2020 Rajasthan Royals season

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Template:Infobox cricket club season The 2020 season was the 13th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.[1][2] The Rajasthan Royals are sometimes considered as the "moneyball" team of the IPL.[3][4][5] The Royals are known to unearth obscure, high potential talent team.[6][7][8] Steve Smith led the team. The team finished at bottom of the table with 6 wins and 8 losses. Sanju Samson scored the most runs with 375 runs and Jofra Archer took the most wickets with 2020 and earned the Player Of The Tournament.

Background

Player retention and transfers

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The Rajasthan Royals retained 11 players and released 11.[9]

Retained
Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra.
Released
Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun, Ajinkya Rahane.

Auction

The franchise purchased the most number of the players at the IPL 2020 Auction, signing a further 11.

Auction
Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran

Indian Premier League

Offseason

On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[10] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[11] with the tournament postponed further.[12] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[13]

On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[14] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[15] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[16] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[17]

Group stage

On 22 September, the Rajasthan Royals started their season campaign defeating Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs. Steven Smith lost the toss and was put to bat. Rajasthan cruised past 100, and Sanju Samson posted a 74 off 32 balls before getting out, and Smith also got 69 off 47 balls as Royals posted a daunting 216 at the end of their 20 overs. Jofra Archer 27 in 8 balls and finished strongly for the royals, scoring 30 runs in the last over. Super Kings started off rapidly in their chase, getting 56 runs in the first six overs without losing a wicket. Once again Faf du Plessis got a half-century, and at the end they got to 200/6.[18] On 27 September, Rajasthan Royals recorded their second win by chasing 223, this time it was Sanju Samson again who scored 85 runs, who played an instrumental role in Royals winning the match. On 30 September 2020 Rajasthan recorded their first loss against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata batted first and put up a score of 174/6, Rajasthan failed to chase down 174 and lost the match by 37 runs. The team went on to lose 3 games. The Royals snapped their 3 match losing streak by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH batted first and posted a decent score of 158/4, Rajasthan lost the big wickets, but it was the unbeaten 69 run partnership of Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag which helped Royals to win the match by 5 wickets. The Royals continued to lose against Delhi and Bangalore. But they won against Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets and then witnessed a loss against Sunrisers. But Royals were back in the game against Mumbai.Mumbai posted a good score of 195/4, but it was Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson whose 152 run partnership lead Royals to a 8-wicket win. They won against Kings XI Punjab, Ben Stokes being the Man of the Match again. They lost in the last group game against Kolkata Knight Riders by 60 runs. Therefore, Rajasthan were knocked out of the tournament finishing on 8th position.

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
49 Steve Smith Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 Template:INRConvert Overseas, Captain
6 Mahipal Lomror Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Template:INRConvert
18 Manan Vohra Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Template:INRConvert
267 Yashasvi Jaiswal Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert
10 David Miller Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
07 Robin Uthappa Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Template:INRConvert
Template:NA Aniruddha Joshi Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Template:INRConvert
All-rounders
55 Ben Stokes Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas
4 Rahul Tewatia Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert
5 Riyan Parag Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Template:INRConvert
43 Shashank Singh Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
11 Sanju Samson Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Template:INRConvert
63 Jos Buttler Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed – 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas; Vice Captain
Template:NA Anuj Rawat Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed – 2020 Template:INRConvert
Spin Bowlers
37 Shreyas Gopal Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Template:INRConvert
39 Mayank Markande Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert
Pace Bowlers
22 Jofra Archer Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas
77 Varun Aaron Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 Template:INRConvert
3 Ankit Rajpoot Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert
99 Jaydev Unadkat Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Left-arm fast 2020 Template:INRConvert
9 Kartik Tyagi Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 Template:INRConvert
68 Andrew Tye Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
59 Tom Curran Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Template:NA Oshane Thomas Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Template:NA Akash Singh Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 Template:INRConvert


Administration and support staff

Position Name
Owner Amisha Hathiramani (Tresco International Ltd), Manoj Badale (Emerging Media (IPL) Ltd), Lachlan Murdoch (Blue Water Estate Ltd)
COO Jake Lush McCrum
Brand ambassador and mentor Shane Warne
Director of cricket Zubin Bharucha
Head coach Andrew McDonald
Batting coach Amol Muzumdar
Spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding
Alcis Sports TV9 Bharatvarsh Red Bull KEI Wires & Cables
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Teams and standings

