2022 Rajasthan Royals season
Indian Premier League cricket team season
Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Rajasthan , India, which has played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in 2008 . They were one of ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League .[ 1] [ 2] The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inaugural season .[ 3]
The side finished as the runners-up in the season.[ 4]
Background
The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.[ 5]
Retained
Sanju Samson , Jos Buttler , Yashasvi Jaiswal
Released
Ben Stokes , Jofra Archer , Mahipal Lomror , Manan Vohra , Mayank Markande , Rahul Tewatia , Riyan Parag , Shreyas Gopal , Robin Uthappa , Jaydev Unadkat , Anuj Rawat , Kartik Tyagi , David Miller , Andrew Tye , Shivam Dube , Chris Morris , Mustafizur Rahman , Liam Livingstone , Chetan Sakariya , Kuldip Yadav , Akash Singh , K. C. Carriapa [ 6]
Acquired at the auction
Ravichandran Ashwin , Trent Boult , Devdutt Padikkal , Shimron Hetmyer , Prasidh Krishna , Yuzvendra Chahal , Riyan Parag , KC Cariappa , Navdeep Saini , Obed McCoy , Anunay Singh , Kuldeep Sen , Karun Nair , Dhruv Jurel , Tejas Baroka , Kuldip Yadav , Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham , Nathan Coulter-Nile , Rassie van der Dussen , Daryl Mitchell [ 7]
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold .
Administration and support staff
Teams and standings
Points table
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the
playoffs .
Group fixtures
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
The match was originally scheduled to take place at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, but it was relocated to the Wankhede Stadium after a number of COVID-19 cases in the Delhi camp.[ 13]
Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) became the second player to score consecutive hundreds in the IPL, after Shikhar Dhawan . Buttler also became the second player after Virat Kohli to score three or more centuries in a single IPL season.[ 14]
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.[ 15]
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[ 16]
Playoffs
Preliminary
Qualifier 1
Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
No.
Name
Match
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave.
BF
SR
100s
50s
0
4s
6s
1
Jos Buttler
14
14
12
629
116
48.38
428
146.96
3
3
0
56
37
2
Sanju Samson
14
14
1
374
55
28.76
254
147.24
0
2
0
35
21
3
Devdutt Padikkal
14
14
1
337
54
24.07
264
127.65
0
1
1
38
12
4
Shimron Hetmyer
12
12
7
297
59*
59.40
182
163.18
0
1
0
19
21
5
Yashasvi Jaiswal
7
7
0
212
68
30.28
157
135.03
0
2
0
26
6
Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo[ 17]
Most wickets
No.
Name
Match
Inns
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
BBI
Ave.
Econ.
SR
4W
5W
1
Yuzvendra Chahal
14
14
56.0
0
430
26
5/40
16.53
7.67
12.9
1
1
2
Prasidh Krishna
14
14
55.0
3
449
15
3/22
29.93
8.16
22.0
0
0
3
Trent Boult
13
13
50.0
2
412
13
2/18
31.69
8.24
23.0
0
0
4
Ravichandran Ashwin
14
14
56.0
0
400
11
3/17
36.36
7.14
30.5
0
0
5
Kuldeep Sen
7
7
25.1
0
237
8
4/20
29.62
9.41
18.8
1
0
Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo[ 18]
Player of the match awards
References
^ ESPNcricinfo staff (5 September 2010). "Next three IPL seasons to comprise 74 matches each" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021 .
^ "IPL to become 10 team tournament from 2022" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021 .
^ "Rajasthan Royals are IPL champions" . The Times of India . 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008 .
^ "IPL Final 2022, GT vs RR: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson 'proud' of his team despite losing title to Gujarat Titans" . The Times of India . 30 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022 .
^ "VIVO IPL 2022 Player Retention" . IPLT20.com . Indian Premier League. Retrieved 30 November 2021 .
^ "IPL 2022: List of players released by Rajasthan Royals" . Crictracker . 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022 .
^ "Rajasthan Royals 2022 Players List: Check team updates and full team squad in mega auction" . The Times of India . 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022 .
^ "IPL 2022: Corbin Bosch joins Rajasthan Royals as Nathan Coulter-Nile's replacement" . Hindustan Times . 14 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022 .
^ Acharya, Shayan (24 March 2022). "Rajasthan Royals CEO: The focus is on an Indian core in IPL 2022" . SportStar . The Hindu. Retrieved 30 March 2022 .
^ "IPL 2022 coaches: Full coaching and support staff of each Indian Premier League team" . Wisden . Retrieved 4 April 2022 .
^ "Malinga named Rajasthan Royals' fast-bowling coach for IPL 2022" . ESPNcricinfo . 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022 .
^ a b "Jos Buttler ton, Yuzvendra Chahal hat-trick give Rajasthan Royals narrow win" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 April 2022 .
^ "Capitals-Royals clash moved from Pune to Wankhede Stadium" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 April 2022 .
^ "Tendulkar leads as cricket fraternity reserve massive praise for Buttler" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 23 April 2022 .
^ "IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians, 5-time champions, first team to be knocked out of playoffs race" . India Today . Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
^ "Jaiswal, Ashwin secure second spot for RR" . Cricbuzz . Retrieved 21 May 2022 .
^ "RR Most Runs in IPL 2022" . ESPNcricinfo.
^ "RR Most Wickets in IPL 2022" . ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Samson, Padikkal, Hetmyer sound Royals warning" . ESPNcricinfo . 29 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022 .
^ "Buttler ton, Chahal-Ashwin spin strangle take Royals over the line" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 2 April 2022 .
^ "Hetmyer, Boult, Chahal ensure Royals win in tactics showdown" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 April 2022 .
^ "Another Buttler century, Prasidh three-for clinch run-fest against Capitals" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 April 2022 .
^ "Parag, Kuldeep and Ashwin rescue the Royals" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 April 2022 .
^ "Jaiswal 68, Hetmyer finishing job keep Royals in third place" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 May 2022 .
^ "Padikkal, Boult and Ashwin help Royals leapfrog Super Giants to No. 2" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 17 May 2022 .
^ "All-round Ashwin carries Royals to top-two finish, Moeen's 93 off 57 in vain" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2022 .
^ "Buttler ton, Prasidh-McCoy show put Royals in IPL final" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 30 May 2022 .
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