The 24-year-old Riyan Parag is set to be named as the Rajasthan Royals captain ahead of the IPL 2026 season. His promotion comes after the departure of Sanju Samson to CSK in a trade that exchanged Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran.
The decision comes after the head coach’s interview with several players, and Parag was the most suitable candidate they finalised for leading the team in the marquee 20-over tournament.
This comes, RR will have a new captain and a new head coach after Rahul Dravid parted ways with the franchise after the 2025 season, as they finished in second bottom of the IPL 2025 points table with only two wins out of 14 games.
Riyan Parag has previously captained the side in the absence of Sanju Samson during the IPL 2025 season.
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Despite managing only a couple of victories, his batting has been proven to be brilliant, which included a 95-run knock against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Making in IPL debut in the 2019 season, Riyan Parag has played all seven seasons for Rajasthan. The 2024 edition brought out the best in him, where he scored 573 runs at an average of 52.09 at a strike rate of 149.21.
Overall, Riyan Parag has played 84 matches and amassed 1566 runs and also bagged seven wickets.
However, the official announcement from the franchise will be available on February 13 at 04:00 PM IST.
Apart from some players has also emerged as frontrunners for the captaincy role in the franchise. Ravindra Jadeja, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja (traded in), Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Sam Curran (traded in), Adam Milne, Kwena Maphaka, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Donovan Ferreira (traded in), Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Vignesh PuthurSushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh Sharma, Aman Rao
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