Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2026 news: SRH rocked by unavailability of Cummins, Edward; RR to miss Curran's services

Five Australian players, including SRH skipper Pat Cummins and RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood, are set to miss matches in IPL 2026

IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals SWOT analysis, players' list, match timings

Rajasthan Royals will start their campaign in IPL 2026 against Chennai Super Kings on March 30 in Guwahati.

IPL 2026: RR skipper Parag calls Sanju irreplaceable like Rohit, Virat

Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag on Thursday said the void left by Sanju Samson's departure to Chennai Super Kings cannot be filled as finding a replacement for the T20 World Cup hero is as impossible as replacing stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the Indian team. Sanju, who led the Royals from 2021 to 2025, was traded to Chennai Super Kings in a pre-season move, with Ravindra Jadeja coming in as part of the deal. "If you talk about Sanju bhaiya, we never think about replacing the kind of player he is," Parag told reporters in a pre-season press conference here. "We can perhaps look for someone with a similar skill-set or have someone bat in his position...It's like there is no replacement for Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma... In the same way, there is no replacement for Sanju bhaiya because he is such a good player," Parag said, referring to the two superstars who only play the ODI format now. Having represented the franchise for 11 years across two stints, Sanju was

IPL 2026: Riyan Parag backs youngster Vaibhav to play without pressure

Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag on Thursday said Indian batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should be allowed to enjoy his game without taking any additional pressure in and out of the field. Parag indicated that Sooryavanshi will pair up with India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in the IPL beginning March 28 and said the 14-year-old should be given his space and time to continue developing in his game without any outside pressure. "As a captain my message to him would be to not do a lot of press conferences or follow a lot of media," Parag told reporters here during a pre-season press conference. "Let him just enjoy, which I will request you (media) as well. Do not reach out to his manager or anyone; just let him be. He's a 15-16 (14) year-old kid, let him play cricket. He's playing really well and he's going to make the country proud." Parag said Sooryavanshi will be given the licence to go all-out from the beginning and his senior partner Jaiswal is well equipped to soak the ...

IPL 2026: Vaibhav eyes history, targets Chris Gayle's 175-run record

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi wants to go past the iconic 175 not out scored by Chris Gayle for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013.

IPL 2026: RR full schedule, match timings (IST), squad, venue details

RR are playing their initial three matches in Guwahati and will then move to the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

RCB vs SRH set to open IPL 2026 as BCCI releases phase one fixtures

The first block of IPL 2026 fixtures will be played across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati, New Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad

IPL 2026 to begin on March 28; fixtures and venues to be revealed soon

While the start date has been confirmed, the full schedule and venues for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League is expected to be released soon

Blitzer, Glazer join bidding war for IPL teams; RCB valued at $1.8 billion

Blitzer, co-founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, ​is conducting due diligence on Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2026: Riyan Parag replaces Samson as new Rajasthan Royals captain

Parag will work alongside Kumar Sangakkara, who has returned as head coach after Rahul Dravid's exit following the 2025 season

MI urges RCB to consider other venues before choosing Navi Mumbai

The Rajasthan government has intervened, expressing a strong desire for the Royals to play their home games in Jaipur.

IPL: Global investors line up billion-dollar bids for RCB, Rajasthan Royals

The final bids for RR are scheduled for the first week of March. While no specific date has been fixed for RCB, bidders have been told the process will conclude in February

IPL 2026: Will Rajasthan Royals shift home base from Jaipur to Pune?

The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has stated that the Rajasthan Royals franchise provided no prior notice before reportedly commissioning a third-party assessment of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium

IPL 2026: Check Rajasthan Royal's full squad, players' salary here

In addition to Bishnoi, RR also acquired three uncapped Indian players: Sushant Mishra for ₹90 lakh, Yash Raj Punja for ₹30 lakh, and Vignesh Puthur for ₹30 lakh.

IPL 2026 Auction HIGHLIGHTS: Top overseas & uncapped players, full list of sold and unsold players

The accelerated rounds featured further big purchases, including Pathum Nissanka, Jason Holder, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone and Josh Inglis.

IPL 2026 Auction: Remaining purse, retained players list of all 10 teams

KKR will walk into the IPL 2026 players auction with the biggest purse, while five-time champions MI will have the smallest purse

Check top 20 most expensive players in IPL 2026 mini auction here

PL 2026 mini auction: Cameron Green tops the list at Rs 25.20 cr. Check top 20 costliest buys, including Pathirana, Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer, with teams and prices.

Will IPL see 1st Rs 30 cr buy? But foreign players can fetch Rs 18 cr max

Under the IPL's maximum-fee rule, an overseas player's auction fee is capped at the lower of the highest retention slab and the highest price fetched at the previous mega auction.

IPL 2026 Auction: Date, time (IST), format and live streaming details

The IPL 2026 Auction is scheduled to begin on December 16 (Tuesday), 2025. The IPL mini auction 2026 will begin at 2:30 PM IST.

Green, de Kock part of 350 players listed for IPL 2026 auction on Dec 16

On December 16, IPL 2026 auction is scheduled to start at 2:30 PM IST in Abu Dhabi. All the ten IPL franchisees are set to spent around Rs 237.55 crore to fill up 77 available slots.