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Rajasthan Royals are the Champions of innaugral season of the Indian Premier League in 2008. They did not have big names in their side but with the help of youngsters under the leadership of Shane Warne they beat a rather strong opposition in Chennai Super Kings. Chennai would go on to win 4 titles in the coming seasons.

In the next 4 seasons, Royals did not achieve anything worthy as they got eliminated in the league stage itself. With Warne stepping down, Dravid took over the team. Royals eventually made it to Qualifier 2 in 2013 season while they were runners-up in the 2013 CLT20.

In 2014, Shane Watson lead the team but due to some below par performances the leadership was handed to Steve Smith. Rajasthan Royals made it to the Eliminator in 2015 eventually losing to the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Following the Lodha Panel Reforms, they were suspended for 2 seasons (2016 & 2017) for their owner Raj Kundra allegedly involved in betting.

Rajasthan came back in 2018 and their leading run-scorer in the preceding seasons, Ajinkya Rahane was handed over the Captaincy. However, his approach seemed too conservative for T20s as he gave away the Captaincy back to Steve Smith.

Currently Sanju Samson is leading the team and he alongside players like Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal & Trent Boult will look to get their 2nd title after 15 years!

Squad :

Batsman
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Devdutt Paddikal
Karun Nair
Rassie van der Dussen :os:
Dhruv Jurel
Anunay Singh
Riyan Parag
Shimron Hetmyer :os:

Wicket-Keepers
Sanju Samson :c:
Jos Buttler :os:

All-Rounders
Jimmy Neesham :os:
Shubham Garhwal
Daryl Mitchell :os:
Kuldeep Sen

Spin Bowlers
R Ashwin
Kuldip Yadav
Yuzvendra Chahal
K.C.Cariappa

Pace Bowlers
Nathan Coulter-Nile :os:
Krishna Prasidh
Tejas Baroka
Obed McCoy :os:
Navdeep Saini
Trent Boult :os:

Fixtures:

Match​
Date​
Teams​
Venue​
Result​
529/3SRH v/s RR (D/N)MCA, PuneRR won by 61 runs
92/4MI v/s RRDY Patil, Navi MumbaiRR won by 23 runs
135/4RR v/s RCB (D/N)Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiRCB won by 4 wickets
2010/4RR v/s LSG (D/N)Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiRR won by 3 runs
2414/4RR v/s GT (D/N)DY Patil, Navi MumbaiGT won by 37 runs
3018/4RR v/s KKR (D/N)Brabourne Stadium, MumbaiRR won by 7 runs
3422/4DC v/s RR (D/N)Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiRR won by 15 runs
3926/4RR v/s RCB (D/N)MCA, PuneRR won by 29 runs
4430/4RR v/s MI (D/N)DY Patil, Navi MumbaiMI won by 5 wickets
472/5KKR v/s RR (D/N)Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiKKR won by 7 wickets
527/5PBKS v/s RRWankhede Stadium, MumbaiRR won by 6 wickets
5811/5RR v/s DC (D/N)DY Patil, Navi MumbaiDC won by 8 wickets
6315/5LSG v/s RR (D/N)Brabourne Stadium, MumbaiRR won by 24 runs
6820/5RR v/s CSK (D/N)Brabourne Stadium, MumbaiTBA

Team Anthem:

#PhirHallaBol #RajasthanRoyals

 
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#PhirHallaBol :x:
#PhirHeraPheri :tick:
Coincidence? I think not!
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The new jersey of Rajasthan loudly speak just one thing,
'Welcome to Baskin Robbins.'

Also yes Yuzi Chahal hacked into RR official Twitter Account and self proclaimed himself as their new captain.
 

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I think RR social media manager had a beef with Sanju. Making memes is fun and all but what was that?!
 

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It would've been hard to imagine the Royals making it to the Top 2 in the points table considering that they under performed for so many seasons despite having some pretty good match winners in their side.

But they certainly turned it around this season and look to be tough contenders for the title. I know Buttler's runs have dried up while Paddikal is consistently failing to perform up to the standards but they've got the bowlers. A big positive for them is someone not so known like Obed McCoy have delivered under pressure for them.

Facing Gujarat Titans can be a tough challenge and going to that Final is not going to be easy for RR.

The line-up?

Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jos Buttler :os:
Sanju Samson
Karun Nair
Shimron Hetmyer :os:
Riyan Parag
R Aswhin
Trent Boult :os:
Obed McCoy :os:
Yuzvendra Chahal
Prasidh Krishna

Players to look out-
Buttler, Boult, Ashwin, Chahal & Hetmyer

I don't think it would make sense to have some big changes in the Playoffs so the performing players should just get to retain their places. We can expect Buttler to come good despite going through a lean patch. Hetmyer coming back can prove to be a big positive for the Royals. Ashwin have been tremendous as a batter this season. Rajasthan's bowling looks just too good.

So in all this side just looks good enough to chase down anything upto 170 and well capable of defending a similar score against the likes of Gujarat. Rajasthan just need to be careful while facing the Gujarat seamers plus Rashid Khan. And just look out for that Tewatia factor.

I hope the weather conditions aren't too bad and we get a game tomorrow.
 

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