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Ravi Singh, who plays for Railways in domestic circuit, made his Indian Premier League debut for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals. Ravi replaced veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Rajasthan Royals' Ravi Singh (R) replaced Ravindra Jadeja (L) against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026. (RR)Rajasthan Royals handed Ravi Singh an Indian Premier League (IPL) debut against Delhi Capitals on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The Railways batter, who also keeps wickets, replaced veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. The middle-order batter was picked by Rajasthan Royals for ₹95 lakhs during the IPL 2026 auction last year in Abu Dhabi.
Ravi's IPL debut was confirmed by Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag during the coin toss. “As far as today is concerned, there’s just one change. Jaddu is out because of workload management and all of that, and Ravi Singh comes in for us,” Parag said after being sent to bat first.
One of the talented batters in Indian domestic circuit, Ravi has already made waves with his batting for Railways. In his first two first-class matches, ravi scored over 230 runs at an average of 77.73. In List A matches, the right-hander amassed 463 runs in nine games. He impressed the Rajasthan Royals scouts with his 174-plus strike rate in T20s.
Ravi was highly impressive in the 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as he top-scored with 218 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 173.01.
What happened to Ravindra Jadeja?
During the coin toss, Parag mentioned Jadeja has been benched to manage his wor
Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Ravi Singh, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar
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