Rajasthan Royals Squad is all set to play the 18th season of IPL. The RR Players List for IPL 2025 has been finalized and here’s a complete overview of retained and auctioned players with Price. We have also shared the list of 11 best players which you can consider while creating the Playing XI.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) is one of the most exciting and talked about teams in the IPL. For the 2025 season, this team has made some important changes in its strategy. The new list of players will see a unique mix of young talent and experienced international and domestic players. Rajasthan Royals have tried to make the team even stronger by adding some big names to them in the auction that happened in November 2024. All eyes will be on their strategy and style of play this season. The captain and coaching staff of the team have planned to play in a new way this time, which can make the team a strong contender in the race to win the title.
As the IPL 2025 auction is finished, Here’s final Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad for the season 18 of IPL. Have a look at list of players retained and bought at Auction by RR for IPL 2025:
- Sanju Samson (₹18 crore) – Retained
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore) – Retained
- Riyan Parag (₹14 crore) – Retained
- Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore) – Retained
- Jofra Archer – ₹12.5 crore
- Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore) – Retained
- Tushar Deshpande – ₹6.50 crore
- Wanindu Hasaranga – ₹5.25 crore
- Maheesh Theekshana – ₹4.4 crore
- Nitish Rana – ₹4.40 crore
- Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore) – Retained
- Fazalhaq Farooqi – ₹2 crore
- Kwena Maphaka – ₹1.5 crore
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi – ₹1.1 crore
- Akash Madhwal – ₹1.2 crore
- Kumar Kartikeya – ₹30 lakh
- Shubham Dubey – ₹80 lakh
- Yudhvir Singh – ₹35 lakh
- Kunal Rathore – ₹30 lakh
- Ashok Sharma – ₹30 lakh
Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal are the most expensive players of the Rajasthan Royals team for IPL 2025, who have been retained by the franchise for Rs 18 crore each. Like the previous season, Sanju Samson will lead the team on ground and support the team with explosive batting performance.
Th batting lineup and bowling attack of Rajasthan Royals is quite strong and balanced. However if you look at the all-rounders, then as compared to other IPL teams, RR squad has only 2 professional all rounders named Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Wanindu Hasaranga. This is the game where sometimes you expect one player to play two roles and Rajasthan Royals look weak in this section in IPL 2025.
RR Team Batters
- Sanju Samson (Wk) (Captain)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Riyan Parag
- Dhruv Jurel (Wk)
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Nitish Rana
- Kunal Singh Rathore (Wk)
- Shubham Dubey
RR Team All Rounders
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Wanindu Hasaranga
RR Team Bowlers
- Jofra Archer
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Yudhvir Sing
- Akash Madhwal
- Kumar Kartikeya
- Tushar Deshpande
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Kwena Maphaka
- Ashok Sharma
- Sandeep Sharma
Best Playing 11 for RR in IPL 2025
| S.No | Player Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Batsman |
| 2 | Sanju Samson(c) | Batsman (Wk) |
| 3 | Nitish Rana | All Rounder |
| 4 | Riyan Parag | All Rounder |
| 5 | Shimron Hetmyer | Batsman |
| 6 | Dhruv Jurel | Batsman (Wk) |
| 7 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Spinner |
| 8 | Jofra Archer | Fast Bowler |
| 9 | Maheesh Theekshana | Spinner |
| 10 | Tushar Deshpande | Medium Fast Bowler |
| 11 | Sandeep Sharma | Medium Fast Bowler |
As 12th man / impact player, Shubham Dubey is perfect player who can bat and bowl. However based on the pitch, Vaibhav Suryavanshi can also be picked by RR squad for 12th man.
RR Team 2025 Coach and Support Staff
- Head Coach: Rahul Dravid
- Director of Cricket: Kumar Sangakkara
- Fast Bowling Coach: Shane Bond
- Batting Coach: Vikram Rathour
- Fielding Coach: Dishant Yagnik
- Assistant Coach: Trevor Penney
- Head of Athletic Performance: Michael Italiano
- Head Physiotherapist: John Gloster
- Lead Strength & Conditioning: AT Rajamani
- Senior Physiotherapist: Craig Antony
- Assistant Physiotherapist: Niranjan Pandit
- Team Doctor: Mohammed Moosajee
- Mental Performance Coach: Nimrod Mon Brokman
- Director of Analytics & Technology: Giles Lindsay
- Lead Analyst: Panish Shetty
- Team Manager & Head of High-performance Operations: Romi Bhinder
- Support Coach & Head of Coaching (RR Academy): Siddhartha Lahiri
Final Words
This selection of players in the 2025 team of Rajasthan Royals has been done keeping in mind their past performance, fitness and team combination. It will be interesting to see how this team performs on the field and whether it lives up to the expectations of its fans in this season of IPL.
This time the team has a great chance to win the title, but for this they have to give their best in every match. This season is going to be exciting and full of expectations for Rajasthan Royals fans. If you want to share anything with us, the please let us know in the comments and don’t forget to share!
Source:
- https://www.rajasthanroyals.com/rr-players
- https://www.iplt20.com/teams/rajasthan-royals