Results by match

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League table

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League stage

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Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Sanju Samson 14 14 1 375 85 28.84 236 158.89 0 3 2 21 23
2 Jos Buttler 13 12 2 328 70* 32.80 227 144.49 0 2 0 27 16
3 Steve Smith 14 14 2 311 69 25.91 237 131.22 0 3 0 32 9
4 Ben Stokes 8 8 1 285 107* 40.71 200 142.50 1 1 0 36 7
5 Rahul Tewatia 14 11 5 255 53 42.50 183 139.34 0 1 0 13 17

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Jofra Archer 14 14 55.4 0 365 20 3/19 18.25 6.55 16.7 0 0
2 Rahul Tewatia 14 14 46.0 0 326 10 3/25 32.60 7.08 27.6 0 0
3 Shreyas Gopal 14 14 50.0 0 427 10 2/28 42.70 8.54 30.0 0 0
4 Kartik Tyagi 10 10 38.1 0 367 9 2/36 40.77 9.61 25.4 0 0
5 Jaydev Unadkat 7 7 23.0 0 228 4 2/32 57.00 9.91 34.5 0 0

Player of the match awards

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 Template:Dts Sanju Samson Chennai Super Kings Won By 16 runs 74 (32) [21]
2 Template:Dts Sanju Samson Kings XI Punjab Won By 4 wickets 85 (42) [22]
3 11 October 2020 Rahul Tewatia Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets 45* (28) [23]
4 19 October 2020 Jos Buttler Chennai Super Kings Won by 7 wickets 70* (48) [24]
5 25 October 2020 Ben Stokes Mumbai Indians Won by 8 wickets 107* (60) [25]
6 30 October 2020 Ben Stokes Kings XI Punjab Won by 7 wickets 2/32 (4 overs) & 50 (26) [26]

References

  1. ↑ 4 cities that might get an IPL team in 2020(20 July 2019).
  2. ↑ Indian Premier League to have 10 teams in 2020 edition?(14 July 2019).
  3. ↑ Rajasthan Royals' team ethos and values have remained intact since first season. Cricketcountry.com(8 May 2014).
  4. ↑ News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates. News18.
  5. ↑ Rajasthan Royals' IPL 7 Player Retentions: The 'moneyball' team retains Shane Watson and promising players - Cricket Country.
  6. ↑ News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates. News18.
  7. ↑ Royals retain Samson, Binny, Rahane, Watson, Faulkner(10 January 2014).
  8. ↑ ABOUT THE BRAND.
  9. ↑ KKR release Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa; RCB let go of several overseas names. ESPNcricinfo(15 November 2019). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. ↑ Coronavirus threat: IPL 2020 deferred until April 15, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(13 March 2020).
  11. ↑ PM Narendra Modi says India will extend coronavirus lockdown until 3 May(14 April 2020).
  12. ↑ Indian Premier League 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended(14 April 2020).
  13. ↑ With India in lockdown, IPL 2020 suspended indefinitely, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(15 April 2020).
  14. ↑ India to allow sport behind closed doors; BCCI still cautious on IPL 2020, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(17 May 2020).
  15. ↑ Indian government to decide the fate of IPL season, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. The Times of India(24 May 2020).
  16. ↑ IPL 2020: BCCI looking at September-October window, says Brijesh Patel. ESPNcricinfo(12 June 2020).
  17. ↑ IPL 2020 set to begin on September 19.
  18. ↑ RR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2020: Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 16 runs. Times of india(22 September 2020). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  19. ↑ RR Most Runs in IPL 2020.
  20. ↑ RR Most Wickets in IPL 2020.
  21. ↑ Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Jofra Archer help Rajasthan Royals win battle of sixes. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  22. ↑ Rahul Tewatia and Sanju Samson pull off record chase in stunning Rajasthan Royals win. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  23. ↑ Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag star as Rajasthan Royals pull off another heist. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  24. ↑ Buttler, spinners help Royals climb up the table. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  25. ↑ Ben Stokes' 107* gives Rajasthan Royals playoffs boost; CSK eliminated. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  26. ↑ Kings XI Punjab's winning streak ends, Ben Stokes helps Rajasthan Royals stay alive. Retrieved 2020-10-31.

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