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 the 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.
Check Out the full list of RR Captains in IPL history below:
Sanju Samson: 2021 – 2024
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: The RR squad details will be updated below right after completing the purchase during the IPL 2025 mega auction.
| Player | Role | Price | Nation |
| Sanju Samson | Wk-Batter | INR 18 crore | India |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Batter | INR 18 crore | India |
| Riyan Parag | Batter | INR 14 crore | India |
| Dhruv Jurel | Wk-Batter | INR 14 crore | India |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Batter | INR 11 crore | West Indies |
| Sandeep Sharma | Bowler | INR 4 crore | India |
With a total of INR 79 Crore having been used for the retention, the Rajasthan franchise will be moving into the mega auction with a remaining purse value of INR 41 Crore.
With a fresh three-year cycle starting with the IPL 2025 season next year, the upcoming retentions will be crucial for all the teams to adopt new strategies for success.
The IPL governing council has decided to organize the IPL 2025 mega auction between November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.
Despite the event being hosted overseas, IPL fans can still enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live streaming from their home.
As a part of the season, BCCI will release the IPL 2025 schedule, 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.
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