	0	6	0.750
2	Delhi Capitals	4	3	1	6	0.426
3	Chennai Super Kings	3	2	1	4	1.194
4	Mumbai Indians	4	2	2	4	0.187
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	3	1	2	2	−0.633
6	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	2	−0.719
7	Punjab Kings	3	1	2	2	−0.967
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	0	3	0	−0.483

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com

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

League stage[edit | edit source]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[8]

Matches[edit | edit source]

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Most runs[edit | edit source]

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	2	0	26	11
2	Jos Buttler	7	7	0	254	124	36.28	166	153.01	1	1	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

Source: Cricinfo^[9]

Most Wickets[edit | edit source]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Eco.	SR	4
1	Chris Morris	11	11	41.0	376	15	4/23	25.06	9.17	16.4	1
2	Mustafizur Rahman	14	14	51.1	436	14	3/20	31.14	8.41	22.21	0
2	Chetan Sakariya	14	14	52.0	426	14	3/31	30.42	8.19	22.28	0
4	Rahul Tewatia	14	13	37.0	340	8	3/39	42.50	9.18	27.75	0
5	Jaydev Unadkat	6	6	22.0	168	4	3/15	42.00	7.63	33.00	0

Source: Cricinfo^[10]

Player of the match awards[edit | edit source]

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	12 April 2021	Sanju Samson	Punjab Kings	Lost by 4 runs	119 (63)	^[11]
2	15 April 2021	Jaydev Unadkat	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 wickets	11* (7) & 3/15 (4 overs)	^[12]
3	24 April 2021	Chris Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 6 wickets	4/23 (4 overs)	^[13]
4	2 May 2021	Jos Buttler	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 55 runs	124 (64)	^[14]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ "Broken finger rules Ben Stokes out of remainder of IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
↑ "Jofra Archer ruled out of entire IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
↑ "Andrew Tye leaves for home as anxiety about worsening Covid-19 situation builds". ESPNcricinfo. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
↑ "BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
↑ "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "Punjab Kings snatch thrilling victory as KL Rahul 91 trumps Sanju Samson 119". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
↑ "David Miller and Chris Morris haul Rajasthan Royals home in tense chase". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
↑ "Chris Morris, Sanju Samson take Rajasthan Royals to convincing win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
↑ "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.

[:0-2] "BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[3] "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[4] "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[5] "Broken finger rules Ben Stokes out of remainder of IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[6] "Jofra Archer ruled out of entire IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[7] "Andrew Tye leaves for home as anxiety about worsening Covid-19 situation builds". ESPNcricinfo. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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

[9] "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[10] "RR Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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

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

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

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

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v t e 2021 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table

v t e Rajasthan Royals
Lists	Players Records
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
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ~~2016~~ ~~2017~~ 2018 2019 2020 2021