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Rajasthan Royals represent the city of Jaipur in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale.

Known for unearthing unknown talents, the Royals won the inaugural edition of the IPL under the captaincy of Shane Warne. In 2013, they made it to the final of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 under Rahul Dravid's captaincy.

In 2015, the Supreme Court suspended Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for two years over a corruption and match-fixing scandal.

Grand entry:
Rajasthan Royals were considered the weakest team in the league before the start of the inaugural season. The notion only became stronger when they lost their first match against the Delhi Daredevils in a 9-wicket loss.

However, it was not a precursor of things that were to follow. They went on to defy all the odd and create history. Shane Warne's captaincy was instrumental as the team blew away each team to finish the league stage at the top of the table. The Rajasthan-based outfit won 11 of their 14 group games.

In the semifinal, they thrashed Delhi Daredevils by 105 runs. In the final, they defeated Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets on the last ball of the game to become the inaugural champions.
Modest returns:
Following the unprecedented success in the inaugural season, the Royals could not quite manage to come up with the same kind of performance in the later seasons.

In 2009, they began their title defense in a disastrous manner. Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled them out for a paltry 58 while defending 133. The Shane Warne-led side ended the season at sixth position after winning just 6 matches out of the 14 they played.

The following season also started in a heartbreaking manner for the Royals as they suffered a narrow 4 run defeat to the Mumbai Indians. Yusuf Pathan had scored a historic 37-ball century but Royals failed to chase down 213. Once again, the Royals failed to make it to the playoffs as they finished 7th out of the 8 teams in the competition, winning 6 games out of 14 played.

Just before the 2011 season, the Royals faced an unwanted situation. Along with Kings XI Punjab, they were temporarily ejected from the league due to issues with their unreported ownership changes. But fortunately, both the teams were reinstated with involvement from the High Court. For the third time in a row, the Royals finished the season in the bottom half. They ended the season at the 6th position out of the 10 teams in the tournament, having won 6 out of their 14 matches played, with one being a no result.

Their struggle continued in 2012 too as they finished in seventh place among the point table after winning only seven matches out of sixteen.
Change in fortunes:
The Royals finally had something to laugh about. After three forgettable seasons, they made it to the playoffs in 2013 by finishing third in the group stage.  They won against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator but lost to Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier, which led to their exit from the tournament.

They also grabbed a spot in Champions League T20 and finished runners-up after losing to Mumbai Indians in the final.

In 2014, they did decently but narrowly miss out on a playoff berth. They finished fifth in the league after winning 7 of the 14 games they played.
Ban:
In 2015, the Royals managed to make it to the playoffs after winning 7 games. However, their campaign ended when they lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator.

A couple of months after the tournament ended, disaster struck for the Royals. On 14 July 2015, the Supreme Court appointed RM Lodha committee suspended the owners of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the league for a period of two years. The ban is over now and both the teams will return to the league for the eleventh season.
Home ground:
The Royals play their home games at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 seats. In 2014, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad hosted the Rajasthan Royals home matches.
Season-wise performance of Rajasthan Royals:

Year
Indian Premier League
Champions League Twenty20

2008
Champions
Cancelled (Q)

2009
League stage
DNQ

2010
League stage
DNQ

2011
League stage
DNQ

2012
League stage
DNQ

2013
Playoffs
Runners-up

2014
League stage
DNQ

2015
Playoffs
Tournament defunct

Year
Indian Premier League

2016
Suspended

2017
Suspended

Rajasthan Royals:
All eyes were firmly set on the returning Royals. The Rajasthan-based outfit along with Chennai Super Kings was returning to the league after serving a two year ban due to corruption charges.

The winners of the inaugural season retained Steve Smith and then were left with a purse worth Rs 67.5 crore. They then spent Rs 65.85 crore to buy 22 players, thus building a 23-man squad. England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the most expensive purchase of the Royals as well as the auction at Rs 12.5 crore.

