Rajasthan Royals

The Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[3] Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals
Nickname(s)RR
LeagueIndian Premier League
Personnel
CaptainSanju Samson
CoachAndrew McDonald
ChairmanRanjit Barthakur
Owner
Team information
CityJaipur, Rajasthan, India
Colours
Founded2008 (2008)
Home groundSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Capacity30,000
Secondary home ground(s)Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad (Capacity: 110,000)
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Capacity: 25,000)
Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati (Capacity: 45,000)
History
Indian Premier League wins1 (2008)
CLT20 wins0
Official websiterajasthanroyals.com

T20 kit

Rajasthan Royals in 2020

The Rajasthan Royals are sometimes considered as the "moneyball" team of the IPL.[4][5][6] The Royals are known to unearth obscure, high potential talent,[7][8][9] as well as for their involvement in a number of controversies and scandals.[10][11][12][13]

The team won the inaugural edition of the IPL under the captaincy of Shane Warne, despite being written off as a title contender by the media and fans. The Royals were also the runners-up of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 under Rahul Dravid's captaincy.[9][14]

On 14 July 2015, the verdict reached by a panel appointed by the Supreme Court of India suspended Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for two years over a 2013 betting scandal, meaning they could not participate in both the 2016 and 2017 IPL tournaments. They returned to the competition for the 2018 season.

The team's record run-scorer is Ajinkya Rahane with 2705 runs,[15] while the leading wicket-taker is Shane Watson, with 67.[16]

Franchise history

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in September 2007, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008.[17] The Rajasthan Royals were one of the original eight teams in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008. The team was sold to the Emerging Media for $67 million, making it the least expensive team in the league.[3]

The franchise is currently owned and chaired by Manoj Badale. Other investors include Lachlan Murdoch, Aditya S Chellaram, and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million.[18] There have been past controversies regarding the ownership of the franchise, leading to their expulsion from the league in 2010.[10] Incidentally, this was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament.[19] It made a pre-tax profit of $7.5 million in 2009.[20]

Expulsion from the IPL and return

In 2010, the BCCI decided to expel Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL. The expulsion baffled captain Shane Warne who stated that he suspected that there might be some foul play and that the BCCI might possess some ulterior motives.[21] The Rajasthan Royals filed an appeal against the decision and the two parties went to the Mumbai High Court to decide.[10] The Mumbai High Court adjourned that case until 29 October 2010,[11] but it was revised to 15 November because they didn't want it to coincide with Diwali celebrations from 1 to 14 November.[12]

Later, it was announced by the Royals that they told the Bombay High Court that they would be negotiating with an arbitrator to see if they could reconcile with the IPL.[22] The arbitrator announced that while the investigation was ongoing, the Royals would remain a part of the IPL for six weeks and the BCCI would not be allowed to change rules which might go against the Royals. The six-week period included the player auction in which Rajasthan Royals participated.[23] After this, the Bombay High Court rejected the appeals of the BCCI against keeping the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL for six weeks while the case was sorted out.[24] It was estimated that because of the losses in court cases and damage in reputation, the BCCI decided not to pursue further legal action against the Rajasthan Royals or Kings XI Punjab - the teams were allowed to remain in the IPL.[25]

Ban in 2015

In 2015, the team was banned for two years following the Lodha Committee inquiry.[13]

Rajasthan Royals became the source of controversy when inappropriate and fictitious bids were made, violating BCCI norms.[26] Ranjit Barthakur and Fraser Castellino were the only two shareholders of the team, which was completely unknown to the BCCI at the time.[27][28] An out-of-court settlement between the two ensued. In 2015, Rajasthan Royals were banned for two years by the BCCI, with its owner Raj Kundra banned for life.[29]

Team history

2008 IPL season

Before the start of the inaugural IPL season, many considered the Royals as possibly the weakest team in the IPL, giving them little chance of competing well in the tournament.[30] Evidence of the latter opinion seemed to be confirmed when the team lost its first match against the Delhi Daredevils in a 9 wicket loss.[31] The fears were confirmed that the team was likely to struggle.[32]

In their first home game ever at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, they played against the Kings XI Punjab and won by 6 wickets as Shane Watson was declared the man of the match for his unbeaten 76 off 49 balls in what was a successful run chase. That was followed by a crucial 3 wicket win against the season favourite, Deccan Chargers, in Hyderabad. The victory proved to be a huge morale booster. Yusuf Pathan won the first man of the match award for his bowling figures of 2/20 in 4 overs and a 28-ball 61.

