Rajasthan Royals suffered a big blow in the RR vs GT match, where captain Riyan Parag was ruled out of the match due to injury. Riyan Parag, who was making his captaincy debut, shared the reason behind this.

RR vs GT, Why Riyan Parag missing the match against the Gujarat Titans? The 51st match of IPL 2026 between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans is being played at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Both the teams are currently present in the top-4 of the points table, but considering the race for the playoffs, this match is considered very important for both.

In such a situation, fans may see a tough competition in this match.

Before this match, Rajasthan Royals suffered a big blow, where the team’s regular captain Riyan Parag was not available for the match. In his absence, young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was seen taking charge of the team. Yashasvi won the toss and decided to bowl first.

RR vs GT: Yashasvi Jaiswal made captaincy debut

In this match, young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal took the captaincy of Rajasthan Royals in place of Riyan Parag.

This is Yashasvi Jaiswal’s first captaincy match in IPL. The special thing is that for the first time in his T20 career, he was seen captaining a team. He also revealed the reason for Riyan Parag’s absence.

RR vs GT: Why is Riyan Parag missing the match?

During the toss, Yashasvi Jaiswal told that regular captain Riyan Parag is suffering from hamstring injury. For this reason he is not able to play this important match against Gujarat Titans.

However, no official information has been revealed yet about how serious his injury is. Yashasvi expressed hope that Riyan Parag will return to the team soon.

RR vs GT: Major changes made in playing XI

Due to Riyan Parag not being available in this match (RR vs GT), Rajasthan Royals had to make many major changes in their playing XI. The team has included Shimron Hetmyer, Dasun Shanaka and Yash Raj Poonja in the playing eleven against Gujarat Titans. These players have entered the team in place of Ryan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi and Nandre Berger.