star allrounder Riyan Parag He is likely to be named as the new captain of Rajasthan Royals before the Indian Premier League 2026. The franchise reached this decision after head coach-cum-director of cricket, Kumar Sangakkara interviewed several players, and Parag was the most suitable candidate whom he selected to lead the team in the 20-over tournament.
Notably, this is not the first time that Parag will be seen playing the role of captain for RR; He did this during the eight matches of IPL 2025 where main captain Sanju Samson was not fully available. Although the Guwahati-born player managed to lead RR to victory in only a few of these matches, it was his batting that shone brightest, including his best of 95 against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rajasthan Royals team for IPL 2026
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ryan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja (trade in), Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Berger, Sam Curran (trade in), Adam Milne, Quena Mafaka, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Donovan Ferreira (trade in), Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Luan-Dre. Pretorius, Vignesh Puthur, Sushant Mishra, Yashraj Punja, Brijesh Sharma, Aman Rao
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