2026 Rajasthan Royals season

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Sawai Mansingh Stadium in 2013
ACA Cricket Stadium in 2018
Sawai Mansingh Stadium and ACA Cricket Stadium, home grounds of Rajasthan Royals
2026 season
CoachKumar Sangakkara
CaptainRiyan Parag
Ground(s)Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
League stage4th place
EliminatorWon against Sunrisers Hyderabad
Qualifier 2Lost to Gujarat Titans
Most runsVaibhav Sooryavanshi (776)[1]
Most wicketsJofra Archer (25)[2]
Most catchesDonovan Ferreira (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsDhruv Jurel (19)[4]
← [[2025 Template:IPL Teams 1 season|2025]] [[2027 Template:IPL Teams 1 season|2027]] →
2026 Indian Premier League Teams
Group A
Group B
See also
Note: Teams are listed per seedings.

The 2026 season was Rajasthan Royals' seventeenth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Riyan Parag and coached by Kumar Sangakkara.

Rajasthan Royals finished in fourth place in the league stage, and advanced to Eliminator in the playoffs. The team won Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad but lost Qualifier 2 to Gujarat Titans. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored the most runs (776), which were the most by any batter in the tournament, while Jofra Archer took the most wickets (25) for Rajasthan in the 2026 season.

Pre-season[edit | edit source]

Further information: List of 2026 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[5] Rajasthan Royals had previously won the title once in the 2008 inaugural IPL.[6] The team finished in ninth place in the previous season.[7] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026.[8][9][10] Rajasthan played most of their home matches at Sawai Mansingh Stadium with two matches played at ACA Cricket Stadium.[11][12]

Player retention[edit | edit source]

Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad,[13] including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements.[14] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025.[15] Rajasthan retained sixteen players,[16][17][18] but did not retain their prior captain Sanju Samson whom they traded to Chennai Super Kings in return for Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran.[19] Rajsthan also traded Nitish Rana to Delhi Capitals in return for Donovan Ferreira.[20]

Retained players[16][17][18]
Domestic Overseas
Released players[18][21][22]
Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rajasthan Royals traded Sanju Samson to Chennai Super Kings in return for Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran.[19]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rajasthan Royals traded Nitish Rana to Delhi Capitals in return for Donovan Ferreira.[20]
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Auction[edit | edit source]

The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[23] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹125 crore (US$18 million),[16] with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player.[13][24] Rajasthan had a purse remaining of ₹16.05 crore (US$2.3 million).[25] Rajasthan bought nine players in the auction, including three capped players and one overseas player.[26][27]

Auctioned players[26][27]
Domestic Overseas
Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped
N/A

Squad[edit | edit source]

  • Players with international caps as of the start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold.
  • Ages are as of 28 March 2026 (2026-03-28).
  • Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (dagger) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Rajasthan Royals squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League[17][26][28]
S/N Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes
2 Donovan Ferreira  South Africa (1998-07-21)21 July 1998 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break ₹1 crore (US$140,000) Overseas
4 Vignesh Puthur  India (2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 25) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox ₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
5 Riyan Parag  India (2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break ₹14 crore (US$2.0 million) Captain[29]
6 Lhuan-dre Pretorius  South Africa (2006-03-28)28 March 2006 (aged 20) Left-handed N/A ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) Overseas
7 Dasun Shanaka  Sri Lanka (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium ₹2 crore (US$280,000) Overseas; replacement[lower-alpha 1]
8 Ravindra Jadeja  India (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 37) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox ₹14 crore (US$2.0 million)
11 Kwena Maphaka  South Africa (2006-04-08)8 April 2006 (aged 19) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast ₹1.5 crore (US$210,000) Overseas
12 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi  India (2011-03-27)27 March 2011 (aged 15) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox ₹1.1 crore (US$150,000)
14 Yash Raj Punja  India (2006-06-26)26 June 2006 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium ₹90 lakh (US$130,000)
16 Brijesh Sharma  India (1998-12-16)16 December 1998 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium ₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
17 Nandre Burger  South Africa (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium ₹3.5 crore (US$490,000) Overseas
18 Kuldeep Sen  India (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹75 lakh (US$110,000)
20 Sandeep Sharma  India (1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹4 crore (US$560,000)
21 Dhruv Jurel  India (2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹14 crore (US$2.0 million)
22 Jofra Archer  England (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast ₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million) Overseas
23 Adam Milne  New Zealand (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast ₹2.4 crore (US$340,000) Overseas
24 Tushar Deshpande  India (1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹6.5 crore (US$910,000)
27 Shubham Dubey  India (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break ₹80 lakh (US$110,000)
34 Yudhvir Singh  India (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹35 lakh (US$49,000)
51 Sushant Mishra  India (2000-12-23)23 December 2000 (aged 25) Left-handed Left-arm medium fast ₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
56 Ravi Bishnoi  India (2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break ₹7.2 crore (US$1.0 million)
64 Yashasvi Jaiswal  India (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 24) Left-handed Right-arm leg break ₹18 crore (US$2.5 million) Stand-in captain[lower-alpha 2]
189 Shimron Hetmyer  West Indies (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg break ₹11 crore (US$1.5 million) Overseas
N/A Emanjot Chahal  India (2004-08-17)17 August 2004 (aged 21) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) Replacement[lower-alpha 3]
N/A Aman Rao  India (2004-06-02)2 June 2004 (aged 21) Right-handed N/A ₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
58 Sam Curran dagger  England (1998-06-03)3 June 1998 (aged 27) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium ₹2.4 crore (US$340,000) Overseas; withdrawn[lower-alpha 1]
88 Ravi Singh dagger  India (2001-05-25)25 May 2001 (aged 24) Left-handed Left-arm leg break ₹95 lakh (US$130,000) Withdrawn[lower-alpha 3]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dasun Shanaka replaced Sam Curran, after the latter withdrew due to groin injury.[31]
  2. ↑ Yashasvi Jaiswal captained Rajasthan Royals against Gujarat Titans when Riyan Parag was unavailable.[30]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Emanjot Chahal replaced Ravi Singh, after the latter withdrew due to hamstring injury.[32]

