2009 Rajasthan Royals season

Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Royals were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2009 Indian Premier League, captained by Shane Warne. They finished 6th in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.

Rajasthan Royals

2009 season
Coach	Shane Warne
Captain	Shane Warne
Ground(s)	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
IPL	6th
Most runs	Ravindra Jadeja (295)[1]
Most wickets	Munaf Patel (16)[2]
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IPL

Standings

Rajasthan Royals finished 6th in the league stage of IPL 2009.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils	14	10	4	0	20	0.311
2	Chennai Super Kings	14	8	5	1	17	0.951
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (R)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.191
4	Deccan Chargers (C)	14	7	7	0	14	0.203
5	Kings XI Punjab	14	7	7	0	14	−0.483
6	Rajasthan Royals	14	6	7	1	13	−0.352
7	Mumbai Indians	14	5	8	1	11	0.297
8	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	3	10	1	7	−0.789

Source: Full table on ESPNcricinfo

(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Winner, runner-up and best-performing semi-finalist in the group stage qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	18 April 2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Cape Town	Lost by 75 runs		Scorecard
2	21 April 2009	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Match abandoned without a ball bowled		Scorecard
3	23 April 2009	Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	Won (In The Superover)	Yusuf Pathan 42(21), 18*(4) and 0/27(4 overs)	Scorecard
4	26 April 2009	Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town	Lost by 27 runs		Scorecard
5	28 April 2009	Delhi Daredevils	Pretoria	Won by 5 wickets	Yusuf Pathan 62*(30)	Scorecard
6	30 April 2009	Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	Lost by 38 runs		Scorecard
7	2 May 2009	Deccan Chargers	Port Elizabeth	Won by 3 wickets	Yusuf Pathan 24(17) and 1/19(4 overs)	Scorecard
8	5 May 2009	Kings XI Punjab	Durban	Won by 78 Runs	Graeme Smith 77(44)	Scorecard
9	7 May 2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pretoria	Won by 7 wickets	Amit Singh 4/19(4 overs)	Scorecard
10	9 May 2009	Chennai Super Kings	Kimberley	Lost by 7 wickets		Scorecard
11	11 May 2009	Deccan Chargers	Kimberley	Lost by 53 runs		Scorecard
12	14 May 2009	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Won by 2 Runs	Shane Warne 3/24(4 overs)	Scorecard
13	17 May 2009	Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	Lost by 14 runs		Scorecard
14	20 May 2009	Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	Lost by 4 wickets		Scorecard