They also broke the bank for Jaydev Unadkat, securing his services for a whopping Rs 11.50 crore. Unadkat was the most expensive Indian buy at the auction. In addition, they bought some players who give a formidable look to the side. Sanju Samson, Dhawal Kulkarni  Stuart Binny, and Ajinkya Rahane were some impressive local buys while the likes of Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer give the team an exciting edge.

Current squad of Rajasthan Royals:

Steven Smith(c)

Ben Stokes

Ajinkya Rahane

Stuart Binny

Sanju Samson

Jos Buttler

Rahul Tripathi

D Arcy Short

Krishnappa Gowtham

Jofra Archer

Dhawal Kulkarni

Jaydev Unadkat

Ankit Sharma

Anureet Singh

Zahir Khan

Shreyas Gopal

Prashant Chopra

Sudhesan Midhun

Ben Laughlin

Mahipal Lomror

Aryaman Birla

Jatin Saxena

Dushmantha Chameera

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Rajasthan Royals Announce Glenn Phillips As Their First Replacement Player

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IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals today announced the signing of New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips, who will be joining the Royals squad for the remainder of IPL 2021 to be held in the UAE from 19th September 2021. The right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman from Auckland is currently part of the Barbados Royals franchise in the CPL.

24-year-old Phillips represents Auckland in New Zealand’s domestic cricket, and made his international debut for New Zealand during a bilateral T20I series against South Africa in 2017. The top-order batsman has 506 runs to his name in 25 T20Is with a strike rate of 149.70 and has also been involved in various cricket leagues around the world, most recently in The Hundred and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Rajasthan Royals welcome Glen Phillips to the Royals Family.

On another note, English cricketers Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler will not be available for the remainder of IPL 2021. The franchise wishes Jofra Archer good health and a swift recovery and Jos Buttler and his wife Louise a happy healthy second baby.

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IPL 2021, Match 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (RR vs DC) – Fantasy Cricket Tips

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In the seventh match of the IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will fight against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) this Thursday (15th April) night.

Both teams have already started their campaign in the IPL 2021 as the forthcoming game will be their second match of this season. While the IPL 2020 runners-up Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK)  by 7 wickets in their first match of this season, Rajasthan Royals lost their first match of this season against Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 4 runs.

IPL 2021, Match 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (RR vs DC) – Complete Squads

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Delhi Capitals (DC): Rishabh Pant (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.

IPL 2021, Match 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (RR vs DC) – Predicted XI

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler (wk), Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Andrew Tye

Delhi Capitals (DC): Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (C/wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chris Woakes, Tom Curran, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan.

IPL 2021, Match 7: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (RR vs DC) – Fantasy Cricket Tips

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In their IPL 2021 opening match, most of the bowlers failed to handle Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsmen. Only Chetan Sakariya got three wickets (3/31) while the most expensive cricketer in IPL Auction history South African cricketer Chris Morris had bowling figures of 4-0-41-2.

Among the Rajasthan Royals batsmen, only captain Sanju Samson crossed the 30-run mark as he became the first cricketer to score a century on IPL captaincy debut. He scored 119 off 63 balls (12 fours and 7 sixes) but just failed to secure the victory due to lack of support. Jos Buttler (25 runs off 13 balls), Shivam Dube (23 runs off 15 balls) and Riyan Parag (25 runs off 11 balls) played some good cameos but failed to play bigger innings.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

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In their first match of the IPL 2021, Delhi Capitals bowlers Chris Woakes and Avesh Khan bowled really well as they finished with bowling figures of 3-0-18-2 and 4-0-23-2 respectively.