Support staff[edit | edit source]

In September 2025, it was announced that Kumar Sangakkara would return as Rajasthan's head coach replacing Rahul Dravid,[33][34] while Shane Bond would replace Sairaj Bahutule as bowling coach and Trevor Penney would join as an assistant coach.[35][36]

Position Name
Head coach Kumar Sangakkara
Assistant coach Trevor Penney
Batting coach Vikram Rathour
Bowling coach Shane Bond

League stage[edit | edit source]

Rajasthan Royals began their season with four consecutive wins against Chennai,[38] Gujarat Titans,[39] Mumbai Indians[40] and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.[41] They lost their next two matches to Sunrisers Hyderabad[42] and Kolkata Knight Riders,[43] won against Lucknow Super Giants,[44] lost to Hyderabad[45] and won against Punjab Kings.[46] The lost their next three matches to Delhi,[47] Gujarat[48] and Delhi[49] but won their last two matches against Lucknow[50] and Mumbai[51] to finish the league stage in fourth place with eight wins from 14 matches, and advanced to Eliminator in the playoffs.[52][53]

Points table[edit | edit source]

League stage standings
Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.783 Advanced to the qualifier 1
2 B Gujarat Titans (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.695
3 B Sunrisers Hyderabad (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.524 Advanced to the eliminator
4 A Rajasthan Royals (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 0.189
5 A Punjab Kings 14 7 6 1 15 0.309 Eliminated
6 B Delhi Capitals 14 7 7 0 14 −0.651
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 7 1 13 −0.147
8 A Chennai Super Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.345
9 B Mumbai Indians 14 4 10 0 8 −0.584
10 B Lucknow Super Giants 14 4 10 0 8 −0.740
Source: ESPNcricinfo[52]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Wickets taken per fair deliveries; 5) drawing lots[54]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up.

League progression[edit | edit source]

