2021 Rajasthan Royals season

Template:Infobox cricket club 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]

Background

Player retention and transfers

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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	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
10	David Miller	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
17	Evin Lewis	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021		Overseas
19	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	Template:INRConvert
24	Manan Vohra	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	Template:INRConvert
All-rounders
2	Chris Morris	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
4	Rahul Tewatia	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	Template:INRConvert	Vice Captain
5	Riyan Parag	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	Template:INRConvert
6	Mahipal Lomror	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
25	Shivam Dube	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	Template:INRConvert
55	Ben Stokes	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas Withdrew^[5]
Wicket-keepers
11	Sanju Samson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Captain
12	Anuj Rawat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	N/A	2020	Template:INRConvert
63	Jos Buttler	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	N/A	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
98	Glenn Phillips	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Spin Bowlers
3	Shreyas Gopal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
26	Tabraiz Shamsi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2021		Overseas
94	K. C. Cariappa	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	Template:INRConvert
99	Mayank Markande	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	Template:INRConvert
Pace Bowlers
9	Kartik Tyagi	Template:Cr	2000-11-8 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020	Template:INRConvert
15	Kuldip Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	Template:INRConvert
22	Jofra Archer	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas Withdrew^[6]
28	Chetan Sakariya	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	Template:INRConvert
42	Oshane Thomas	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm fast	2021		Overseas
68	Andrew Tye	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	Template:INRConvert	Overseas Withdrew^[7]
77	Jaydev Unadkat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2020	Template:INRConvert
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
117	Akash Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021	Template:INRConvert
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
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
Alcis Sports	Expo 2020	BKT Tyres	KEI
Source :RR Sponsors Template:Webarchive

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Teams and standings

Results by match

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League table 2021

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League stage

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Matches

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^[9]

Most Wickets

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

Source: Cricinfo^[10]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	Template:Dts	Sanju Samson	Punjab Kings	Lost by 4 runs	119 (63)	^[11]
2	Template:Dts	Jaydev Unadkat	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 wickets	11* (7) & 3/15 (4 overs)	^[12]
3	24 April 2021	Chris Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 6 wickets	4/23 (4 overs)	^[13]
4	2 May 2021	Jos Buttler	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 55 runs	124 (64)	^[14]

References

↑ IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
↑ IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. IPLt20(20 January 2021). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ Broken finger rules Ben Stokes out of remainder of IPL 2021. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
↑ Jofra Archer ruled out of entire IPL 2021. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
↑ Andrew Tye leaves for home as anxiety about worsening Covid-19 situation builds(25 April 2021). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
↑ BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021. www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
↑ RR Most runs in IPL 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ RR Most runs in IPL 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ Punjab Kings snatch thrilling victory as KL Rahul 91 trumps Sanju Samson 119. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
↑ David Miller and Chris Morris haul Rajasthan Royals home in tense chase. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
↑ Chris Morris, Sanju Samson take Rajasthan Royals to convincing win. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
↑ Jos Buttler's 64-ball 124 set up big Rajasthan Royals win. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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[1] IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[:0-2] BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[3] Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[4] IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. IPLt20(20 January 2021). Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[5] Broken finger rules Ben Stokes out of remainder of IPL 2021. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[6] Jofra Archer ruled out of entire IPL 2021. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-04-26.

[7] Andrew Tye leaves for home as anxiety about worsening Covid-19 situation builds(25 April 2021). Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[8] BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021. www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

[9] RR Most runs in IPL 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[10] RR Most runs in IPL 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[11] Punjab Kings snatch thrilling victory as KL Rahul 91 trumps Sanju Samson 119. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[12] David Miller and Chris Morris haul Rajasthan Royals home in tense chase. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[13] Chris Morris, Sanju Samson take Rajasthan Royals to convincing win. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[14] Jos Buttler's 64-ball 124 set up big Rajasthan Royals win. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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