The Rajasthan Royals were the second team to be eliminated from the 2025 IPL and finished the season in ninth place with four wins from 14 matches. At the IPL end of season awards, Rajasthan's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was awarded for the highest batting strike rate in the season.[6]
Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players.[13] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[14] Rajasthan retained five players, including captain Sanju Samson.[15][16]
The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[18] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14million), with franchises deducting an amount from the purse for every retained player.[19][20] Rajasthan had a purse remaining of ₹41 crore (US$4.8million).[21] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained.[22] Rajasthan had no cards left.[23] Rajasthan bought fourteen players in the auction, including seven capped players and five overseas players.[24]
Squad
Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
Ages are as of 22March2025(2025-03-22).
Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.
The Rajasthan Royals began the season with a defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad.[33] Despite a win against Punjab Kings in their fourth match,[34] Rajasthan's performance remained erratic as they went on to lose five consecutive matches.[35] In their eleventh match, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest and the fastest Indian player to score a century and led the team to defeat Gujarat Titans.[36] However, they were eliminated following subsequent losses.
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