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Rajasthan Royals is one of the known names in the list of IPL teams ready to play another season of IPL 2023. The team holds the title of champions of the inaugural IPL season in 2008, in 2013 & 2022 finalist of the T20 champion league. Rajasthan Royals is a cricket franchise based out of state Rajasthan, India, with a home ground as Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals follow a mission of Transform Society through Cricket, Transform Cricket through Innovation.
Rajasthan Royals has a famous Moneyball strategy for budget-conscious buying to pick unknown talents and back them. The team consists of prominent players in the journey of IPL: Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Chris Morris, Sanju Samson, and Yusuf Pathan. Rajasthan Royals got the best memory of winning in IPL 2008 and kept up the vision of attracting young talents and providing them a chance to showcase their skills. After the 2008 season, the team went on a roller coaster ride of highs & lows in the matches.
Strength: Rajasthan Royals got all the strong points with their top 4 batters, the best domestic & international level batters - Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, and Jos Buttler. These players create good score records and deliver top-level performances in matches. Ahead of the 2022 mega auction, they retained the best players like Stokes and Jofra Archer. Opponents players had to build good strategies to beat down the top 4 players of Rajasthan Royals. It will be interesting to watch season 2023, to know who will go to lead the top 4 positions.
Also, the team brings the two best spinners together with Ashwin & Chahal, and Zampa to build strong overs. Rajasthan Royals has a strong bowling department, and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claiming 27 wickets in 17 matches won the Purple Cap with a strike rate of 15.11. Prasidh Krishna took 19 wickets, and Trent Boult 16 wickets and the players left different impacts on their respective matches.
Weakness: There is no such big weakness to point out specifically. However, they lack all-rounder players who can be better utilized to finish games. While comparing to other teams of IPL, Mumbai Indians had Kieron Polland & Tim David, Punjab Kings with Sam Curran, Kolkata knight riders Russell, and Gujrat Titans have Hardik Pandya for IPL 2023. Rajasthan Royals do not showcase any strong all-rounder, who can help in finishes. Last season, James Neesham was there for all-rounder deliveries.
Opportunities: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal can handle the position of Ishan Kishan as he is having a rough patch in the T20s. These two players may be best suitable as left-handed openers to back the Rajasthan Royals team. Another opportunity is in the hands of Sanju Samson to get time after recovery and before international cricket.
Threats: The common point that works as a threat for Rajasthan Royals lies in backup players. The best player on the team Butler cannot be replaced, with another player like Joe root. Butler will be playing the Ashes post-IPL 2023, which can create bowling problems. Also, the team has to choose between top pacers, Krishna, Kuldeep Sen, and Navdeep Saini.
Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul P A, Joe Root. Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, and KC Cariappa.
He is taking the captaincy for the upcoming IPL 2023. The IPL franchise bought Sanju Samson in 2013. At the age of only 18 years, he impressed the audience with batting & wicketkeeping. His performance for the next two seasons is remarkable, maintains his top position in the team from past matches. Also, in the first season of his captaincy, he scored 484 runs.
Jos Butler
In 2018, a maiden season for Jos Butler took 548 runs in 13 games. He retained the consistent performance and raised a high bid for the 2022 auction. He is also known as the best batter of the season, scoring 863 runs and a strike rate of 149.05. Jos Butler delivered four centuries, the joint-highest score for any T20 player.
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