List of Rajasthan Royals cricketers

RR players during a party at Shilpa Shetty's house

Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India, and is one of the teams participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It played its first Twenty20 match in the first season of the IPL against the Delhi Daredevils.^[1][2] It later topped the group stage in that season,^[3] and won the final against the Chennai Super Kings to become the first winner of the IPL.^[4] It also reached the playoffs in the 2013 IPL. The team's performance in the 2008 and the 2013 season resulted in its qualification for the 2008 and the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20),^[5] however the 2008 edition was cancelled due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[6] The RR reached the finals in the 2013 CLT20, but lost the match to Mumbai Indians.^[7] Seventy-three players have played for RR,^[8] of whom Shane Watson has played the most matches.^[9]

Shane Watson is the only player to lead most runs,^[10] most wickets,^[11] highest score,^[12] highest batting average,^[13] most sixes,^[14] most matches^[15] for a team. Also the only player to win man of the tournament IPL twice. The best bowling average is Lee Carseldine's 6.00, though among bowlers who have bowled more than 20 overs, Sohail Tanvir has the best average: 11.44.^[16] Tanvir also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Chennai Super Kings in a 2008 match, while conceding 14 runs.^[17] Mahesh Rawat has taken the most catches as wicket-keeper for RR, with 15,^[18] while Naman Ojha has made the highest number of stumpings: 7; Dishant Yagnik has made the most dismissals as wicket-keeper for RR with 18.^[18] Rahane has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, with 28.^[19]

The first list includes all players who have played at least one match for RR and is initially listed alphabetically by their last name.^{[lower-greek 1]} The second list comprises all those players who have captained the team in at least one match, arranged in the order of the first match as captain. Many players have also represented other teams of the IPL, but only the records of their games for RR are given.^{[lower-greek 2][lower-greek 3]}

Key

General  – Member of the current squad[20]  – Captain[21]  – Wicket-keeper[18] First – Year of Twenty20 debut for RR Last – Year of latest Twenty20 match for RR Mat – Number of matches played Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected

Batting Inn – Number of innings batted NO – Number of innings not out Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored[lower-greek 4] Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career[lower-greek 5] Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings[lower-greek 6] Ave – Average runs per wicket

Captains Won – Number of games won Lost – Number of games lost NR – Number of games with no result Win% – Percentage of games won to those captained[lower-greek 7]

Players

Shane Watson is the only player to lead most runs,[22] most wickets,[23] highest score,[24] highest batting average,[25] most sixes,[26] most matches[27] for a team. Also the only player to win man of the tournament IPL twice.  Shane Warne has 16 wickets for RR at a bowling average of 25.38.[28]  Rahul Dravid has made seven half-centuries for RR, with a high score of 66.[29]

