Rajasthan Royals (RR) seems to be coming into a model new period from the following version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
They first traded long-term participant and captain, Sanju Samson, to the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), bringing Ravindra Jadeja again to the franchise (together with Sam Curran).
The 2008 IPL champions have now made one other main change, appointing Kumar Sangakkar as their Head Coach.
Sangakkara Named RR Head Coach
🚨 Official: Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara will even take cost as Head Coach for IPL 2026 pic.twitter.com/4IRWoQM3mj
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 17, 2025
Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara ahd been appearing as Rajasthan Royals’ Director of Cricket since 2021. Rahul Dravid held the place of Head Coach final season.
Nonetheless, he left the spot following a disappointing end (positioned ninth out of 10 groups), and the reins of the franchise have now been handed over to Sangakkara.
RR formally confirmed the information on X (@rajasthanroyals) by way of an announcement video, in addition to a publish.
IPL 2026: RR Retained and Launched Gamers
Rajasthan Royals have retained a lot of their squad from the earlier season, and shall be heading into the IPL 2026 auctions, set to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2025, with a handbag of Rs 16.05 crore.
Here is an in depth take a look at who they’ve saved, and who’ve been let go from the squad:
Retained Gamers,
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan Dre-Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, D Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwen Maphaka, Nandre Burger
Launched Gamers,
Kunal Singh Rathore, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya
As already talked about, Sanju Samson has been traded to CSK in trade of Jadeja and Curran.
Center order batsman Nitish Rana has additionally been traded to the Delhi Capitals, with South Africa’s Donovan Ferreira being traded in from them.