Rajasthan Royals, an IPL franchise based in Jaipur, has not been a very successful franchise in the IPL even though being with it since the very first season. They won the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008 and have been able to reach the final only once after that in 2022 where they lost to Gujarat Titans.
RR was also banned for two years in 2016 and 2017 due to a match-fixing scandal along with CSK. Their home ground is the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan. RR franchise is owned by famous businessmen Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch. They will be coached by Andrew McDonald and led by Sanju Samson in the upcoming edition of the IPL.
Here we are going to have a look at the top 5 players who have taken the most wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. We will be moving in descending order in terms of wickets taken.
1. Amit Mishra (30 wickets)
Amit Mishra, one of the legends of the IPL, is the bowler who has taken the most wickets against RR in the IPL. He has played for many franchises against RR and has bowled 70 overs in total in 19 innings. He has 30 wickets to his name against RR with an extremely impressive economy of 6.90 runs per over. Mishra is also one of the top-5 highest wicket-takers in the IPL over the years.
2. Piyush Chawla (21 wickets)
Piyush Chawla who started his IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, then Kings XI Punjab, and then moved to Kolkata Knight Riders has also taken a lot of wickets against RR. He has 21 wickets to his name in just 19 innings. His economy is also good as he has bowled 68.2 overs against RR with an economy of 7.62 runs per over. Piyush Chawla will be playing for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming edition of the IPL.
3. Yuzvendra Chahal (18 wickets)
Ironically, RR’s most important spinner in their current squad has also taken a lot of wickets against them and just loves bowling against them. He has just bowled in 12 innings against RR, where he has taken 18 wickets in 40.3 overs. Before RR, Yuzi played for the RCB franchise. He also has an impeccable economy of just 6.04 runs per over against the RR over the years.
4. Ravindra Jadeja (18 wickets)
The fourth bowler and co-incidentally the fourth spinner in this list is Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja has taken 18 wickets playing against the RR franchise in as many innings and matches. His economy is 7.44 runs per over and has the best bowling figures of 4/11. Ironically, Jadeja played for RR in the first season of the IPL where he won the trophy with them.
5. Jasprit Bumrah (17 wickets)
Team India’s and Mumbai Indians’ star and most important bowler Bumrah has also taken a lot of wickets against the Rajasthan Royals franchise. He has bowled in 12 innings against them and has taken 17 wickets in those innings. His economy against RR has been 6.30 runs per over which is excellent as per the standards of T20 cricket. Bumrah has taken all the wickets against RR playing for Mumbai Indians only.
