2013 Rajasthan Royals season

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 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. Rajasthan Royals finished 3rd in the IPL.

Rajasthan Royals

2013 season
Coach	Paddy Upton
Captain	Rahul Dravid
Ground(s)	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
IPL	3rd
CLT20	Runners up
Most runs	Shane Watson (543)[1]
Most wickets	James Faulkner (28)[2]
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Squad

• Players with international caps prior to the 2013 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
01	Ashok Menaria		(1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
03	Ajinkya Rahane		(1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
07	Brad Hodge		(1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
19	Rahul Dravid		(1973-01-11)11 January 1973 (aged 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
27	Sachin Baby		(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
99	Owais Shah		(1978-10-22)22 October 1978 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
All-rounders
33	Shane Watson		(1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Vice-captain
44	James Faulkner		(1990-04-29)29 April 1990 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Overseas
84	Stuart Binny		(1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
90	Kevon Cooper		(1989-02-02)2 February 1989 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
	Kumar Boresa		(1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
08	Kusal Perera		(1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 22)	Left-handed	–	Overseas
09	Sanju Samson		(1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 18)	Right-handed	–
63	Shreevats Goswami		(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 23)	Left-handed	–
77	Dishant Yagnik		(1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 29)	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
02	Pravin Tambe		(1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
05	Vikramjeet Malik		(1983-05-09)9 May 1983 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
06	Rahul Shukla		(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
11	Ajit Chandila		(1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
20	Fidel Edwards		(1982-02-06)6 February 1982 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas
28	Ankeet Chavan		(1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
31	Brad Hogg		(1971-02-06)6 February 1971 (aged 42)	Left-handed	Left-arm chinaman	Overseas
32	Shaun Tait		(1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas
36	Sreesanth		(1983-02-06)6 February 1983 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
79	Samuel Badree		(1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas
37	Siddharth Trivedi		(1982-09-04)4 September 1982 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
70	Harmeet Singh		(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox

IPL

Standings

Rajasthan Royals finished 3rd in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	11	5	0	22	0.530
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	16	11	5	0	22	0.441
3	Rajasthan Royals	16	10	6	0	20	0.322
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	16	10	6	0	20	0.003
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	9	7	0	18	0.457
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	0.226
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	16	6	10	0	12	−0.095
8	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−1.006
9	Delhi Daredevils	16	3	13	0	6	−0.848

Source: ^[3]

"C" refers to the champions of the tournament, R to the runners-up.

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	6 April 2013	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 5 runs	Rahul Dravid 65(51)	Scorecard
2	8 April 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur	Won by 19 runs	Siddharth Trivedi 4/23	Scorecard
3	11 April 2013	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Lost by 7 wickets		Scorecard
4	14 April 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Won by 6 wickets	James Faulkner 2/30	Scorecard
5	17 April 2013	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur	won by 87 runs	Ajinkya Rahane 68(54)	Scorecard
6	20 April 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 7 wickets		Scorecard
7	22 April 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 5 wickets		Scorecard
8	27 April 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Jaipur	Won by 8 wickets	James Faulkner 5/20(4 overs)	Scorecard
9	29 April 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur	Won by 4 wickets	Sanju Samson 63 (31)	Scorecard
10	3 May 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 8 wickets		Scorecard
11	5 May 2013	Pune Warriors India	Jaipur	Won By 5 wickets	Ajinkya Rahane 67 (48)	Scorecard
12	7 May 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Jaipur	Won By 9 wickets	Ajinkya Rahane 63* (45)	Scorecard
13	9 May 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won By 8 wickets	Kevon Cooper 3–23	Scorecard
14	12 May 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	Won By 5 wickets	Shane Watson 70 (34)	Scorecard
15	15 May 2013	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 14 runs		Scorecard
16	17 May 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 23 runs		Scorecard
17	22 May 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator)	New Delhi	Won by 4 wickets	Brad Hodge 54* (29)	Scorecard
18	24 May 2013	Mumbai Indians (Qualifier 2)	Kolkata	Lost by 4 wickets		Scorecard

Champions League T20

Group stage standings

Team[4]	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Rajasthan Royals	4	4	0	0	16	+0.960
Mumbai Indians	4	2	1	1	10	+1.068
Otago Volts	4	2	1	1	10	+0.869
Highveld Lions	4	0	3	1	2	–0.726
Perth Scorchers	4	0	3	1	2	–2.851

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	21 September 2013	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur	Won by 7 wickets	Vikramjeet Malik 3/24 (4 overs)	Scorecard
2	25 September 2013	Highveld Lions	Jaipur	Won by 30 runs	Pravin Tambe 4/15 (3 overs)	Scorecard
3	29 September 2013	Perth Scorchers	Jaipur	Won by 9 wickets	Kevon Cooper 4/18 (4 overs)	Scorecard
4	1 October 2013	Otago Volts	Jaipur	Won by 4 wickets	Rahul Shukla 3/23 (4 overs)	Scorecard
Semi-Final	4 October 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur	Won by 14 runs	Pravin Tambe 3/10 (4 overs)	Scorecard
Final	6 October 2013	Mumbai Indians	Feroz Shah Kotla	Lost by 33 runs		Scorecard