In the 189 runs chasing, openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw provided a strong start with 138 runs opening partnership. Shaw scored 72 off just 38 balls (9 fours and 3 sixes) and Dhawan scored 85 off 54 balls (10 fours and 2 sixes) as their batting performances were enough to end any chance for their oppositions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain – Shikhar Dhawan, Sanju Samson

Vice-captain – Chris Morris, Chris Woakes, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw

Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (1):

Wicket-keeper(s) – Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant

Batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prithvi Shaw, Riyan Parag

All-rounder(s) – Chris Woakes, Chris Morris (vc), Marcus Stoinis

Bowlers – Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Chetan Sakariya

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Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (2):

Wicket-keeper(s) – Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C), Rishabh Pant

Batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan, Manan Vohra, Prithvi Shaw

All-rounder(s) – Chris Woakes (vc), Chris Morris

Bowlers – Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Chetan Sakariya

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IPL 2021, Match 4: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (RR vs PBKS) – Fantasy Cricket Tips

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In the fourth game of the IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will compete against each other at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) this Monday (12th April) night.

It will be the first game for both these teams in the IPL 2021. It will be the first game for the Punjab franchise as Punjab Kings, who were earlier known as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).

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IPL 2021, Match 4: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (RR vs PBKS) – Complete Squads

Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Sanju Samson (C), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) – KL Rahul (C), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

IPL 2021, Match 4: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (RR vs PBKS) – Predicted Playing XI

Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Jos Buttler (wk), Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Andre Tye

Punjab Kings (PBKS) – KL Rahul (C & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan/Jhye Richardson, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi

IPL 2021, Match 4: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (RR vs PBKS) – Fantasy Cricket Tips

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain – KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes

Vice-captain – Chris Gayle, Mohammed Shami

Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (1):

Wicket-keeper(s) – Jos Buttler, KL Rahul (C)

Batsmen – Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag

All-rounder(s) – Ben Stokes (vc), Chris Morris

Bowlers – Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Jhye Richardson

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Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (2):

Wicket-keeper(s) – Sanju Samson (C), KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran

Batsmen – Chris Gayle (vc), Riyan Parag, Mandeep Singh

All-rounder(s) – Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia

Bowlers – Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi

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IPL 2020, Match 54: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Highlights, Twitter Reactions

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In the 54th match of the IPL 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai) to stay in the contention for playoffs qualification of this tournament.

Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith decided to field first after winning the toss. KKR managed to score 191/7 (20 overs) at the end of the first innings. In reply, Rajasthan Royals only managed to score 131/9 as KKR won that match by 60 runs.

While Kolkata Knight Riders still have hope to qualify for the playoffs of this tournament, Rajasthan Royals haven’t any more chance to advance in this stage.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Latest Points Table

IPL 2020, Match 54: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (KKR vs RR) – Highlights

Rajasthan Royals (RR) innings

Rajasthan Royals made a good early start with 19/0 in just five balls, but once the opener Robin Uthappa (6) was dismissed on the final ball of that over, KKR completely controlled the game, thanks to firing start of Pat Cummins, who got his all four wickets inside the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay, Rajasthan Royals scored 41/5.

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Only four Rajasthan Royals batsmen managed to reach the double-digit scores in that innings. These players are Jos Buttler (35), Rahul Tewatia (31), Shreyas Gopal (23*) and opener Ben Stokes (18).

Pat Cummins finished the game with the bowling figures of 4-0-34-4. Also, Shivam Mavi (2/15) and Varun Chakravarthy (2/20) got two wickets each. While Kamlesh Nagarkoti (1/24) got one wicket, Sunil Narine (0/37) finished with the wicket-less bowling figures.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Wicket Takers (Purple Cap)

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) innings

Jofra Archer dismissed opener Nitish Rana for a golden duck. But another opener Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi handled the powerplay very well. While KKR scored 55/1 at the end of the powerplay, Gill-Tripathi built up the 72 runs partnership for the second wicket.

But once that partnership was broken in the ninth over by Rahul Tewatia, KKR batsmen suddenly struggled as they went down from 73/1 to 99/5. While Gill scored 36 runs, Tripathi scored 39 runs.

