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RR Season Review: Rajasthan Royals made it to the finals for the first time after becoming champions in 2008, where they won the title by defeating Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets.
The exile of 14 years was definitely over, but the throne could not be found, this is the story of Rajasthan Royals. The first champion of the Indian Premier League missed out on coming very close to her second title. Rajasthan Royals, captained by Sanju Samson, could not pay a triumphant tribute to their first captain Shane Warne, but the team not only gave Warne but every fan a proud opportunity in IPL 2022. The team, which won the first title in 2008, made it to the final for the second time after a long wait of 14 years, where they lost to Gujarat Titans on Sunday 29 May. Despite this defeat, what Gujarat has achieved this season cannot be ignored.
Rajasthan gave a strong performance in this season on almost every front. The team’s bowling unit was one of the strongest attacks of IPL 2022. At the same time, the team performed well in the batting as well. The team not only made it to the playoffs after 4 years, but also traveled to the final. Rajasthan played a total of 17 matches in this season, out of which it won 10 and lost 7 matches.
boss butler domination
Let’s start the conversation with batting. In this entire season, Rajasthan’s batting revolved only around Jos Buttler. The team scored more than 3000 runs in this season, in which 863 runs were from Butler alone. This English opener of the team got his name written at number two in the list of most runs in an IPL season. Scored four centuries and was the biggest reason for the team’s success. He got a lot of support from Shimron Hetmyer, who played several good innings for the team in the middle order and played the role of a finisher.
just lack of consistency
However, apart from these two, none of the other batsmen could show consistency and its effect was visible in the final. This is the only aspect that came to the fore in the form of lack of Rajasthan. Captain Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal and Riyan Parag could not consistently contribute well. Ravichandran Ashwin definitely played some good innings. The team would like to remove this shortcoming for the next season.
Best Bowling Attack of the Tournament!
As far as the bowling is concerned, the team’s bowling attack was almost perfect. Trent Boult and the famous Krishna got the team off to a good start in the powerplay and the middle overs. Both created troubles for the opposing batsmen in the powerplay itself. At the same time, the team made good use of Obed McCoy and Kuldeep Sen as third pacers when needed. Both these bowlers achieved some success in reducing the weakness of the death overs.
As far as spin is concerned, this team probably had the best spin attack. Ravichandran Ashwin was successful in reining in the runs on most of the occasions, while Yuzvendra Chahal’s wickets from the other side continued throughout the season and won the Purple Cap with the highest record 27 wickets, he also played a big role in reaching the final like Butler .
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