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Fixtures[edit | edit source]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Match 3
30 March 2026 (2026-03-30)
19:30
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
127 (19.4 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
128/2 (12.1 overs)
Jamie Overton 43 (36)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/18 (3 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 52 (17)
Anshul Kamboj 2/27 (3 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Nandre Burger (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Brijesh Sharma (Rajasthan Royals) made his T20 debut.[55]
  • Kartik Sharma (Chennai Super Kings) made his IPL debut.[56]
Match 9
4 April 2026 (2026-04-04)
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
210/6 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans (H)
204/8 (20 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 75 (42)
Kagiso Rabada 2/42 (4 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 73 (44)
Ravi Bishnoi 4/41 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravi Bishnoi (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 13
7 April 2026 (2026-04-07)
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
150/3 (11 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
123/9 (11 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 77* (32)
Allah Ghazanfar 2/20 (2 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 25 (8)
Nandre Burger 2/21 (2 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 27 runs
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.[57]
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) scored his 100th six in IPL.[58]
Match 16
10 April 2026 (2026-04-10)
19:30
Scorecard
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
202/4 (18 overs)
Rajat Patidar 63 (40)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/32 (4 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 81* (43)
Krunal Pandya 2/30 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Swaroopanand Kannur (Ind)
Player of the match: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 21
13 April 2026 (2026-04-13)
19:30
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
216/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
159 (19 overs)
Ishan Kishan 91 (44)
Jofra Archer 2/37 (4 overs)
Donovan Ferreira 69 (44)
Sakib Hussain 4/24 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 57 runs
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Praful Hinge (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain (Sunrisers Hyderabad) both made their IPL debuts.[59]
  • Praful Hinge (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first bowler to take 3 wickets in his debut over and also became the first bowler to take 3 wickets in the opening over of an innings in IPL.[60]
Match 28
19 April 2026 (2026-04-19)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
155/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
161/6 (19.4 overs)
Rinku Singh 53* (34)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/8 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 32
22 April 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
159/6 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
119 (18 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 43* (29)
Mohsin Khan 2/17 (4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 55 (41)
Jofra Archer 3/20 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 40 runs
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ajitesh Argal (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 36
25 April 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
228/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
229/5 (18.3 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 103 (37)
Eshan Malinga 2/38 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 74 (31)
Jofra Archer 2/34 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) became the fastest batsman to score 1,000 runs in men's T20s, in terms of deliveries faced (473).[61]
Match 40
28 April 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
222/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
228/4 (19.2 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 62* (22)
Yash Raj Punja 2/41 (4 overs)
Donovan Ferreira 52* (26)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/36 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tanmay Srivastava (Ind)
Player of the match: Donovan Ferreira (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 43
1 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
225/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
226/3 (19.1 overs)
Riyan Parag 90 (50)
Mitchell Starc 3/40 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 75 (40)
Ravindra Jadeja 1/33 (3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 52
9 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
229/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
152 (16.3 overs)
Shubman Gill 84 (44)
Brijesh Sharma 2/47 (4 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 38 (25)
Rashid Khan 4/33 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 77 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 62
17 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
193/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
197/5 (19.2 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 53 (40)
Mitchell Starc 4/40 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 56 (42)
Jofra Archer 2/35 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 5 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Amit Rana (Ind) and Keyur Kelkar (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ravi Singh (Rajasthan Royals) and Tripurana Vijay (Delhi Capitals) both made their IPL debuts.[62][63]
Match 64
19 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
220/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
225/3 (19.1 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 96 (57)
Yash Raj Punja 2/35 (4 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 93 (38)
Mohsin Khan 1/31 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Parashar Joshi (Ind)
Player of the match: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sushant Mishra (Rajasthan Royals) made his IPL debut.[64]
Match 69
24 May 2026
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
205/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
175/9 (20 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 38 (26)
Shardul Thakur 2/41 (4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 60 (42)
Jofra Archer 3/17 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tony Ematty (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dasun Shanaka (Rajasthan Royals) became the first Sri Lankan to hit 300 sixes in T20s.[citation needed]
  • Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs while Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.[65]

Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Bracket[edit | edit source]

Qualifier 1Qualifier 2Final
26 May 2026 – Dharamshala31 May 2026 – Ahmedabad
1Royal Challengers Bengaluru254/5 (20 overs)Q1WRoyal Challengers Bengaluru161/5 (18 overs)
2Gujarat Titans162 (19.3 overs)Q2WGujarat Titans155/8 (20 overs)
Q1LGujarat Titans219/3 (18.4 overs)
EWRajasthan Royals214/6 (20 overs)
Eliminator
27 May 2026 – Mullanpur
3Sunrisers Hyderabad196 (19.2 overs)
4Rajasthan Royals243/8 (20 overs)

Eliminator[edit | edit source]

Eliminator
27 May 2026 (2026-05-27)
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
243/8 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
196 (19.2 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 97 (29)
Praful Hinge 3/54 (4 overs)
Nitish Kumar Reddy 38 (20)
Jofra Archer 3/58 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 47 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals)

Qualifier 2[edit | edit source]

Qualifier 2
29 May 2026 (2026-05-29)
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
214/6 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans
219/3 (18.4 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 96 (47)
Jason Holder 2/27 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 104 (53)
Nandre Burger 1/35 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) became the fastest Indian batsman to score 1,000 runs in IPL, in terms of innings (23).[67]
  • Gujarat Titans qualified for their third IPL final after 2022 and 2023.[68]

Statistics[edit | edit source]

At the IPL end of season awards, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was awarded as the Most Valuable Player and the Emerging Player of the season. He was also awarded for most runs, most sixes and the highest batting strike rate in the season.[69]

Most runs[1]
Runs Player
776 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
515 Dhruv Jurel
427 Yashasvi Jaiswal
317 Donovan Ferreira
309 Riyan Parag
Most wickets[2]
Wickets Player
25 Jofra Archer
14 Brijesh Sharma
Nandre Burger
11 Ravi Bishnoi
10 Ravindra Jadeja

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