Rajasthan Royals Announce New Captain! ‘Ha’ is a 24-year-old dashing player who will replace Sanju Samson

• New captain of RR!
• Rajasthan Royals have shown faith in the 24-year-old young player
• Look who is the lucky Shiledar

Rajasthan Royals Captain 2026: For the 19th season of Indian Premier League to be held in 2026 Rajasthan Royals They have made many big changes in their team. who led the team till last season By Sanju Samson He transferred to Chennai Super Kings through the trade window. Since then, all eyes have been on the new captain of Rajasthan Royals ahead of the IPL 2026 season, with Ravindra Jadeja, now part of Rajasthan Royals from CSK, expected to take over the role. However, the Rajasthan Royals franchise put an end to all these speculations ahead of IPL 2026 Riyan Parag has been announced as the new captain.

Royals fam, it’s time to get behind your new Captain! pic.twitter.com/OjodsT0fu5

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) February 13, 2026

Seventh player to lead the team

Ryan Parag has been appointed as the full-time captain ahead of IPL 2026, becoming the seventh player to lead the team. Past captains include Shane Warne, Rahul Dravid, Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson.

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Rian Parag also held the captaincy last season

IPL 2025 has not been a good season for Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson, who led the team last season, missed eight matches due to injury and Ryan Parag took charge. However, under his leadership, Rajasthan Royals won only two matches and lost six matches. Ryan Parag has certainly done well with the bat as captain, averaging 38.57 in these eight matches and his IPL career high score of 95, which he scored against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Parag’s IPL performance so far

In the 2019 IPL season, Ryan Parag was given the opportunity to make his debut in the world’s biggest T20 league, where he has been a part of Rajasthan Royals for the past seven seasons. His best performance was in the 2024 IPL season, where he scored 573 runs at an average of 52.09. Ryan Parag has played a total of 84 matches in the IPL, in which he has scored 1566 runs at an average of 26.1. Additionally, Ryan Parag also excels in bowling if needed, taking seven wickets in the IPL so far.

Rajasthan Royals team

Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Donovan Ferreira, Luann-Dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao Perala, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Kuharena, Ravindra, Ravindra Jaiswal. Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Berger.

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