Rajasthan Royals who returned to Indian Premier League after a two years suspension, did a good job reaching the playoffs of IPL 2018 and their journey came to an end in the Eliminator when they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rajasthan Royals finished at the fourth position in IPL 2018 with seven wins from fifteen games. The lack of penetration and middle order's power hitting abilities were the achillies' heel for Rajasthan Royals throughout the season. And also the absence of star players Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes hurt them in the last two games.
Captain Rahane couldn't not provide them quick start in the power plays and Sanju Samson too lost his form after the first three - four games. In the bowling department, both Jaydev Unadkat and Dhawal Kulkarni were among the biggest disappointment of this IPL season.
Jofra Archer who didn't play first five games due to injury was the only one who showed some consistency. Overall it was a satisfying season for Rajasthan Royals.
Here is a look at Rajasthan Royals' IPL 2018 performance :
Team Records :
1. Result Summary :
| Opposition | Match | Won | Lost | NR |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
2. Highest Team Total :
217/4 vs RCB at Bangalore
177/6 vs CSK at Jaipur
171/3 vs MI at Mumbai
3. Lowest Team Total :
125/9 vs SRH at Hyderabad
140/6 vs SRH at Jaipur
140 vs CSK at Pune
Batting Records :
1. Most Runs :
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Jos Buttler | 13 | 13 | 548 | 54.8 | 155.2 | 95* | 0 | 5 |
| Sanju Samson | 15 | 15 | 441 | 31.5 | 137.8 | 92* | 0 | 3 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 15 | 14 | 370 | 28.5 | 118.2 | 65* | 0 | 1 |
| Rahul Tripathi | 12 | 12 | 226 | 25.1 | 135.3 | 80* | 0 | 1 |
2. Highest individual scores :
Jos Buttler - 95* vs CSK at Jaipur
Jos Buttler - 94* vs MI at Mumbai
Sanju Samson - 92* vs RCB at Bangalore
Jos Buttler - 82 vs KXIP at Jaipur
3. Highest batting average (Min 5 innings played) :
Jos Buttler - 54.80
Sanju Samson - 31.50
Ajinkya Rahane - 28.46
Rahul Tripathi - 25.11
4. Highest batting strike rate (Min 100 balls faced) :
Jos Buttler - 155.24
Sanju Samson - 137.81
Rahul Tripathi - 135.32
Ben Stokes - 121.73
5. Most fifty plus scores :
Jos Buttler - 5
Sanju Samson - 3
Rahul Tripathi / Ajinkya Rahane - 1
Bowling Records :
1. Most wickets :
| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Avg | Eco | BBI | 4-fers |
| Jofra Archer | 10 | 10 | 15 | 21.7 | 8.4 | 3/22 | 0 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 11 | 10 | 11 | 21.5 | 7.6 | 4/16 | 1 |
| K Gowtham | 15 | 15 | 11 | 28.4 | 7.8 | 2/12 | 0 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 15 | 15 | 11 | 44.2 | 9.6 | 3/46 | 0 |
2. Best bowling figures in an innings :
Shreyas Gopal - 4/16 vs RCB at Jaipur
Ben Stokes - 3/15 vs KKR at Kolkata
Shreyas Gopal - 3/20 vs CSK at Pune
Jofra Archer - 3/22 vs MI at Jaipur
3. Best bowling average (Min 5 wickets) :
Shreyas Gopal - 21.45
Jofra Archer - 21.66
Ben Laughlin - 23.44
Ish Sodhi - 27.00
4. Best economy rate ( Min 10 overs bowled) :
Ish Sodhi - 5.86
Shreyas Gopal - 7.61
Krishnappa Gowtham - 7.80
Ben Stokes - 8.15
