2014 Rajasthan Royals season

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2014 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Shane Watson. Rajasthan Royals finished 5th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

• Players with international caps prior to the start of the 2014 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
3	Ajinkya Rahane	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
7	Brad Hodge	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
49	Steve Smith	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas
69	Karun Nair	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
99	Unmukt Chand	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
4	Deepak Hooda	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
20	Rahul Tewatia	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
22	Rajat Bhatia	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
25	Abhishek Nayar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
31	Ben Cutting	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
33	Shane Watson	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas; Captain
44	James Faulkner	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Overseas
84	Stuart Binny	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
90	Kevon Cooper	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
9	Sanju Samson	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
27	Ankush Bains	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
77	Dishant Yagnik	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
1	Amit Mishra	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
02	Pravin Tambe	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
5	Vikramjeet Malik	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
8	Tim Southee	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
13	Iqbal Abdulla	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
18	Ankit Sharma	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
23	Kane Richardson	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
91	Dhawal Kulkarni	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

IPL

Standings

Rajasthan Royals finished 5th in the league stage of IPL 2014. Template:2014 Indian Premier League Points table

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
Phase 1 Matches in United Arab Emirates
1	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Abu Dhabi	Won by 4 Wickets	Ajinkya Rahane 59(53)	Scorecard
2	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Sharjah	Lost by 7 Wickets		Scorecard
3	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Dubai	Lost by 7 Runs		Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Abu Dhabi	Won by 6 Wickets	Pravin Tambe 4/20 (4 overs)	Scorecard
5	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Abu Dhabi	Match Tied; Super Over Tied; Won by Boundary Count	James Faulkner 2*(1) & 3/11 (2 overs)	Scorecard
Phase 2 Matches in India
6	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 7 Wickets	Karun Nair 73*(50)	Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ahmedabad	Won by 10 Runs	Pravin Tambe 3/26 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Ahmedabad	Lost by 33 Runs		Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 5 Wickets	James Faulkner 41(17) & 1/42 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Ranchi	Lost by 5 Wickets		Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Ahmedabad	Won by 62 Runs	Ajinkya Rahane 64(50)	Scorecard
12	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Ahmedabad	Lost by 26 Runs		Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 17 Runs		Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 5 Wickets		Scorecard