2022 Rajasthan Royals season

Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Rajasthan, India, which has played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008. They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.^[1][2] The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inaugural season.^[3]

Rajasthan Royals

2022 season
Coach	Kumar Sangakkara
Captain	Sanju Samson
Ground(s)	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
2022 Indian Premier League	Runner Up
Most runs	Jos Buttler (863)
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal (27)
Most catches	Riyan Parag (17)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Sanju Samson (16)
← 2021 2023 →

The side finished as the runners-up in the season.^[4]

Background

Main article: List of 2022 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[5]

Retained

Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Released

Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, K. C. Carriapa^[6]

Acquired at the auction

Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell^[7]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Captain
11	Sanju Samson	India	(1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-spin	2018
Batters
6	Shubham Garhwal	India	(1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022
19	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	(2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020
37	Devdutt Padikkal	India	(2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022
47	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	(1991-05-20)20 May 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas
69	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06)6 December 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022
72	Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	(1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	Overseas
189	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	(1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Leg break	2022	Overseas
All-rounders
5	Riyan Parag	India	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Leg break	2019
50	Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	(1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas
-	Corbin Bosch	South Africa	(1994-09-10)10 September 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas; Replacement for Nathan Coulter-Nile[8]
Wicket-keepers
21	Dhruv Jurel	India	(2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
63	Jos Buttler	England	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	–	2018	Overseas
Spin bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022
28	Tejas Baroka	India	(1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Leg break googly	2022
94	K. C. Cariappa	India	(1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Leg break	2022
99	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022
Pace bowlers
7	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	(1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas; Ruled out due to calf injury
13	Anunay Singh	India	(1993-01-03)3 January 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
15	Kuldip Yadav	India	(1996-10-15)15 October 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021
18	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas
22	Kuldeep Sen	India	(1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
24	Prasidh Krishna	India	(1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
68	Obed McCoy	West Indies	(1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022	Overseas
96	Navdeep Saini	India	(1992-11-23)23 November 1992 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
Source: RR Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO	Jake Lush McCrum[9]
Team Manager	Romi Bhinder
Head coach and Director of cricket	Kumar Sangakkara
Development and performance director	Zubin Bharucha
Assistant coach	Trevor Penney
Batting coach	Amol Mazumdar
Spin bowling coach	Sairaj Bahutule
Fast bowling coach	Lasith Malinga
High performance fast bowling coach	Steffan Jones
Fielding coach	Dishant Yagnik
Sources:[10][11]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve sponsor (left) Sleeve sponsor (right) Alcis Happilo BKT Dollar Red Bull Jio Source: RR Sponsors Archived 1 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	B	Gujarat Titans (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.316	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Rajasthan Royals (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.298
3	A	Lucknow Super Giants (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.251	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.253
5	A	Delhi Capitals	14	7	7	0	14	0.204
6	B	Punjab Kings	14	7	7	0	14	0.126
7	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	12	0.146
8	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	12	−0.379
9	B	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.203
10	A	Mumbai Indians	14	4	10	0	8	−0.506

Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

Group fixtures

Match 5 29 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 210/6 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 149/7 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 55 (27) Umran Malik 2/39 (4 overs)		Aiden Markram 57* (41) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/22 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 61 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 9 2 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 193/8 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 170/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 100 (68) Jasprit Bumrah 3/17 (4 overs)		Ishan Kishan 54 (43) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 23 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 5 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 169/3 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 173/6 (19.1 overs)
Jos Buttler 70* (47) Harshal Patel 1/18 (4 overs)		Shahbaz Ahmed 45 (26) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/15 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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

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Match 20 10 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 165/6 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 162/8 (20 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 59* (36) Krishnappa Gowtham 2/30 (4 overs)		Marcus Stoinis 38* (17) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/41 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 24 14 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 192/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 155/9 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 87* (52) Riyan Parag 1/12 (1 over)		Jos Buttler 54 (24) Lockie Ferguson 3/23 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 37 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 30 18 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 217/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 210 (19.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 103 (61) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 85 (51) Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul.^[12]

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Match 34 22 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 222/2 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 207/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 116 (65) Mustafizur Rahman 1/43 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 44 (24) Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was originally scheduled to take place at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, but it was relocated to the Wankhede Stadium after a number of COVID-19 cases in the Delhi camp.^[13]
• Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) became the second player to score consecutive hundreds in the IPL, after Shikhar Dhawan. Buttler also became the second player after Virat Kohli to score three or more centuries in a single IPL season.^[14]

