Know your IPL Team: Rajasthan Royals

Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Rajasthan Royals and much more.

IMAGE: Rajasthan Royals players celebrate the fall of a wicket during the 11th editon of IPL. Photograph:/BCCI

Captain and coach: Ajinkya Rahane and Paddy Upton

Total players: 25

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi

Middle-order batsmen: Steven Smith, Aryaman Birla, Manan Vohra

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra

Allrounders: Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Ashton Turner, Shubham Ranjane

Wrist spinners: Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Ish Sodhi

Finger spinners: None

Fast bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas

Result Summary In Each Edition

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio	Position
2008	16	13	3	0	0	81.25	4.33	1st
2009	14	5	7	1	1	38.46	0.71	6th
2010	14	6	8	0	0	42.85	0.75	7th
2011	14	6	7	0	1	46.15	0.85	6th
2012	16	7	9	0	0	43.75	0.77	7th
2013	18	11	7	0	0	61.11	1.57	3rd
2014	14	6	7	1	0	42.85	0.85	5th
2015	15	7	5	1	2	53.84	1.40	4th
2016	Suspended
2017	Suspended
2018	15	7	8	0	0	46.66	0.87	4th

Result Summary vs Each Opponent

Vs	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio
Chennai Super Kings	19	7	12	0	0	36.84	0.58
Deccan Chargers	9	7	2	0	0	77.77	3.50
Delhi Daredevils	18	11	7	0	0	61.11	1.57
Kings XI Punjab	17	10	6	1	0	58.82	1.66
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	1	1	0	0	50.00	1.00
Kolkata Knight Riders	19	7	9	2	1	38.88	0.77
Mumbai Indians	19	8	10	0	1	44.44	0.80
Pune Warriors	5	4	1	0	0	80.00	4.00
Royal Challengers Bangalore	19	9	8	0	2	52.94	1.12
Sunrisers Hyderabad	9	4	5	0	0	44.44	0.80

Note: In 2009 Rajasthan Royals’ match vs Mumbai Indians was abandoned without a toss (included in the above tally for reference purpose). In 2009 and 2014 Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders and lost to Kings XI Punjab in 2015 in Super Over after a tie.

Highest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
223-5	20	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2010	Lost
217-7	19.5	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2008	Won
217-4	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2018	Won
211-5	20	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2008	Won
211-4	20	Kings XI Punjab	Durban	2009	Won
208-7	20	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai BS	2010	Lost
201-6	20	Delhi Daredevils	Ahmedabad	2014	Won
199-6	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai BS	2015	Won
197-1	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur	2008	Won
197-5	19.4	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur	2012	Won

Lowest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
58	15.1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Cape Town	2009	Lost
81	15.2	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2011	Lost
92	19.5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2010	Lost
97	18.3	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Indore	2011	Lost
101-9	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	2009	Lost
102	19.5	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Ahmedabad	2014	Lost
103	16.2	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai DYP	2008	Lost
109	19	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune	2015	Lost
112-7	20	Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town	2009	Lost
113	19.3	Deccan Chargers	Kimberley	2009	Lost
113-9	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2013	Lost

Highest Individual Innings

Score	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
104*	SR Watson	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai BS	2015
103*	AM Rahane	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2012
101	SR Watson	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2013
100	YK Pathan	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai BS	2010
98*	SR Watson	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Jaipur	2013
98	AM Rahane	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	2012
95*	JC Buttler	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	2018
94*	NV Ojha	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2010
94*	JC Buttler	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2018
92*	SV Samson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2018

Leading Batsmen

Player	Mts	Runs	Ave	SR	100	50
AM Rahane	86	2417	34.52	120.48	1	16
SR Watson	78	2372	36.49	141.27	2	14
R Dravid	46	1276	29.67	110.86	0	7
SV Samson	53	1190	26.44	127.4	0	7
YK Pathan	43	1011	26.60	161.24	1	6
GC Smith	25	697	31.68	112.96	0	4
STR Binny	64	661	20.03	126.38	0	0
BJ Hodge	33	639	35.50	137.41	0	1
JC Buttler	13	548	54.80	155.24	0	5
NV Ojha	22	545	28.68	127.03	0	4
KK Nair	25	511	24.33	135.54	0	4

Best Bowling

Bowling	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
6-14	Sohail Tanvir	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	2008
5-16	JP Faulkner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2013
5-20	JP Faulkner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Jaipur	2013
4-13	A Chandila	Pune Warriors India	Jaipur	2012
4-14	Sohail Tanvir	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur	2008
4-16	R Shreyas Gopal	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur	2018
4-19	Amit Singh	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Centurion	2009
4-20	PV Tambe	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Abu Dhabi	2014
4-21	SK Warne	Deccan Chargers	Nagpur	2010
4-23	CH Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai BS	2015
4-25	SK Trivedi	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2012
4-26	KK Cooper	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	2012

Leading Bowlers

Player	Mts	Wkts	Avg	RPO	4W
SK Trivedi	76	65	29.29	7.58	1
SR Watson	78	61	27.88	7.49	0
SK Warne	55	57	25.38	7.27	1
JP Faulkner	42	47	27.06	8.41	0
KK Cooper	25	33	22.93	7.88	1
MM Patel	30	33	23.60	7.57	0
A Singh	23	28	22.14	7.86	1