Rajasthan Royals The Rajasthan Royals, also known as RR, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight franchises, the team is owned by Manoj ...

(RR) is a franchise cricket team based in

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

, India, which has played in the

Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Founded in 2007, it features ten city-based Professional sports league organization, fr ...

(IPL) since the first edition of the tournament in

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

. They were one of ten teams to compete in the

2022 Indian Premier League The 2022 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 15 or for sponsorship reasons, TATA IPL 2022) was the fifteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket ...

. 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:

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;Released:

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, Rahul Tewatia,

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, David Miller,

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, Chris Morris,

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, Chetan Sakariya,

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, Akash Singh, K. C. Carriapa ;Acquired at the auction:

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, KC Cariappa,

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, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen,

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, Tejas Baroka,

, Shubham Garhwal,

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, Daryl Mitchell

Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Points table

Group fixtures

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Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

* Last updated: 21 May 2022 * Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

* Last updated: 21 May 2022 * Source: ESPNcricinfo

Player of the match awards

References

External links

Official Website
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