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During the struggling period, captain Eoin Morgan and comeback-man Andre Russell helped their side to move on from the depressing situation quickly as they built up a 45-run partnership for the sixth wicket in just 18 balls. Though Russell lost his wicket after scoring 25 runs off just 11 balls (only four and 3 sixes), Morgan continued his impressive batting to secure a good first innings total.

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Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Run-Scorers (Orange Cap)

Captain Morgan scored a 30-ball fifty and remained not out on 68 runs off 35 balls (5 fours and 6 sixes).

While Rahul Tewatia (3/25) took three wickets, Karthik Tyagi (2/36) picked up two wickets in that innings.

Scorecard:

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IPL 2020, Match 54: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Toss Report

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In the 54th match of the IPL 2020, Eoin Morgan-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are facing Steven Smith-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai).

Both teams are playing their 14th or last league stage game in the ongoing IPL 2020. In the IPL 2020 points table (updated till 31st October 2020), while both have already earned 12 points (6 wins and 7 loses) each, Rajasthan Royals are in the 6th position and Kolkata Knight Riders are in the 7th position. It is the must-win game for both these teams to remain in the fight for the playoffs qualification.

It is their second meeting this season. During the 12th match of the IPL 2020 (at Dubai on 30th September 2020), they met for the first time this season where KKR won by 37 runs.

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IPL 2020, Match 54: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (KKR vs RR) – Toss Report

Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith won the toss and decided to field first. RR are the unchanged side in this match. 

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Smith said, “We will bowl first, dew seems to be coming in and that’s the big reason. We have bowled well majority of the tournament and hopefully we will go well tonight. The games we haven’t done well, our senior batters haven’t done well and fortunately Stokes and Samson are in good nick. We are unchanged.”

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan confirmed that they made two changes in the playing XI. Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi replaced Lockie Ferguson and Rinku Singh.

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Morgan said, “We would have prefered to chase. It’s not a night for holding back and on top of that we need to improve the NRR. He (Andre Russell) is back and it is great to have him back and so let’s hope tonight is the night. Lockie is out. Rinku Singh misses out and Shivam Mavi comes in. As a side you want to get into a position to win the game and then think about other (NRR) scenarios.”

IPL 2020, Match 54: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (KKR vs RR) – Playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (wk), Steven Smith (C), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy

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IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Highlights, Twitter Reactions

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In the 50th match of the IPL 2020, Rajasthan Royals (RR) claimed their crucial victory as they stopped the winning-streak of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) after beating them at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi).

Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith decided to field first after winning the toss. Chris Gayle’s storm helped KXIP to score 185/4 (20 overs) at the end of the first innings. However, Rajasthan Royals chased down that target in 17.3 overs after losing three wickets.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Latest Points Table

IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR) – Highlights

Rajasthan Royals (RR) innings

Rajasthan Royals openers Ben Stokes and Robin Uthappa provided the firing start with 60 runs partnership inside the mandatory powerplay. Stokes dominated that powerplay as he completed his fifty in just 24 balls and Chris Jordan dismissed him in the 6th over of that innings when the English cricketer scored 50 off 26 balls (6 fours and 3 sixes).

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Then Uthappa and Sanju Samson built up the 51 runs partnership for the second wicket. In the 11th over, Murugan Ashwin took the wicket of opener Uthappa who scored 30 off 23 balls (only four and 2 sixes).

In the crucial 15th over of that innings, KXIP got an important wicket as substitute Suchith’s direct throw run-out the dangerous-looking batsman Samson, who scored 48 off 25 balls (4 fours and 3 sixes).

But captain Steven Smith and Jos Buttler controlled the next situation very well and comfortably guided the team to the victory by successfully reaching the target. While Smith scored 31 not out off 20 balls (5 fours), Jos Buttler scored 22 not out off 11 balls (only four and 2 sixes).