RR cricketers

General					Batting[29]							Bowling[30]				Fielding[30]
Name[8]	Nationality[lower-greek 8]	First	Last	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	100	50[lower-greek 4]	Avg	Balls[lower-greek 5]	Wkt	BBI[lower-greek 6]	Ave	Ca	St
Abdulla, IqbalIqbal Abdulla	India	2014	2014	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0	–	–	1	0
Akmal, KamranKamran Akmal	Pakistan	2008	2008	6	6	1	128	53*	0	1	25.60	0	–	–	–	5	4
Asnodkar, SwapnilSwapnil Asnodkar	India	2008	2011	21	21	0	464	60	0	2	22.09	0	–	–	–	6	0
Baby, SachinSachin Baby	India	2013	2013	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.00	0	–	–	–	2	0
Badree, SamuelSamuel Badree	West Indies	2013	2013	1	0	0	–	–	0	0	–	24	–	–	–	0	0
Bhatia, RajatRajat Bhatia	India	2014	2014	12	7	2	67	23	0	0	13.40	228	12	3/23	23.58	5	0
Binny, StuartStuart Binny	India	2011	2014	50	41	13	624	48*	0	0	22.28	324	13	2/14	31.00	12	0
Botha, JohanJohan Botha	South Africa	2009	2012	24	19	8	335	67*	0	1	30.45	534	19	3/6	32.10	9	0
Carseldine, LeeLee Carseldine	Australia	2009	2009	5	5	1	81	39	0	0	20.25	6	1	1/6	6.00	4	0
Chandila, AjitAjit Chandila	India	2012	2013	12	2	2	4	4*	0	0	–	234	11	4/13	22.20	7	0
Chand, UnmuktUnmukt Chand	India	2014	2014	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.00	0	–	–	–	0	0
Chavan, AnkeetAnkeet Chavan	India	2011	2013	13	3	1	12	7*	0	0	6.00	248	8	2/23	40.75	3	0
Chitnis, SiddharthSiddharth Chitnis	India	2009	2009	1	1	0	6	6	0	0	6.00	0	–	–	–	0	0
Cooper, KevonKevon Cooper	West Indies	2012	2014	31	17	6	142	32	0	0	12.90	714	39	4/18	24.58	13	0
Cutting, BenBen Cutting	Australia	2014	2014	1	1	0	8	8	0	0	8.00	24	1	1/31	31.00	1	0
Dogra, ParasParas Dogra	India	2010	2010	9	8	0	107	41	0	0	13.37	0	–	–	–	2	0
Dole, AdityaAditya Dole	India	2010	2010	3	2	0	34	30	0	0	17.00	66	5	2/36	22.40	2	0
Doshi, NayanNayan Doshi	India	2011	2011	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32	1	1/15	62.00	0	0
Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid	India	2011	2013	52	51	2	1324	66	0	7	27.02	0	–	–	–	11	0
Faulkner, JamesJames Faulkner	Australia	2013	2014	35	24	13	243	41*	0	0	22.09	781	45	5/16	22.77	7	0
Fazal, FaizFaiz Fazal	India	2009	2011	13	12	1	210	45	0	0	19.09	12	0	–	–	7	0
Finch, AaronAaron Finch	Australia	2010	2010	1	1	0	21	21	0	0	21.00	7	0	–	–	0	0
Goswami, ShreevatsShreevats Goswami	India	2012	2012	11	6	1	69	24	0	0	13.80	0	–	–	–	4	4
Harwood, ShaneShane Harwood	Australia	2009	2009	3	2	2	9	6*	0	0	–	60	3	2/25	24.33	2	0
Henderson, TyronTyron Henderson	South Africa	2009	2009	2	2	0	11	11	0	0	5.50	6	1	1/30	40.00	0	0
Hodge, BradBrad Hodge	Australia	2012	2014	38	33	14	748	54*	0	2	39.36	18	1	1/13	24.00	16	0
Hogg, BradBrad Hogg	Australia	2012	2013	10	3	1	15	13	0	0	7.50	236	10	2/31	28.40	1	0
Jadeja, RavindraRavindra Jadeja	India	2009	2009	27	22	4	430	42	0	0	23.88	153	6	3/15	28.66	11	0
Jhunjhunwala, AbhishekAbhishek Jhunjhunwala	India	2010	2010	13	12	2	183	53*	0	1	20.33	37	0	–	–	4	0
Kaif, MohammadMohammad Kaif	India	2008	2009	17	15	3	217	41	0	0	18.08	0	0	–	–	8	0
Khan, KamranKamran Khan	India	2009	2010	8	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.00	142	9	3/18	19.66	4	0
Khan, YounisYounis Khan	Pakistan	2008	2008	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.00	0	–	–	–	1	0
Kohli, TaruwarTaruwar Kohli	India	2008	2008	2	2	0	10	7	0	0	5.00	0	–	–	–	1	0
Kulkarni, DhawalDhawal Kulkarni	India	2014	2014	8	2	2	35	28*	0	0	–	162	6	2/23	36.83	2	0
Langer, JustinJustin Langer	Australia	2009	2009	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	0	–	–	–	0	0
Lehmann, DarrenDarren Lehmann	Australia	2008	2008	2	2	0	18	17	0	0	9.00	0	–	–	–	0	0
Lumb, MichaelMichael Lumb	England	2010	2010	11	11	0	278	83	0	0	25.27	0	–	–	–	4	0
Malik, VikramjeetVikramjeet Malik	India	2013	2014	7	1	1	1	1*	0	0	–	132	8	3/24	20.00	2	0
Martyn, DamienDamien Martyn	Australia	2010	2010	1	1	0	19	19	0	0	19.00	0	–	–	–	0	0
