RR in IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals captain changed for the fourth time in the season
RR Captains in IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals had to change the captain before the start of the season, and Riyan Parag was made the captain for the first 3 matches. After that, Sanju Samson took over the reins.
The rest of the Indian Premier League matches have resumed. For the Rajasthan Royals, their hope to make it to the playoffs was already dashed before the season was halted, but then, when the team emerged against the Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday, there was euphoria. Sanju Samson reported for the toss as well as performed wicketkeeping. This resulted in this happening for a fourth time during the season, wherein the franchise was forced to swap captaincy.
In the Royals vs Punjab Kings match, Shreyas Iyer, after winning the toss, said that the pitch is bat-friendly and he understands how the wicket behaves here. Shreyas informed that Mitchell Owen, Marco Jansen, and Azmatullah Omarzai have been included as foreign players in his XI today.
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson said that he also wanted to bowl first. Praising Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Samson said that he has performed very well, so Samson will come down to bat. Samson said that he has come in place of Nitish Rana, and Kwena Mfaka has come in place of Jofra Archer.
This season, first of all, Riyan Parag had to take over the captaincy of the Rajasthan Royals in the first three matches. After this, Sanju was given a fitness certificate by the NCA, and he started taking over the captaincy. Sanju got injured again and could not play for Rajasthan till the IPL was stopped due to the India-Pakistan dispute. During this, Rajasthan again changed the captain and handed over the command to Riyan. Now Sanju is fit and has taken the field against the Punjab Kings.
Punjab Kings Playing 11: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prabhamsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Sub: Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Vijaykumar Vysakh, Mushir Khan
Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (Captain), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Quena Mphaka, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal and Fazalhaq Farooqui.
Impact Sub: Shubham Dubey, Yudhveer Singh, Kumar Karthikeya, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Rathore
