2 min learnFeb 13, 2026 07:19 PM IST
All-rounder Riyan Parag has been named the captain of the Rajasthan Royals facet for the upcoming Indian Premier League season. Sanju Samson, who has led the franchise from 2021 to 2025, has moved to Chennai Tremendous Kings earlier in a swap deal during which the Royals have gotten Ravindra Jadeja in return.
Parag was retained by the Royals forward of the IPL 2025 for whooping sum of 14 crores regardless of poor returns earlier than that; nonetheless, his type has circled since, and he has been a key middle-order bat and tends to chip in with intelligent off-breaks on occasion.
| MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | AVERAGE | STRIKE RATE | BEST SCORE |
| 7 | 5 | 160 | 32.00 | 126.98 | 50 |
| 12 | 8 | 86 | 12.28 | 111.68 | 42* |
| 11 | 10 | 93 | 11.62 | 112.04 | 25 |
| 17 | 14 | 183 | 16.63 | 138.63 | 56* |
| 7 | 7 | 78 | 13.00 | 118.18 | 20 |
| 16 | 14 | 573 | 59.09 | 149.21 | 84* |
| 14 | 14 | 393 | 32.75 | 166.52 | 95 |
Rajasthan Royals squad for IPL 2026: Riyan Parag (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Shubham Dubey, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen
The swap deal
Samson made a landmark change to the Chennai Tremendous Kings at Rs 18 crore within the biggest-ever commerce deal signed by the franchise, whereas CSK legend Ravindra Jadeja will return to his first IPL franchise, the Rajasthan Royals, with a renewed wage reduce from Rs 18 crore to Rs 14 crore.
Samson has performed 177 IPL matches since his first IPL signing with the Kolkata Knight Riders. CSK would be the fourth franchise of his profession. Since making his IPL debut in 2013, the Kerala wicket-keeper has represented RR in all however two seasons—2016 and 2017—when he performed for Delhi Capitals.
“Jadeja, who performed for CSK for 12 seasons, is among the many most skilled gamers within the league, having performed over 250 video games. As a part of the commerce settlement, his league price has been revised from INR 18 crore to INR 14 crore,” the IPL assertion learn. Apart from Jadeja, RR have additionally scooped up England all-rounder Sam Curran for Rs 2.4 crore from CSK as a part of the Samson deal.