# 2022 Rajasthan Royals 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. The Royals have previously lifted the IPL title once, in the inaugural season.
The side finished as the runners-up in the season.

## Background

The franchise chose to retain three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.

### 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

### 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

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Captain ||||||||
| 11 | Sanju Samson | India | (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | 2018 | |
| Batters ||||||||
| 19 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
| 69 | Karun Nair | India | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| 189 | Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27) | Left-handed | Leg break | 2022 | Overseas |
| 72 | Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | Overseas |
| 37 | Devdutt Padikkal | India | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| 5 | Riyan Parag | India | (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Leg break | 2019 | |
| 6 | Shubham Garhwal | India | (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 7 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas; Ruled out due to calf injury |
| 50 | Jimmy Neesham | New Zealand | (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas |
| 47 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas |
| 99 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 63 | Jos Buttler | England | (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | – | 2018 | Overseas |
| 21 | Dhruv Jurel | India | (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| Spin bowlers ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | |
| 94 | K. C. Cariappa | India | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Leg break | 2022 | |
| 28 | Tejas Baroka | India | (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Leg break googly | 2022 | |
| Pace bowlers ||||||||
| 22 | Kuldeep Sen | India | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 15 | Kuldip Yadav | India | (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 68 | Obed McCoy | West Indies | (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas |
| 96 | Navdeep Saini | India | (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | India | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 18 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas |
| 13 | Anunay Singh | India | (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| - | Corbin Bosch | South Africa | (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Overseas; Replacement for Nathan Coulter-Nile |
| Source: RR Players ||||||||

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | Jake Lush McCrum |
| Team Manager | Romi Bhinder |
| Head coach and Director of cricket | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Development and performance director | Zubin Bharucha |
| Assistant coach | Trevor Penney |
| Batting coach | Amol Mazumdar |
| Spin bowling coach | Sairaj Bahutule |
| Fast bowling coach | Lasith Malinga |
| High performance fast bowling coach | Steffan Jones |
| Fielding coach | Dishant Yagnik |
| Sources: ||

## Teams and standings
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.316 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | A | Rajasthan Royals (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.298 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.251 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.253 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.204 | |
| 6 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.126 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.146 | |
| 8 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.379 | |
| 9 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.203 | |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.506 | |

## Group fixtures

* Match 5 29 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 210/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 149/7 (20 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 55 (27) Umran Malik 2/39 (4 overs) | | Aiden Markram 57* (41) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 61 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 2 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 193/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 170/8 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 100 (68) Jasprit Bumrah 3/17 (4 overs) | | Ishan Kishan 54 (43) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 23 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 5 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 169/3 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 173/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 70* (47) Harshal Patel 1/18 (4 overs) | | Shahbaz Ahmed 45 (26) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/15 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 20 10 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 165/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 162/8 (20 overs) |
| Shimron Hetmyer 59* (36) Krishnappa Gowtham 2/30 (4 overs) | | Marcus Stoinis 38* (17) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/41 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 14 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Gujarat Titans 192/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 155/9 (20 overs) |
| Hardik Pandya 87* (52) Riyan Parag 1/12 (1 over) | | Jos Buttler 54 (24) Lockie Ferguson 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 37 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 30 18 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 217/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 210 (19.4 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 103 (61) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 85 (51) Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul.
* Match 34 22 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 222/2 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 207/8 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 116 (65) Mustafizur Rahman 1/43 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 44 (24) Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* 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.
* 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.
* Match 39 26 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 (19.3 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 56* (31) Josh Hazlewood 2/19 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 23 (21) Kuldeep Sen 4/20 (3.3 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 29 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 44 30 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 161/5 (19.2 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 67 (52) Riley Meredith 2/24 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 51 (39) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/21 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 47 2 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 152/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 158/3 (19.1 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 54 (49) Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs) | | Nitish Rana 48* (37) Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 52 7 May 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 189/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 190/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Jonny Bairstow 56 (40) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/28 (4 overs) | | Yashasvi Jaiswal 68 (41) Arshdeep Singh 4/29 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.
* Match 58 11 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 160/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 161/2 (18.1 overs) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (38) Chetan Sakariya 2/23 (4 overs) | | Mitchell Marsh 89 (62) Trent Boult 1/32 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 63 15 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 154/8 (20 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 41 (29) Ravi Bishnoi 2/31 (4 overs) | | Deepak Hooda 59 (39) Trent Boult 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 24 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 68 20 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 151/5 (20 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 93 (57) Obed McCoy 2/20 (4 overs) | | Yashasvi Jaiswal 59 (44) Prashant Solanki 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Preliminary
#### Qualifier 1

* 24 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 188/6 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 191/3 (19.3 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 89 (56) Hardik Pandya 1/14 (2 overs) | | David Miller 68* (38) Trent Boult 1/38 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: David Miller (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

#### Qualifier 2

* 27 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 161/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Rajat Patidar 58 (42) Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 106* (60) Josh Hazlewood 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 29 May 2022 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 133/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 39 (35) Hardik Pandya 3/17 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 45* (43) Trent Boult 1/14 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
* 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

### 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

## Player of the match awards

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 29 March 2022 | Sanju Samson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 61 runs | 55 (27) |
| 2 | 2 April 2022 | Jos Buttler | Mumbai Indians | Won by 23 runs | 100 (68) |
| 3 | 10 April 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Lucknow Super Giants | Won by 3 runs | 4/41 (4 overs) |
| 4 | 18 April 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Kolkata Knight Riders | Won by 7 runs | 5/40 (4 overs) |
| 5 | 22 April 2022 | Jos Buttler | Delhi Capitals | Won by 15 runs | 116 (65) |
| 6 | 26 April 2022 | Riyan Parag | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 29 runs | 56* (31) |
| 7 | 7 May 2022 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Delhi Capitals | Won by 6 wickets | 68 (41) |
| 8 | 15 May 2022 | Trent Boult | Lucknow Super Giants | Won by 24 runs | 2/18 (4 overs) |
| 9 | 20 May 2022 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 5 wickets | 40* (23) |
| 10 | 27 May 2022 | Jos Buttler | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 7 wickets and advanced to the Finals | 106* (60) |