2021 Rajasthan Royals season explained

Club:	Rajasthan Royals
Season:	2021
Coach:	Trevor Penney (Lead Assistant Coach)
Ground:	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Comp1:	Tournament performance
Comp1 Result:	League stage (7th)
Most Runs:	Sanju Samson (484)
Most Wickets:	Chris Morris (15)
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 season was the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals.^{[1] [2]} After winning only 5 matches out of 14 matches, they finished seventh in the tournament.^[3]

Background

Player retention and transfers

See main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes.

The Rajasthan Royals retained 17 players and released eight players.^[4]

Retained: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa (traded to Chennai super kings), Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye

Released: Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Aniruddha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron

Added: Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, K. C. Carriapa

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
10	David Miller		10 June 1989	Right-handed		2020		Overseas
24			18 July 1993	Right-handed		2019
7	Liam Livingstone		4 August 1993	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
19			28 December 2001	Left-handed		2020
17	Evin Lewis		27 December 1991	left-handed		2021		Overseas
All-rounders
42	Oshane Thomas		18 February 1997	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
2	Chris Morris		30 April 1987	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
4	Rahul Tewatia		20 May 1993	Left-handed		2020		Vice Captain
25	Shivam Dube		26 June 1993	Left-handed		2021
3			4 September 1993	Right-handed		2018
6			16 November 1999	Left-handed		2018
5			10 November 2001	Right-handed		2019
Wicket-keepers
11	Sanju Samson		11 November 1994	Right-handed		2018		Captain
98	Glenn Phillips		6 December 1996	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
12			17 October 1999	Left-handed		2020
Spin Bowlers
26	Tabraiz Shamsi		18 February 1990	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
94			13 April 1994	Right-handed		2021
99	Mayank Markande		11 November 1997	Right-handed		2020
Pace Bowlers
77	Jaydev Unadkat		18 October 1991	Right-handed		2020
90	Mustafizur Rahman		6 September 1995	Left-handed		2021		Overseas
15			15 October 1996	Left-handed		2021
28	Chetan Sakariya		28 February 1998	Left-handed		2021
9			8 November 2000	Right-handed		2020
117			26 April 2002	Right-handed		2021
Source:RR Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Gerry Cardinale
COO	Jake Lush McCrum
CEO	Mike Fordham
Team Manager	Romi Bhinder
Brand ambassador and mentor	Shane Warne
Director of Cricket	Kumar Sangakkara
Assistant coach	Trevor Penney
Development and performance director	Zubin Bharucha
Batting coach	Amol Mazumdar
Spin bowling coach	Sairaj Bahutule
Team Liaison and spin bowling consultant	Ish Sodhi
Fast bowling coach	Rob Cassell
Fast bowling development coach	Steffan Jones
Fielding coach	Dishant Yagnik
Physiotherapist	John Gloster
Strength and conditioning coach	Rajamani Prabhu
Team doctor	Rob Young
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Teams and standings

League table 2021

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[5]

Matches

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Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1		7	7	1	277	119	46.16	190	145.78	1	0	0	26	11
2	Jos Buttler	7	7	0	254	124	36.28	166	153.01	1	0	0	27	13
3	Shivam Dube	6	6	0	145	46	24.16	123	117.88	0	0	0	14	5
4	David Miller	6	6	3	102	62	34.00	80	127.50	0	1	1	11	3
5	Rahul Tewatia	7	5	0	86	40	17.20	67	128.35	0	0	0	6	4

• Source: Cricinfo^[6]

Most Wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Eco.	SR	4	5
1	Chris Morris	11	11	41.0	0	376	15	4/23	25.06	9.17	16.4	1	0
2	Mustafizur Rahman	14	14	51.1	0	436	14	3/20	31.14	8.41	22.21	0	0
2	Chetan Sakariya	14	14	52.0	0	426	14	3/31	30.42	8.19	22.28	0	0
4	Rahul Tewatia	14	13	37.0	0	340	8	3/39	42.50	9.18	27.75	0	0
5	Jaydev Unadkat	6	6	22.0	0	168	4	3/15	42.00	7.63	33.00	0	0

• Source: Cricinfo^[7]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1				Lost by 4 runs	119 (63)	^[8]
2				Won by 3 wickets	11 (7) & 3/15 (4 overs)	^[9]
3	24 April 2021	Chris Morris	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 6 wickets	4/23 (4 overs)	^[10]
4	2 May 2021	Jos Buttler	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 55 runs	124 (64)	^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. 12 February 2021. Yahoo! Cricket.
2. Web site: BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL. 30 January 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
3. Web site: Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win. Cricbuzz. 7 October 2021.
4. Web site: IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. 20 January 2021. 20 January 2021. IPLt20.
5. Web site: BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021. 2021-04-01. www.iplt20.com. en.
6. Web site: RR Most runs in IPL 2021. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
7. Web site: RR Most runs in IPL 2021. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
8. Web site: Punjab Kings snatch thrilling victory as KL Rahul 91 trumps Sanju Samson 119. 12 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
9. Web site: David Miller and Chris Morris haul Rajasthan Royals home in tense chase. 15 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
10. Web site: Chris Morris, Sanju Samson take Rajasthan Royals to convincing win. 26 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
11. Web site: Jos Buttler's 64-ball 124 set up big Rajasthan Royals win. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo.