RR captain in IPL 2025: The Inaugural edition winners have finished as 3rd in the 2024 season’s league stage with 8 wins and 5 losses in 17 points and seeding their place in the Eliminator.
Ever since the last mega auction, Rajasthan Royals has been one of the best-performing teams in the tournament.
During the IPL 2023 season, Rajasthan finished 5th position with 7 wins out of 14 matches. Rajasthan Royals are the one of teams to have made full retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Along with them, the team will be looking to build a squad aiming for glory in the upcoming season.
RR Captain in IPL 2025
RR captain in IPL 2025: Sanju Samson will be retained as captain along with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma.
Sanju has played with the franchise over the seasons, and also played for Delhi Daredevils in the years 2016 and 2017. He returned to the side in the 2018 season and has been named as the captain of the side on January 2021.
Samson has led RR to playoffs twice in 2022 and 2024. In 2022, he led the side to their second final, where they lost to Gujarat Titans. Samson is tied with Shane Warne as the RR captain with the most wins for the franchise with both winning 31 games.
Sanju Samson is named as the captain of Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2025 while Riyan Parag will be the vice-captain of the team.
Check Out the full list of RR Captains in IPL history below:
- Sanju Samson: 2021 – 2025
- Ajinkya Rahane: 2018 – 2019
- Steve Smith: 2014 – 2020
- Rahul Dravid: 2012 – 2013
- Shane Watson: 2008 – 2015
- Shane Warne: 2008 – 2011
IPL 2025 RR Squad
IPL 2025 RR Squad: Following are the complete IPL 2025 RR Squad Players List details with role and auction price details. The complete details will be updated here right after the official announcement!!
| Player | Auction Price | Nation | Role |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (R) | INR 18 Cr | India | Batter |
| Riyan Parag (R) | INR 14 Cr | India | Batter |
| Shimron Hetmyer (R) | INR 11 Cr | West Indies | Batter |
| Sanju Samson (R) | INR 18 Cr | India | WK-Batter |
| Dhruv Jurel (R) | INR 14 Cr | India | WK-Batter |
| Sandeep Sharma (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Jofra Archer | INR 12.50 Cr | England | Bowler |
| Tushar Deshpande | INR 6.50 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | INR 5.25 Cr | Sri Lanka | Allrounder |
| Maheesh Theekshana | INR 4.40 Cr | Sri Lanka | Bowler |
| Nitish Rana | INR 4.20 Cr | India | Batter |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | INR 2 Cr | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Kwena Maphaka | INR 1.50 Cr | South Africa | Bowler |
| Akash Madhwal | INR 1.20 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | INR 1.10 Cr | India | Batter |
| Shubham Dubey | INR 80 Lakh | India | Batter |
| Yudhvir Charak | INR 35 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Kunal Rathore | INR 30 Lakh | India | WK-Batter |
| Kumar Kartikeya Singh | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Ashok Sharma | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
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IPL 2025
As per IPL 2025 schedule the first match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 22 March 2025 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to be played between 21 March and 25 May 2025 in India. IPL teams will be categorised into two groups of five teams where a total of 70 group matches will be played before the playoff round.
The IPL 2025 will follow a Group stage and Playoffs format with the top four teams in the IPL 2025 points table advancing to the playoffs round.
Right before the tournament, as expected, the IPL 2025 withdrawal players list starts to fill while the respective team will name the replacement players for the IPL 2025 season.
As a part of the season, BCCI has released the IPL 2025 squad, IPL 2025 live streaming, IPL 2025 ticket booking links, and IPL 2025 team jersey details right before the start of the tournament.
