2012 Rajasthan Royals season

Rajasthan Royals
2012 season
CoachShane Warne
CaptainRahul Dravid
Ground(s)Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
IPL7th
Most runsAjinkya Rahane (560)[1]
Most wicketsSiddharth Trivedi (13)[2]
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. Rajasthan Royals finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.

Squad

Players with international caps prior to the 2012 season are listed in bold.[3]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
01 Ashok Menaria (1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
03 Ajinkya Rahane (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
06 Aakash Chopra (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break
07 Brad Hodge (1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 37) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
19 Rahul Dravid (1973-01-11)11 January 1973 (aged 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
24 Faiz Fazal (1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 26) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
99 Owais Shah (1978-10-22)22 October 1978 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
All-rounders
02 Abhishek Raut (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
05 Paul Collingwood (1976-05-26)26 May 1976 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
08 Sumit Narwal (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
11 Ajit Chandila (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
22 Johan Botha (1982-05-02)2 May 1982 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
28 Ankeet Chavan (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
33 Shane Watson (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Vice-captain
84 Stuart Binny (1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kevon Cooper (1989-02-02)2 February 1989 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
Wicket-keepers
16 Pinal Shah (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (aged 24) Right-handed –
17 Dinesh Chandimal (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
63 Shreevats Goswami (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 22) Left-handed –
Amit Paunikar (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 23) Right-handed –
Dishant Yagnik (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 28) Left-handed –
Bowlers
20 Amit Singh (1981-06-21)21 June 1981 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
31 Brad Hogg (1971-02-06)6 February 1971 (aged 41) Left-handed Left-arm chinaman Overseas
32 Shaun Tait (1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas
36 Sreesanth (1983-02-06)6 February 1983 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
37 Siddharth Trivedi (1982-09-04)4 September 1982 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
44 Samad Fallah (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
91 Pankaj Singh (1985-05-06)6 May 1985 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Aditya Dole (1987-10-09)9 October 1987 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Deepak Chahar (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Gajendra Singh (1988-09-10)10 September 1988 (aged 23) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox

IPL

Standings

Rajasthan Royals finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2012.

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils (3rd) 16 11 5 0 22 0.617
2 Kolkata Knight Riders (C) 16 10 5 1 21 0.561
3 Mumbai Indians (4th) 16 10 6 0 20 −0.100
4 Chennai Super Kings (RU) 16 8 7 1 17 0.100
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore 16 8 7 1 17 −0.022
6 Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 −0.216
7 Rajasthan Royals 16 7 9 0 14 0.201
8 Deccan Chargers 16 4 11 1 9 −0.509
9 Pune Warriors India 16 4 12 0 8 −0.551
Source: [4]
  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
  • C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the match Scorecard
1 6 April 2012 Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 31 runs Ajinkya Rahane (98) Scorecard
2 8 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Won by 22 runs Brad Hodge 44 (29) Scorecard
3 11 April 2012 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 27 runs Scorecard
4 13 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
5 15 April 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 59 runs Ajinkya Rahane 103* Scorecard
6 17 April 2012 Deccan Chargers Jaipur Won by 5 wickets Brad Hodge Scorecard
7 21 April 2012 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 7 Wickets Scorecard
8 23 April 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Lost by 46 runs Scorecard
9 29 April 2012 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Lost by 1 run Scorecard
10 1 May 2012 Delhi Daredevils Jaipur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
11 5 May 2012 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 43 runs Shane Watson Score Card
12 8 May 2012 Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 7 wickets Shane Watson 90* (51) Scorecard
13 10 May 2012 Chennai Super Kings Jaipur Lost by 4 Wickets Scorecard
14 13 May 2012 Pune Warriors India Jaipur Won by 45 runs Ajit Chandila 4/13 Scorecard
15 18 May 2012 Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
16 20 May 2012 Mumbai Indians Jaipur Lost by 10 wickets Scorecard

References

  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "IPL 5 teams". India Today. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2012; ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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