2025 Rajasthan Royals season

Rajasthan Royals
2025 season
Sawai Mansingh Stadium and ACA Cricket Stadium, home grounds of Rajasthan Royals
CoachRahul Dravid
CaptainSanju Samson
Ground(s)Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
League stage9th place
Most runsYashasvi Jaiswal (559)[1]
Most wicketsWanindu Hasaranga
Jofra Archer
Maheesh Theekshana
(11 each)[2]
Most catchesShimron Hetmyer (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsSanju Samson (5)[4]

The 2025 season was the 16th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise Rajasthan Royals. They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2025 Indian Premier League. The team was captained by Sanju Samson and coached by Rahul Dravid.

The Rajasthan Royals were the second team to be eliminated from the 2025 IPL and finished the season in ninth-place with four wins from 14 matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the most runs (559) while Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer and Maheesh Theekshana took the most wickets (11 each) for Rajasthan in the 2025 season.

Pre-season

The 2025 Indian Premier League was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5] The Rajasthan Royals had previously won the title once in 2008 in the inaugural IPL.[6] The team finished in third place in the previous season.[7] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 3 June 2025.[8][9] Rajasthan played most their home matches at Sawai Mansingh Stadium[10] with two matches played at ACA Cricket Stadium.[11]

Player retention

Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players.[12] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[13] Rajasthan retained five players, including captain Sanju Samson.[14][15]

Retained players[14][15]
No. Player Salary
1 Sanju Samson 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
2 Yashasvi Jaiswal 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
3 Dhruv Jurel 14 crore (US$1.7 million)
4 Riyan Parag 14 crore (US$1.7 million)
5 Shimron Hetmyer 11 crore (US$1.3 million)
6 Sandeep Sharma 4 crore (US$470,000)
Released players[14][16]
Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Fast bowlers Spin bowlers

Auction

The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[17] The auction purse for each franchise was set at 120 crore (US$14 million), with franchises deducting an amount from the purse for every retained player.[18][19] Rajasthan had a purse remaining of 41 crore (US$4.8 million).[20] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained.[21] Rajasthan had no cards left.[22] Rajasthan bought fourteen players in the auction, including seven capped players and five overseas players.[23]

Squad

  • Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
  • Ages are as of 22 March 2025 (2025-03-22).
  • Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Rajasthan Royals squad for the 2025 Indian Premier League[24]
S/N Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes
5 Riyan Parag  India (2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 14 crore (US$1.7 million) Stand-in captain[a]
11 Sanju Samson  India (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break 18 crore (US$2.1 million) Captain
12 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi  India (2011-03-27)27 March 2011 (aged 13) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 1.1 crore (US$130,000)
14 Kunal Singh Rathore  India (2002-10-09)9 October 2002 (aged 22) Left-handed Right-arm off break 30 lakh (US$35,000)
21 Dhruv Jurel  India (2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 14 crore (US$1.7 million)
22 Jofra Archer  England (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 12.5 crore (US$1.5 million) Overseas
24 Tushar Deshpande  India (1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 6.5 crore (US$770,000)
25 Akash Madhwal  India (1993-11-25)25 November 1993 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 1.2 crore (US$140,000)
26 Kumar Kartikeya  India (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 27) Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox 30 lakh (US$35,000)
27 Shubham Dubey  India (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break 80 lakh (US$95,000)
34 Yudhvir Singh  India (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 35 lakh (US$41,000)
49 Wanindu Hasaranga  Sri Lanka (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 5.25 crore (US$620,000) Overseas
61 Maheesh Theekshana  Sri Lanka (2000-08-01)1 August 2000 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break 4.4 crore (US$520,000) Overseas
64 Yashasvi Jaiswal  India (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
83 Fazalhaq Farooqi  Afghanistan (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 (aged 24) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2 crore (US$240,000) Overseas
189 Shimron Hetmyer  West Indies (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 11 crore (US$1.3 million) Overseas
N/a Nandre Burger  South Africa (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 (aged 29) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 3.5 crore (US$410,000) Overseas; replacement[b]
N/a Kwena Maphaka  South Africa (2006-04-08)8 April 2006 (aged 18) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 1.5 crore (US$180,000) Overseas
N/a Lhuan-dre Pretorius  South Africa (2006-03-28)28 March 2006 (aged 18) Left-handed N/a 30 lakh (US$35,000) Overseas; replacement[c]
N/a Ashok Sharma  India (2002-06-17)17 June 2002 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$35,000)
20 Sandeep Sharma  India (1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 4 crore (US$470,000) Withdrawn[b]
36 Nitish Rana  India (1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break 4.2 crore (US$500,000) Withdrawn[c]
  1. ^ Riyan Parag captained Rajasthan Royals for the first 3 games,[25] and in later games when Sanju Samson was unavailable.[26]
  2. ^ a b Nandre Burger replaced Sandeep Sharma, after the latter withdrew due to finger injury.[27]
  3. ^ a b Lhuan-dre Pretorius replaced Nitish Rana, after the latter withdrew due to calf injury.[28]

Support staff

In September 2024, it was announced that Rahul Dravid would replace Kumar Sangakkara as Rajasthan's head coach,[29] while Vikram Rathour would join as batting coach.[30]

Position Name
Head coach Rahul Dravid
Batting coach Vikram Rathour
Bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule

