Sanju Samson’s absence, captain gambling hunt Rajasthan Royals’s IPL 2025 Campaign | Cricket News

Jaipur:Rajasthan Royals’s IPL-2025 campaign has been turbulently marked with inconsistencies and incorrect steps so far. In the previous three seasons, Royal He raised his games and managed to join playoffs twice, including playing the final in 2022.
This time, they struggled to increase this success. First, they started the season with a wrong note. The absence of regular captain Sanju Samson For the first three matches due to the ongoing right index finger injury during a T20i against England in February 2025, it was an early coup that Franchise had not healed yet.
Samson, which has been the cornerstone of the installation of the royalities since 2013, has been performed and rehabilitation at the BCCI perfection center in Bengaluru. Although the bat was cleaned, he was not allowed to hold small doors or fields, and he reduced him to a ‘influence’ for the opening fixtures against SRH, KKR and CSK.
Samson’s absence as a leader in the field revealed the security gaps in the dynamics of the team. The decision to appoint 23-year-old Riyan Parag as a stand-in captain led to significant controversy. Riyan, who has a Breakout IPL-2024 season with 573 running, was selected in Yıldız Opener Yashasvi JaiswalThe latter despite the rising length of the international cricket.
The decision to skip Jaiswal for the role of captain fired the widespread debate. Jaiswal, held for RS 18 CR, performed consistently for the royal and saved 1367 runs at a rate of 153.02 strikes in the last three IPL season. In 2023, he sees Jaiswal’s Potential leadership nomination of Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir, including 625 runs in 2023.
The Royals administration justified the movement by showing Parag’s leadership experience as Assem’s domestic captain, and between 2021 and 2023, he took 10 victories in 17 T20 matches and 67.09 with an average of 167.72 strikes. The team’s official statement, “The decision of the captain to Riyan emphasizes his confidence in the leadership of the franchise, a skill that Assam has shown as his domestic captain during his term of office”.
However, Riyan’s RR captain was overwhelmed and criticized. 23 -year -old Royals this season as a captain of four IPL match only one win. The sense of social media was also harsh, fans accused franchise ‘favoritism’. Riyan’s hit contributions were also modest, 212 runs so far at 148.25 strikes.
There is no doubt that Samson has revealed leadership and tactical weaknesses in the captain team. Captain Gamble can now define his campaigns. Samson is being watched, Mrs. RCB Samson, while the team’s rescue process continues Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will miss the next match.
“Team management is closely monitoring the progress of the Franchise and a game that plays a game in relation to the return of action,” he said. Samson suffered an abdomen injury during the match against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium last Wednesday. Riyan Parag will continue to rule