RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) SQUAD ANALYSIS:
1) IPL PERFORMANCE OVER THE YEARS
(i) Results
2008 - Champions
2009 - 6th
2010 - 7th
2011 - 6th
2012 - 7th
2013 - 3rd
2014 - 5th
2015 - 4th
2016 - Not Played
2017 - Not Played
2018 - 4th
2019 - 7th
2020 - 8th
2021 - 7th
2022 - Runner-Up
2023 - 5th
2024 - 3rd
(ii) Overall Win Percentage
223 - 111w/106l/6nr (49.8%)
(iii) Head To Head Win Percentage
CSK - 30 - 14w/16l (46.7%)
DC - 29 - 15w/14l (51.7%)
GT - 6 - 1w/5l (16.7%)
KKR - 30 - 14w/14l/1nr (50%)
LSG - 5 - 4w/1l (80%)
MI - 32 - 15w/16l/1nr (48.4%)
PBKS - 28 - 16w/12l (57.1%)
RCB - 32 - 14w/15l/3nr (48.3%)
SRH - 20 - 9w/11l (45%)
(iv) Home Grounds for IPL 2025
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur - 62 - 42w/20l (67.7%)
Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati - 3 - 1w/2l (33.3%)
2) PLAYERS IN-CHARGE FOR 2025
(i) Captain - Sanju Samson
(ii) Vice Captain - Yashasvi Jaiswal/Nitish Rana (Not Officially Announced)
(iii) Head Coach - Rahul Dravid
(iv) Batting Coach - Vikram Rathour
(v) Bowling Coach - Shane Bond & Sairaj Bahutule
(vi) Director of Cricket - Kumar Sangakkara
(vii) Fielding Coach - Dishant Yagnik
3) OVERSEAS PLAYERS
(i) Shimron Hetmyer
(ii) Jofra Archer
(iii) Wanindu Hasaranga
(iv) Maheesh Theekshana
(v) Kwena Maphaka
(vi) Fazalhaq Farooqi
4) SQUAD INFO WITH RECENT PERFORMANCES
Probable XI (including Impact Player)
1) Yashasvi Jaiswal - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 15, 4, 26, 10, 22, 82, 84, 4, 4*, 0, 24, 45, 0, 161, 30, 5, 30, 77
2) Nitish Rana - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 17, 0w, 2r 1w, 4, 16r 2w, 0, 3r 0w, 2, 20r 0w, 3
3) Sanju Samson (C/Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 16, 1, 3, 5, 26, 7, 31, 4, 19, 75
4) Riyan Parag - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 51r 2w, 34, 15r 1w, 2, 73r 0w, 37, 20r 1w, 30r 0w, 31r 0w, 15r 3w, 26r 0w, 0w
5) Dhruv Jurel - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 4, 11, 1, 80, 68, 93, 2, 0, 1, 66, 70
6) Shimron Hetmyer - LHB
Last 10 - 63, 20*, 15, 5, 12, 7, 17*, 20, 41*
7) Shubham Dubey - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8, 5*, 39*, 15*, 15*, 43*
8) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 7r 1w, 6r 2w, 7r 3w, 3r 1w, 11r 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 13r 0w, 2w
9) Tushar Deshpande - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 1w
10) Jofra Archer - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 25r 2w, 14r 3w, 21r 1w, 21r 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 12r 1w, 12r 2w, 0w
11) Sandeep Sharma - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 2w
12) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 6r 0w, 11r 3w, 6r 4w, 0w, 0w, 2w
BENCH
13) Akash Madhwal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 11r 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
14) Kwena Maphaka - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 22r 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w
15) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w
16) Kunal Rathore - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 35, 19, 23, 59, 33, 4, 39, 156, 1, 12
17) Vaibhav Suryavanshi - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 18, 26r 0w, 71, 13, 0, 4, 9, 67, 76*, 23
18) Ashok Sharma - RHB, RFM
Last 10 -
19) Kumar Kartikeya - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 6r 3w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 6r 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w
20) Yudhvir Singh Charak - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 26r 2w, 27r 2w, 4w, 20r 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 9r 1w, 29r 1w, 21r 2w
Safe C/VC Choices
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson
5) STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
(i) A Wicket-Taking bowling unit - With the fiery overseas trio in Archer-Hasaranga-Theekshana, along with the likes of Sandeep and Deshpande in their ideal XII above, they create a wicket taking unit, and a quality unit nonetheless. Even their backups are in Farooqi, Maphaka, Yudhvir, or Madhwal, and each of them are also wicket taking bowlers, despite being a bit expensive at times. They can all break partnerships at any given stage.
(ii) An out of form Indian batting unit - However much the quality and experience their top order Indian batting unit possess, their recent form does not give confidence going into this season. Across formats, while Jaiswal has crossed 30 only twice in his last 11 Innings, Samson only once in his last 9, and Rana not even once in his last 10 innings, this seems an unstable top order, followed by Jurel and Dubey who have not been consistent. The only Indian player in this batting order who's shown some consistency is Riyan Parag, who had a breakthrough season in 2024, but the team cannot solely rely on him either.
(iii) No backup to the Injured skipper - With Samson battling from an injury, it is likely that he misses the initial games, and maybe even more as the tournament goes on. But, there are no quality batting backups apart from a 13 year old Suryavanshi, or Kunal Rathore, who is the only available option as a batsman. They haven't invested much on their Batting unit this time around, and with the impact player rule, their lack of batting options could lead to their downfall, especially in case of injuries or out of form players.
6) STATS FROM OVER THE YEARS (as part of any team before this)
(i) Top Run Scorers
-> Sanju Samson - Runs (4419), Avg (30.69) - 167M/163I
-> Nitish Rana - Runs (2636), Avg (28.65) - 107M/101I
-> Yashasvi Jaiswal - Runs (1607), Avg (32.14) - 52M/52I
-> Shimron Hetmyer - Runs (1244), Avg (31.10) - 72M/66I
-> Riyan Parag - Runs (1173), Avg (24.44) - 69M/58I
(ii) Top Wicket Takers
-> Sandeep Sharma - Wickets (137), SR (20.60) - 127M/126I
-> Jofra Archer - Wickets (48), SR (19.69) - 40M/40I
-> Tushar Deshpande - Wickets (42), SR (18.40) - 36M/36I
-> Wanindu Hasaranga - Wickets (35), SR (15.77) - 26M/26I
-> Maheesh Theekshana - Wickets (25), SR (24.96) - 27M/27I
7) PREDICTIONS FOR THIS SEASON
(i) Top Run Scorer
Yashasvi Jaiswal
(ii) Top Wicket Taker
Tushar Deshpande/Jofra Archer
(iii) Most Valuable Player
Riyan Parag
(iv) Points Table Position
6-8
8) C/VC Choices
Safe - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson
GL - Riyan Parag, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer
Differential Pick - Nitish Rana
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