2018 Rajasthan Royals season

The 2018 season was the 9th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.

Offseason

Support staff changes

In January 2018, former Royals team director Zubin Bharucha was appointed as the team's head of cricket^[1]
In February 2018, former Royals captain Shane Warne was named team mentor^[2]
In February 2018, Sairaj Bahutule was appointed spin bowling coach^[3]
In March 2018, Amol Muzumdar and Dishant Yagnik were announced to be the team's batting coach and fielding coach respectively^[4]

Others

In January 2018, the BCCI cleared Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur to host the home matches of the Royals. The Royals had last played at Jaipur in 2013, after which they had to shift their base to Ahmedabad and Mumbai in 2014 and 2015 due to the BCCI's ban on the Rajasthan Cricket Association.^[5]

In March 2018, in an event in Jaipur, the franchise unveiled the new team anthem "Phir Halla Bol" by Ila Arun.^[6]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
27	Ajinkya Rahane	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Captain
52	Rahul Tripathi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert
Template:NA	Steve Smith	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Template:NA	Prashant Chopra	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
Template:NA	Aryaman Birla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
All-rounders
6	Mahipal Lomror	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
7	Krishnappa Gowtham	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert
18	Ankit Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
21	D'Arcy Short	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
37	Shreyas Gopal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
55	Ben Stokes	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
84	Stuart Binny	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert
Template:NA	Jatin Saxena	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
8	Sanju Samson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2018	Template:INRConvert
45	Heinrich Klaasen	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
63	Jos Buttler	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Bowlers
22	Jofra Archer	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
44	Anureet Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert
56	Ben Laughlin	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
61	Ish Sodhi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
77	Jaydev Unadkat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert
91	Dhawal Kulkarni	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert
Template:NA	Dushmantha Chameera	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Template:NA	Zahir Khan Pakteen	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Template:NA	Sudhesan Midhun	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert

Season

League table

Template:2018 Indian Premier League Points table

Results

League matches

Template:Hatnote {{#section:2018 Indian Premier League|match4}}

References

↑ Rajasthan Royals appoint Zubin Bharucha as head of cricket. Indiatvnews. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
↑ Warne returns to Royals as mentor. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
↑ Sairaj Bahutule appointed spin bowling coach of Rajasthan Royals. Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
↑ Amol Muzumdar appointed Rajasthan Royals batting coach. CricBuzz. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
↑ IPL: Jaipur to host Rajasthan Royals home games. Sportstarlive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
↑ Rajasthan Royals unveil team anthem 'Phir Halla Bol'. Business Standard. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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[1] Rajasthan Royals appoint Zubin Bharucha as head of cricket. Indiatvnews. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[2] Warne returns to Royals as mentor. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[3] Sairaj Bahutule appointed spin bowling coach of Rajasthan Royals. Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[4] Amol Muzumdar appointed Rajasthan Royals batting coach. CricBuzz. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[5] IPL: Jaipur to host Rajasthan Royals home games. Sportstarlive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[6] Rajasthan Royals unveil team anthem 'Phir Halla Bol'. Business Standard. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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