Mascarenhas, DimitriDimitri Mascarenhas	England	2008	2010	9	8	2	92	32*	0	0	15.33	212	14	3/20	17.85	2	0
Menaria, AshokAshok Menaria	India	2011	2013	33	24	3	407	40	0	0	19.38	140	3	2/20	57.66	5	0
Morkel, MornéMorné Morkel	South Africa	2009	2010	4	3	1	17	8	0	0	8.50	84	0	–	–	2	0
Narwal, SumitSumit Narwal	India	2010	2010	5	3	1	14	12	0	0	7.00	94	5	3/36	37.00	1	0
Nair, KarunKarun Nair	India	2014	2014	11	11	1	330	73*	0	3	33.00	–	–	–	–	4	0
Nayar, AbhishekAbhishek Nayar	India	2014	2014	5	4	1	43	23	0	0	14.33	–	–	–	–	1	0
Ojha, NamanNaman Ojha	India	2009	2010	23	23	3	555	94*	0	4	27.75	0	0	–	–	7	7
Oram, JacobJacob Oram	New Zealand	2011	2011	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24	1	1/32	45.00	0	0
Patel, MunafMunaf Patel	India	2008	2012	31	9	5	37	23*	0	0	9.25	635	33	3/17	24.24	7	0
Patel, NirajNiraj Patel	India	2008	2009	9	5	2	121	57	0	1	30.25	0	–	–	–	6	0
Pathan, YusufYusuf Pathan	India	2008	2010	43	42	4	1,011	100	1	6	26.60	583	20	3/22	35.95	14	0
Paunikar, AmitAmit Paunikar	India	2010	2011	5	5	0	49	20	0	0	9.80	0	–	–	–	1	0
Perera, KusalKusal Perera	Sri Lanka	2013	2013	3	3	0	22	14	0	0	7.33	0	–	–	–	0	0
Quiney, RobRob Quiney	Australia	2009	2009	7	7	0	103	51	0	1	14.71	0	–	–	–	12	3
Rahane, AjinkyaAjinkya Rahane	India	2011	2014	63	59	8	1795	103*	1	15	35.19	0	–	–	–	28	0
Raut, AbhishekAbhishek Raut	India	2009	2011	23	16	7	194	36*	0	0	21.55	48	1	1/22	66.00	9	0
Rawat, MaheshMahesh Rawat	India	2008	2009	16	10	6	50	23*	0	0	12.50	0	–	–	–	15	1
Salunkhe, DineshDinesh Salunkhe	India	2008	2008	6	3	1	33	26*	0	0	16.50	48	1	1/21	78.00	2	0
Richardson, KaneKane Richardson	Australia	2014	2014	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	162	9	2/18	22.88	3	0
Samson, SanjuSanju Samson	India	2013	2014	30	29	3	737	74	0	6	28.34	0	–	–	–	23	3
Shah, OwaisOwais Shah	England	2012	2013	15	15	4	365	76	0	3	33.18	0	–	–	–	5	0
Shah, PinalPinal Shah	India	2011	2011	2	1	0	5	5	0	0	5.00	0	–	–	–	0	1
Sharma, AnkitAnkit Sharma	India	2014	2014	3	2	0	34	30	0	0	17.00	48	4	2/20	10.75	0	0
Shukla, RahulRahul Shukla	India	2013	2013	7	3	2	2	1*	0	0	2.00	126	8	3/23	22.25	3	0
Singh, AmitAmit Singh	India	2009	2012	24	5	1	2	1*	0	0	0.50	485	28	4/19	22.32	1	0
Singh, HarmeetHarmeet Singh	India	2013	2013	1	0	0	–	–	0	0	–	24	1	1/34	34.00	0	0
Singh, PankajPankaj Singh	India	2008	2012	12	2	2	5	4*	0	0	–	210	7	2/18	46.00	1	0
Smith, GraemeGraeme Smith	South Africa	2008	2010	25	25	3	697	91	0	4	31.68	0	–	–	–	6	0
Smith, SteveSteve Smith	Australia	2014	2014	10	7	3	147	48*	0	0	36.75	–	–	–	–	9	0
Southee, TimTim Southee	New Zealand	2014	2014	3	1	0	4	4	0	0	4.00	60	0	–	–	2	0
Sreesanth, S.S. Sreesanth	India	2013	2013	7	3	2	1	1*	0	0	1.00	130	5	2/20	32.60	0	0
Tait, ShaunShaun Tait	Australia	2010	2013	21	5	2	23	11	0	0	7.66	473	23	3/13	27.82	6	0
Tanvir, SohailSohail Tanvir	Pakistan	2008	2009	12	6	2	36	13	0	0	12.00	271	25	6/14	11.44	4	0
Tambe, PravinPravin Tambe	India	2013	2014	21	4	2	8	3*	0	0	4.00	474	28	4/15	18.64	3	0
Taylor, RossRoss Taylor	New Zealand	2011	2011	12	11	6	181	47*	0	0	36.20	6	–	–	–	4	0
Tewatia, RahulRahul Tewatia	India	2014	2014	3	1	0	14	16	0	0	16.00	54	2	1/17	29.50	0	0
Trivedi, SiddharthSiddharth Trivedi	India	2008	2013	76	15	8	42	9	0	0	6.00	1506	65	4/25	29.29	14	0
Uniyal, AmitAmit Uniyal	India	2010	2010	2	2	1	4	4*	0	0	4.00	36	2	2/41	33.00	0	0
Valthaty, PaulPaul Valthaty	India	2009	2009	2	2	0	6	5	0	0	3.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
Voges, AdamAdam Voges	Australia	2010	2010	9	7	3	181	45*	0	0	45.25	54	0	–	–	1	0
Wagh, ShrikantShrikant Wagh	India	2010	2010	1	0	0	–	–	0	0	—	6	1	1/16	16.00	0	0
Warne, ShaneShane Warne	Australia	2008	2011	56	29	9	198	34*	0	0	9.90	1218	58	4/21	25.36	16	0
Watson, ShaneShane Watson	Australia	2008	2014	74	72	11	2,127	101	1	13	34.86	1307	61	3/10	26.16	21	0
Yagnik, DishantDishant Yagnik	India	2011	2014	27	19	7	176	34	0	0	14.66	0	–	–	–	13	6