Scorecard:

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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) innings

In the very first over of the match, Jofra Archer dismissed opener Mandeep Singh for a golden duck. However, another opener and skipper KL Rahul and Chris Gayle handled that early situation very well and built up the 120 runs partnership for the second wicket.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Run-Scorers (Orange Cap)

During that second-wicket partnership, Gayle completed his fifty in 33 balls. While Gayle got two crucial lives in that innings, he fully utilised those opportunities.

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In the 15th over, Ben Stokes broke that big partnership after dismissing Rahul for 46 runs off 41 balls (3 fours and 2 sixes). But Gayle was not in the mood to stop.

Nicholas Pooran scored 22 runs off just 10 balls (3 sixes) as Stokes took that wicket too in the 18th over after Rahul Tewatia grabbed a brilliant catch at boundary. In the 19th over, Gayle completed his 1000 T20 sixes. Gayle just missed his century for only one run as Archer bowled him in the last over of that innings while Gayle scored 99 runs off 63 balls (6 fours and 8 sixes).

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Wicket Takers (Purple Cap)

Scorecard:

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IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Toss Report

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In the 50th match of the IPL 2020, KL Rahul-led Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Steven Smith-led Rajasthan Royals are taking on each other at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi).

Both teams are playing their 13th match of this season. In the latest IPL 2020 points table, Kings XI Punjab are in the 4th position with 12 points (6 wins and 6 loses) and Rajasthan Royals are in the 7th position with 10 points (5 wins and 7 loses).

It is their second meeting of this season. They met for the first time in this season during the 9th match of the IPL 2020 at Sharjah on 27th September 2020. It was the high-scoring match where Rajasthan Royals claimed a 4-wicket victory.

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IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR) – Toss Report

Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith won the toss and decided to field first. They made only one alteration in the playing XI as Varun Aaron replaced Ankit Rajpoot.

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Smith said, “We will bowl. Don’t know what happens here with the dew, so we are gonna chase tonight. It’s been a bit of up and down tournament for us. It’s been a tough one, we’ve got Varun Aaron in tonight. He brings a lot of pace and comes in for Rajpoot. Hopefully, he can add something for us in the Powerplay.”

On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul confirmed that they have maintained the winning combination without making any alteration.

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Rahul said, “I would’ve looked to bowl as well, but looks like a good wicket, so will remain the same for the 40 overs. It’s just everything coming together, the last four or five games, we’ve come really well. It’s good to see and it’s been a complete team effort. We would look to go out there and enjoy ourselves. Same team.”

IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR) – Playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Steven Smith (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KL Rahul (C/wk), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

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IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Stats Preview

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On Friday (30th October) evening, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on each other at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi) in the 50th match of this season.

Both teams will play their 13th match of this season. Having 12 points (6 wins and 6 loses), Kings XI Punjab are in the fourth position in the IPL 2020 points table. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals have 10 points (5 wins and 7 loses) and they are standing in the seventh position in the same points table.

It will be their second meeting this season. They met for the first time this season during the 9th match of this tournament (at Sharjah on 27th September 2020), where Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets.

Also Read: IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Head To Head Records

IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR) – Stats Preview

Teams’ forms in IPL 2020

Recent results (in last 5 matches)

KXIP (oldest to latest) – Won, Won, Won, Won and Won

RR (oldest to latest) – Lost, Lost, Won, Lost and Won

Men-in-form

Stats KXIP RR
Top run-scorers KL Rahul (595 runs) Sanju Samson (326 runs)
Mayank Agarwal (398 runs) Steven Smith (276 runs)
Nicholas Pooran (329 runs) Jos Buttler (271 runs)
Top wicket-takers Mohammed Shami (20 wickets) Jofra Archer (17 wickets)
Ravi Bishnoi (12 wickets) Shreyas Gopal (9 wickets)
Murugan Ashwin (9 wickets) Rahul Tewatia (7 wickets)

 

