2021 Rajasthan Royals season

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]

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)
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Background

Player retention and transfers

Main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

• 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$88,710.90)	Overseas
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	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$280,000)
24	Manan Vohra	India	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
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$1.9 million)	Overseas
4	Rahul Tewatia	India	(1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Vice Captain
5	Riyan Parag	India	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
6	Mahipal Lomror	India	(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
25	Shivam Dube	India	(1993-06-26)26 June 1993 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	₹4.4 crore (US$520,437.30)
55	Ben Stokes	England	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 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$946,249.60)	Captain
12	Anuj Rawat	India	(1999-10-17)17 October 1999 (aged 21)	Left-handed	N/A	2020	₹80 lakh (US$95,000)
63	Jos Buttler	England	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	N/A	2018	₹4.4 crore (US$520,000)	Overseas
98	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	(1996-12-06)6 December 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	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$24,000)
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$24,000)
99	Mayank Markande	India	(1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace Bowlers
9	Kartik Tyagi	India	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020	₹1.3 crore (US$153,765.60)
15	Kuldip Yadav	India	(1996-10-15)15 October 1996 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
22	Jofra Archer	England	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹7.2 crore (US$851,624.60)	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$140,000)
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$118,000)	Overseas Withdrew[7]
77	Jaydev Unadkat	India	(1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2020	₹3 crore (US$354,843.60)
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹1 crore (US$118,281.20)	Overseas
117	Akash Singh	India	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Source:RR Players

Administration and support staff

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
Source:

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Result	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	6	5	6	8	6	7	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	7

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table 2021

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (3rd)	14	10	4	0	20	0.481	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.455
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	−0.140	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (R)	14	7	7	0	14	0.587
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	0	14	0.116
6	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	0	12	−0.001
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	5	9	0	10	−0.993
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	3	11	0	6	−0.545

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

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

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § League stage

Matches

Match 4 12 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 221/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 217/7 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 91 (50) Chetan Sakariya 3/31 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 119 (63) Arshdeep Singh 3/35 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 4 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 15 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 147/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 150/7 (19.4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 51 (32) Jaydev Unadkat 3/15 (4 overs)		David Miller 62 (43) Avesh Khan 3/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 12 19 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 188/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 143/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 33 (17) Chetan Sakariya 3/36 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 49 (35) Moeen Ali 3/7 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 matches as a captain in the IPL.^[9]

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Match 16 22 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 177/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/0 (16.3 overs)
Shivam Dube 46 (32) Mohammed Siraj 3/27 (4 overs)		Devdutt Padikkal 101* (52)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to score 6,000 runs in the IPL.^[10]

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Match 18 24 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 133/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 134/4 (18.5 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 36 (26) Chris Morris 4/23 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 42* (41) Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 24 29 April 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 171/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 172/3 (18.3 overs)
Sanju Samson 42 (27) Rahul Chahar 2/33 (4 overs)		Quinton de Kock 70* (50) Chris Morris 2/33 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 28 2 May 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 220/3 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 165/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 124 (64) Rashid Khan 1/24 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 31 (20) Mustafizur Rahman 3/20 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 55 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 32 21 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 185 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 183/4 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 49 (36) Arshdeep Singh 5/32 (4 overs)		Mayank Agarwal 67 (43) Kartik Tyagi 2/29 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Kartik Tyagi (Rajasthan Royals)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 36 25 September 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 154/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 121/6 (20 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 43 (32) Mustafizur Rahman 2/22 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 70* (53) Anrich Nortje 2/18 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 33 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 40 27 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 167/3 (18.3 overs)
Sanju Samson 82 (57) Siddarth Kaul 2/36 (4 overs)		Jason Roy 60 (42) Mahipal Lomror 1/22 (3 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 43 29 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 149/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 153/3 (17.1 overs)
Evin Lewis 58 (37) Harshal Patel 3/34 (4 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 50* (30) Mustafizur Rahman 2/20 (3 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 47 2 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 189/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 190/3 (17.3 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 101* (60) Rahul Tewatia 3/39 (4 overs)		Shivam Dube 64* (42) Shardul Thakur 2/30 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 51 5 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 90/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 94/2 (8.2 overs)
Evin Lewis 24 (19) Nathan Coulter-Nile 4/14 (4 overs)		Ishan Kishan 50* (25) Mustafizur Rahman 1/32 (2.2 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
• Kuldip Yadav (Rajasthan Royals) made his T20 debut.^[11]

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Match 54 7 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 85 (16.1 overs)
Shubman Gill 56 (44) Rahul Tewatia 1/11 (1 over)		Rahul Tewatia 44 (36) Shivam Mavi 4/21 (3.1 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 86 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Shivam Mavi (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.^[12]

Statistics

Most runs

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^[13]

Most Wickets

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

• Source: Cricinfo^[14]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	12 April 2021	Sanju Samson	Punjab Kings	Lost by 4 runs	119 (63)	[15]
2	15 April 2021	Jaydev Unadkat	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 wickets	11* (7) & 3/15 (4 overs)	[16]
3	24 April 2021	Chris Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 6 wickets	4/23 (4 overs)	[17]
4	2 May 2021	Jos Buttler	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 55 runs	124 (64)	[18]