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Match 39 26 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 144/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 (19.3 overs)
Riyan Parag 56* (31) Josh Hazlewood 2/19 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 23 (21) Kuldeep Sen 4/20 (3.3 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 29 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals)

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

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Match 44 30 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 161/5 (19.2 overs)
Jos Buttler 67 (52) Riley Meredith 2/24 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 51 (39) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/21 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 47 2 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 152/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 158/3 (19.1 overs)
Sanju Samson 54 (49) Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 48* (37) Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 52 7 May 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 189/5 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 190/4 (19.4 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 56 (40) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/28 (4 overs)		Yashasvi Jaiswal 68 (41) Arshdeep Singh 4/29 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.^[15]

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Match 58 11 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 160/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 161/2 (18.1 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (38) Chetan Sakariya 2/23 (4 overs)		Mitchell Marsh 89 (62) Trent Boult 1/32 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 63 15 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 178/6 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 154/8 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 41 (29) Ravi Bishnoi 2/31 (4 overs)		Deepak Hooda 59 (39) Trent Boult 2/18 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 24 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 68 20 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 150/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 151/5 (20 overs)
Moeen Ali 93 (57) Obed McCoy 2/20 (4 overs)		Yashasvi Jaiswal 59 (44) Prashant Solanki 2/20 (2 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.^[16]

Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

24 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 191/3 (19.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 89 (56) Hardik Pandya 1/14 (2 overs)		David Miller 68* (38) Trent Boult 1/38 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2

27 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 161/3 (18.1 overs)
Rajat Patidar 58 (42) Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 106* (60) Josh Hazlewood 2/23 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2022 Indian Premier League final

29 May 2022 20:00 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 130/9 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 133/3 (18.1 overs)
Jos Buttler 39 (35) Hardik Pandya 3/17 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 45* (43) Trent Boult 1/14 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	Jos Buttler	14	14	12	629	116	48.38	428	146.96	4	4	0	56	37
2	Sanju Samson	14	14	1	374	55	28.76	254	147.24	0	2	0	35	21
3	Devdutt Padikkal	14	14	1	337	54	24.07	264	127.65	0	1	1	38	12
4	Shimron Hetmyer	12	12	7	297	59*	59.40	182	163.18	0	1	0	19	21
5	Yashasvi Jaiswal	7	7	0	212	68	30.28	157	135.03	0	2	0	26	6

• Last updated: 21 May 2022
• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[17]

Most wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	14	14	56.0	0	430	26	5/40	16.53	7.67	12.9	1	1
2	Prasidh Krishna	14	14	55.0	3	449	15	3/22	29.93	8.16	22.0	0	0
3	Trent Boult	13	13	50.0	2	412	13	2/18	31.69	8.24	23.0	0	0
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	14	14	56.0	0	400	11	3/17	36.36	7.14	30.5	0	0
5	Kuldeep Sen	7	7	25.1	0	237	8	4/20	29.62	9.41	18.8	1	0

• Last updated: 21 May 2022
• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[18]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	29 March 2022	Sanju Samson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 61 runs	55 (27)	[19]
2	2 April 2022	Jos Buttler	Mumbai Indians	Won by 23 runs	100 (68)	[20]
3	10 April 2022	Yuzvendra Chahal	Lucknow Super Giants	Won by 3 runs	4/41 (4 overs)	[21]
4	18 April 2022	Yuzvendra Chahal	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 7 runs	5/40 (4 overs)	[12]
5	22 April 2022	Jos Buttler	Delhi Capitals	Won by 15 runs	116 (65)	[22]
6	26 April 2022	Riyan Parag	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 29 runs	56* (31)	[23]
7	7 May 2022	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Delhi Capitals	Won by 6 wickets	68 (41)	[24]
8	15 May 2022	Trent Boult	Lucknow Super Giants	Won by 24 runs	2/18 (4 overs)	[25]
9	20 May 2022	Ravichandran Ashwin	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 5 wickets	40* (23)	[26]
10	27 May 2022	Jos Buttler	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 7 wickets and advanced to the Finals	106* (60)	[27]