Along with Chennai Super Kings; Rajasthan Royals also made a comeback in last year IPL, after facing 2 years ban. Unlike CSK, they were not able to make it to the Final and they finished at 4th position.
The team will be boosted by the the return of Steve Smith who is returning to team after one year ban imposed by Cricket Australia.
RR have purchased nine new players in IPL 2019 auction and have released 10 players from their last year squad.
Rajasthan Royals have an extremely deep batting lineup in the form of batsmen like Steve Smith ,Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. Jos Buttler was a big positive for RR in IPL 2018 and he will look to display good batting show this year also.
Ben Stokes will also be keen to showcase good peformances with his All-Rounder capabilities.
Ish Sodhi, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat and Dhawal Kulkarni are the top bowlers in Rajasthan Royals squad who can make the things difficult for the opposition batsmen in IPL 2019.
RR Auction Details IPL 2021
RR Retained players:
Jofra Archer, Mahipal Lomror, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Gopal, S.Midhun, Stuart Binny, Prashant Chopra, Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham, Aryaman Birla, Rahul Tripathi, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Steve Smith.
RR New Players:
Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag
RR Full Squad IPl 2021
Ajinkya Rahane(c), Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra, Manan Vohra, Aryaman Birla, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Sudhesan Midhun
RR Schedule IPL 2021
| Match Date | Match Details | Timings |
| Mar 25, Mon | Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab, 4th Match Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | 8:00 PM |
| Mar 29, Fri | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, 8th Match Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | 8:00 PM |
| Mar 31, Sun | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 12th Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 8:00 PM |
| Apr 02, Tue | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th Match Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | 8:00 PM |