League stage

Rajasthan Royals began their season with two defeats against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders.[32][33] They won the next two matches against Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings;[34][35] but lost the next five matches against Gujarat Titans,[36] Royal Challengers Bengaluru,[37] Delhi Capitals,[38] Lucknow Super Giants[39] and Bengaluru.[40] They won their tenth match against Gujarat with their player Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becoming the youngest and the fastest Indian player to score a century in IPL.[41] Following a 100-run defeat against Mumbai Indians, they were eliminated from the 2025 IPL.[42] They lost the next two matches against Kolkata[43] and Punjab;[44] but won in their last match of the season against Chennai.[45]

Points table

Pos Grp Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A Punjab Kings (R) 14 9 4 1 19 0.372 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C) 14 9 4 1 19 0.301
3 B Gujarat Titans (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.254 Advanced to Eliminator
4 B Mumbai Indians (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 1.142
5 B Delhi Capitals 14 7 6 1 15 0.011 Eliminated
6 B Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 7 1 13 −0.241
7 B Lucknow Super Giants 14 6 8 0 12 −0.376
8 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 5 7 2 12 −0.305
9 A Rajasthan Royals 14 4 10 0 8 −0.549
10 A Chennai Super Kings 14 4 10 0 8 −0.647
Source: ESPNcricinfo[46]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression[46]
Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Q1/E Q2 F
Rajasthan Royals 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8
Win Loss No result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

Match 2
23 March 2025 (2025-03-23)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
286/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
242/6 (20 overs)
Ishan Kishan 106* (47)
Tushar Deshpande 3/44 (4 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 70 (35)
Harshal Patel 2/34 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 44 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut.[47]

Match 6
26 March 2025 (2025-03-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
151/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
153/2 (17.3 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 33 (28)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/17 (4 overs)
Quinton de Kock 97* (61)
Wanindu Hasaranga 1/34 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
30 March 2025 (2025-03-30)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
182/9 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
176/6 (20 overs)
Nitish Rana 81 (36)
Noor Ahmad 2/28 (4 overs)
Matheesha Pathirana 2/28 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 63 (44)
Wanindu Hasaranga 4/35 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 runs
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
5 April 2025 (2025-04-05)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
205/4 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings (H)
155/9 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 67 (45)
Lockie Ferguson 2/37 (4 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 62 (41)
Jofra Archer 3/25 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 23
9 April 2025 (2025-04-09)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans (H)
217/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
159 (19.2 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 82 (53)
Tushar Deshpande 2/53 (4 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 52 (32)
Prasidh Krishna 3/24 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 58 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 28
13 April 2025 (2025-04-13)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
173/4 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
175/1 (17.3 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 75 (47)
Josh Hazlewood 1/26 (3 overs)
Phil Salt 65 (33)
Kumar Kartikeya 1/25 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 9 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.

Match 32
16 April 2025 (2025-04-16)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals (H)
188/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
188/4 (20 overs)
Abhishek Porel 49 (37)
Jofra Archer 2/32 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 51 (28)
Axar Patel 1/23 (3 overs)
Match tied
(Delhi Capitals won the Super Over)

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Super Over: Rajasthan Royals 11/2 (0.5 overs), Delhi Capitals 13/0 (0.4 overs)

Match 36
19 April 2025 (2025-04-19)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
180/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
178/5 (20 overs)
Aiden Markram 66 (45)
Wanindu Hasaranga 2/31 (4 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 74 (52)
Avesh Khan 3/37 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) became the youngest player to make IPL debut.[48]

Match 42
24 April 2025 (2025-04-24)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H)
205/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
194/9 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 70 (42)
Sandeep Sharma 2/45 (4 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 49 (19)
Josh Hazlewood 4/33 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 11 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 47
28 April 2025 (2025-04-28)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
209/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
212/2 (15.5 overs)
Shubman Gill 84 (50)
Maheesh Theekshana 2/35 (4 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 101 (38)
Rashid Khan 1/24 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Karim Janat (Gujarat Titans) made his IPL debut.[49]
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) became the youngest player to score a century in IPL history.[50]

Match 50
1 May 2025
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
217/2 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
117 (16.1 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 61 (38)
Riyan Parag 1/12 (2 overs)
Jofra Archer 30 (27)
Karn Sharma 3/23 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 100 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Parashar Joshi (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Mumbai Indians)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.[51]

Match 53
4 May 2025 (2025-05-04)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
206/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
205/8 (20 overs)
Andre Russell 57* (25)
Riyan Parag 1/21 (3 overs)
Riyan Parag 95 (45)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 59
18 May 2025 (2025-05-18)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
219/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
209/7 (20 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 70 (37)
Tushar Deshpande 2/37 (4 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 53 (31)
Harpreet Brar 3/22 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 10 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 16 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled.[52]
  • Mitchell Owen (Punjab Kings) made his IPL debut.[53]

Match 62
20 May 2025 (2025-05-20)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings (H)
187/8 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
188/4 (17.1 overs)
Ayush Mhatre 43 (20)
Akash Madhwal 3/29 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Akash Madhwal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 12 May at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,[54] before being rescheduled.[52]

Statistics

At the IPL end of season awards, Rajasthan's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was awarded for the highest batting strike rate in the season.[55]

Most runs[1]
Runs Player
559 Yashasvi Jaiswal
393 Riyan Parag
333 Dhruv Jurel
285 Sanju Samson
252 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Most wickets[2]
Wickets Player
11 Wanindu Hasaranga
11 Jofra Archer
11 Maheesh Theekshana
9 Sandeep Sharma
9 Tushar Deshpande

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