Records of KXIP and RR in UAE

Team Matches Won Lost Tied (W/L) No Result
KXIP 17 10 5 2 (1/1) 0
RR 17 7 9 1 (1/0) 0

 

Records of KXIP and RR at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi)

Team Matches Won Lost Tied (W/L) No Result
KXIP 4 2 2 0 (0/0) 0
RR 7 4 2 1 (1/0) 0

 

Crucial personal stats

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

KL Rahul

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i) KL Rahul has scored 1847 IPL runs for Kings XI Punjab. Scoring four more runs, Rahul will become the second most IPL run-scorer for this team after surpassing David Miller, who scored 1850 IPL runs for this team.

ii) KL Rahul has already scored 595 runs in the ongoing IPL 2020. Among the KXIP batsmen, only Shaun Marsh in IPL 2008 (616 runs) and KL Rahul in IPL 2018 (659 runs) managed to score more runs in an IPL season.

Chris Gayle

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i) Chris Gayle has already hit 993 T20 sixes. With seven more sixes, the left-handed batsman will be the first batsman to hit 1000 T20 sixes.

 

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Jaydev Unadkat

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i) The left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat (172 wickets) is two wickets away to surpass the former Indian left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan (173 wickets) and become the most T20 wicket-taker as an Indian left-arm bowler. In overall, Unadkat will be the ninth most T20 wicket-taker among the Indian bowlers.

ii) While the left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat has taken 25 wickets for Rajasthan Royals, he is one wicket away to become the second most T20 wicket-taker as a left-arm bowler for Rajasthan Royals after surpassing Pakistan left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir (25 wickets). Only Australian left-arm pacer James Faulkner is ahead of them in this list with 53 T20 wickets for this team.

Jos Buttler

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Jos Buttler (Image Credit: IPL)

i) English cricketer Jos Buttler (48 sixes) will become the fifth Rajasthan Royals cricketer to hit 50 T20 sixes by adding two more sixes.

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IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Head To Head Records

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In the 50th match of the IPL 2020, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will face each other at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi) on Friday (30th October) evening. Talking about their head to head records, they are very much competitive, but Rajasthan Royals have recorded slightly better success.

It will be their 13th match of this season. In the IPL 2020 points table, Kings XI Punjab are in the fourth position with 12 points (6 wins and 6 loses) and Rajasthan Royals are in the seventh position with 10 points (5 wins and 7 loses).

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KL Rahul and Steven Smith (Image Credit: IPL)

Also Read: IPL 2020, Match 50: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Stats Preview

Head to head records between Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR)

Stats Matches KXIP Won RR Won Tied No Result
Overall 20 8 11 1 (KXIP won) 0
In IPL 20 8 11 1 (KXIP won) 0
Outside India 4 2 2 0 0
In UAE 2 1 1 0 0
At Abu Dhabi – – – – –
In last 5 matches 5 3 2 0 0

 

In IPL 2020

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During the 9th match of the IPL 2020 (at Sharjah on 27th September 2020), Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab met for the first time in this season. Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith won the toss and decided to field first. It was the high-scoring match where Kings XI Punjab scored 223/2 (20 overs) in the first innings and Rajasthan Royals successfully chased that target in 19.3 overs after losing 6 wickets. Rajasthan Royals won that match by 4 wickets.

 

Head to head records between Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR): 1st innings vs 2nd innings

Innings KXIP Won RR Won
1st innings 6 6
2nd innings 2 5

 

Important stats between Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (KXIP vs RR)

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(Teams’ stats)

Stats KXIP (vs RR) RR (vs KXIP)
Highest total 223/2 (20 overs) at Sharjah on 27th September 2020 226/6 (19.3 overs) at Sharjah on 27th September 2020
Lowest completed total 124 (18.5 overs) at Jaipur on 14th April 2013 112/7 (20 overs) at Cape Town on 26th April 2009
Largest victory (by runs) 48 runs at Mohali on 21st April 2011 78 runs at Durban on 5th May 2009
Largest victory (by wickets) 7 wickets at Sharjah on 20th April 2014 9 wickets at Jaipur on 7th April 2010

