2012 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 nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. Rajasthan Royals finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.

Squad

Players with international caps prior to the 2012 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
01	Ashok Menaria	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
03	Ajinkya Rahane	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
06	Aakash Chopra	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
07	Brad Hodge	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
19	Rahul Dravid	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
24	Faiz Fazal	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
99	Owais Shah	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
All-rounders
02	Abhishek Raut	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
05	Paul Collingwood	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
08	Sumit Narwal	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
11	Ajit Chandila	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
22	Johan Botha	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
28	Ankeet Chavan	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
33	Shane Watson	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Vice-captain
84	Stuart Binny	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Kevon Cooper	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
16	Pinal Shah	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
17	Dinesh Chandimal	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
63	Shreevats Goswami	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	–
	Amit Paunikar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
	Dishant Yagnik	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
20	Amit Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
31	Brad Hogg	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm chinaman	Overseas
32	Shaun Tait	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas
36	Sreesanth	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
37	Siddharth Trivedi	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
44	Samad Fallah	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
91	Pankaj Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Aditya Dole	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Deepak Chahar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Gajendra Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox

IPL

Standings

Rajasthan Royals finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2012. ("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Won by 31 runs	Ajinkya Rahane (98)	Template:Usurped
2	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur	Won by 22 runs	Brad Hodge 44 (29)	Template:Usurped
3	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 27 runs		Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets		ScorecardTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
5	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 59 runs	Template:Flagicon Ajinkya Rahane 103*	Scorecard
6	Template:Dts	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur	Won by 5 wickets	Brad Hodge	Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 7 Wickets		Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur	Lost by 46 runs		Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Lost by 1 run		Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Jaipur	Lost by 6 wickets		Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 43 runs	Shane Watson	Score Card
12	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 7 wickets	Shane Watson 90* (51)	Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	Lost by 4 Wickets		Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Jaipur	Won by 45 runs	Template:Flagicon Ajit Chandila 4/13	Scorecard
15	Template:Dts	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 Wickets		Scorecard
16	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur	Lost by 10 wickets		Scorecard