Captains

Warne (right) has captained RR in 56 matches, whereas Dravid (left) is second to him, with 40 matches.

Rajasthan Royals captains

Name[21]	First	Last	Mat	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%[lower-greek 7]
Warne, ShaneShane Warne	2008	2011	56	31	24	1	0	56.25
Watson, ShaneShane Watson	2008	2014	16	7	8	1	0	45.28
Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid	2012	2013	40	23	17	0	0	57.50
Smith, SteveSteve Smith	2014	2015	4	4	0	0	0	100
Total			116	65	49	2	0	57.95

See also

• List of current Indian Premier League team rosters
• List of Indian Premier League centuries
• List of Indian Premier League records and statistics
• Indian Premier League portal

Notes

Footnotes

1. Sorting as such may actually be considered incorrect, especially for players such as Mohammad Kaif, where their last name is used in a different manner to that of western names, but are listed as such for continuity with other lists and ease of understanding the page.
2. To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the icon in the column title.
3. These statistics are correct as of 2014 Indian Premier League.
4. A century made is not listed as an additional half century.
5. This does not includes illegal deliveries like no balls and wides.
6. The BBI has not been provided for those bowlers who have not taken any wicket while playing for RR.
7. The Win-loss percentage is calculated using the formula:
   $\frac{Wins+\frac{1}{2}Ties}{Games}$
8. The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

References

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5. "Cricket Champions League unveiled". BBC Sport. June 7, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2012. They will line up against India's Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, Western Australia and Victoria, and the Titans and KwaZulu Natal Dolphins from South Africa.
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External links

• Official website of Rajasthan Royals
• Media related to Rajasthan Royals at Wikimedia Commons