 

 (Top players’ stats)

Stats KXIP (vs RR) RR (vs KXIP)
Highest individual score 115 by Shaun Marsh at Mohali on 28th May 2008 98 by Ajinkya Rahane at Jaipur on 6th April 2012
Best bowling figures 4/34 by Ryan Harris and Andrew Tye (once each) 4/26 by Kevon Copper at Jaipur on 6th April 2012
Most runs scored 409 runs by Shaun Marsh 373 runs by Ajinkya Rahane
Most wickets 14 wickets by Piyush Chawla 11 wickets by Siddarth Trivedi

 

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IPL 2020, Match 45: Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) – Highlights, Twitter Reactions

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In the 45th match of the IPL 2020, Rajasthan Royals (RR) claimed an inspiring victory against the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi).

Stand-in captain of Mumbai Indians, Kieron Pollard chose to bat first after winning the toss. Mumbai Indians scored 195/5 (20 overs) at the end of the first innings. In reply, Rajasthan Royals successfully chased the target in 18.2 overs after losing only two wickets.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Latest Points Table

IPL 2020, Match 45: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (RR vs MI) – Highlights

Rajasthan Royals (RR) innings

Mumbai Indians pacer James Pattinson got two wickets in the powerplay as he dismissed opener Robin Uthappa (13 runs) and skipper Steven Smith (11 runs) cheaply. But the giant third-wicket partnership between another opener Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson inspired Rajasthan Royals to the victory as both of them didn’t leave the crease until their team won the match.

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Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson (Image Credit: IPL)

They had the brilliant 152 runs partnership for the unbroken third wicket as the Mumbai Indians bowlers had no positive solution to stop them. Stokes completed his fifty in 28 balls while Samson scored fifty in 27 balls. At the end moment, Stokes completed his century in 59 balls with a sixer and then finished the game with a four. Their incredible batting helped Rajasthan Royals to chase the target with 10 balls to spare.

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Ben Stokes (Image Credit: IPL)

While the opener Stokes scored 107 not out off 60 balls with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes, Samson remained not out on 54 runs off 31 balls (4 fours and 3 sixes).

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Run-Scorers (Orange Cap)

Scorecard:

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Mumbai Indians (MI) innings

Jofra Archer provided a very good start as he bowled the in-form opening batsman Quinton de Kock (6) very cheaply on the fifth ball of the match. But then, the other opener Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav handled the situation and set up a good base in that innings.

They built up the 83 runs partnership for the second wicket. But once Kartik Tyagi brought a breakthrough in the 11th over after dismissing Kishan for 37 runs off 36 balls (4 fours and only six), Mumbai Indians struggled a little bit.

In the 13th over, Shreyas Gopal dismissed Yadav who scored 40 off 26 balls (4 fours and only six). Stand-in captain Kieron Pollard was the next batsman as Gopal bowled him for 6 runs in that same over. From 90/1, MI were suddenly struggling on 101/4.

Also Read: IPL 2020 – Most Wicket Takers (Purple Cap)

Then Saurabh Tiwary and Hardik Pandya controlled the innings with the crucial 64 runs partnership for the fifth wicket. After scoring 34 off 25 balls (4 fours and only six), Tiwary was dismissed by Archer in the 19th over. But Hardik ultimately became the game-changer in the final over as he smashed 26 runs in the last five balls to Kartik Tyagi (6, 4, 4, 6 and 6) and MI scored a total of 27 runs in that final over. In the last five overs, Mumbai Indians scored 79 runs.

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Hardik Pandya (Image Credit: IPL)

Hardik remained not out on 60 runs off just 21 balls (2 fours and 7 sixes), who completed his fifty in only 20 balls.

Scorecard:

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