The next game against the Kolkata Knight Riders was won by 45 runs where Swapnil Asnodkar received his first man of the match award for a fine knock of 60 off just 34 balls.

They further managed to defeat the Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur but lost to Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai. The Royals continued to win the next five games in a row. They were the first team to book a place in the semi-finals with their 65 run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore and were pitted against Chennai Super Kings for the finals. The Royals won by 3 wickets in the final played on 1 June 2008.

The all-rounder Shane Watson won the man of the tournament award for scoring as many as 472 runs and picking 17 wickets. Shane Warne's captaincy and coaching were praised and well received by everyone,[33][34] including opposition teams.[35][36]

Each player and representative in the team was awarded a medal. The team was presented with the DLF Indian Premier League trophy along with a cheque for US$1.2 million prize money. Many of the Royals players also took home individual awards for their performance during the tournament; Yusuf Pathan claimed the Man of the Match award for the final match, Sohail Tanvir finished the tournament in possession of the Purple Cap (the IPL's leading wicket-taker), and Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was declared the Man of the Series.

2009 IPL season

The Royals were the defending champions. Sohail Tanvir was ineligible to play for the team as PCB failed to provide NOC for Pakistani players playing in the competition. Shane Watson was unavailable for the whole season as Australia toured to UAE for the ODI series against Pakistan. Without these two, the team looked slightly weaker than the previous season and players such as Graeme Smith, Shaun Tait, and Shane Warne had to be relied on.[37]

The maiden match was lost against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a 75-run washout. They remained defeated by Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, and Chennai Super Kings but they won over Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers. The Royals were at the end of the points table. Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Salunkhe, Paras Dogra, Anup Revandkar, Shrideep Mangela, Ashraf Makda, and Azhar Malik were dropped from the team and sent home.[38]

Rajasthan Royals ended 6th out of the 8 teams in the competition, winning 6 matches out of the 14 they played. The Royals failed to make it to the semi-finals after losing their last two matches against Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders.[37]

British Asian Cup

On 14 May 2009, it was announced that Rajasthan Royals would meet Middlesex Crusaders in a one-off Twenty20 for the British Asian Cup. It was the first time that an annual charity series was to be played between the Twenty20 champions of the two countries. The match took place on 6 July 2009. The teams were announced on 3 July 2009 with Rajasthan Royals including Mohammad Kaif and the comeback of Sohail Tanvir.

The match was won by Rajasthan Royals by 46 runs after scoring 162/5 in 20 overs and successfully defending it by 46 runs (Middlesex 116/7). The Man of the Match was Dimitri Mascarenhas.[39]

2010 IPL season

The Royals were back in India after their average outing in South Africa. This time they seemed to be a better outfit as they were to play in conditions that should have suited them the most. But they had to suffer an unfortunate start to the competition, with a narrow 4 run defeat to the Mumbai Indians at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The highlight of this match though, was Yusuf Pathan hitting the fastest ever hundred in IPL history, off only 37 balls. Even some of the Mumbai fans were disappointed not to see Rajasthan win, by the end of it all.[32][40]

They went on to lose to the Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets in one of their new ‘home’ grounds, Ahmedabad. And were again bruised badly by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who won by 10 wickets. The team remained inconsistent throughout the whole season, winning their next four matches consecutively. One of the young Turks of the erstwhile ICL, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala impressed against the franchise representing his home state, Kolkata Knight Riders as his 36-ball 45 helped the Royals win by 34 runs.

Followed by which the Western Australian batsman Adam Voges hit 45 runs off 24 balls to help Rajasthan beat Punjab in Mohali by 31 runs. The team seemed to have adapted to the Ahmedabad conditions better with wins against Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets as Yusuf Pathan continued his good form against the team, while they beat Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs, thanks to wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha's 49-ball 80.

But they lost against Chennai in their return clash as Murali Vijay's hundred took the game away from them as well as were crushed in Delhi by 67 runs. But they managed to escape a Deccan Chargers attack, with a narrow 2 run victory in Nagpur and continued their unbeaten run in Jaipur though, as the out of sorts Kings XI Punjab were duly beaten by 9 wickets with English opener Michael Lumb winning the man of the match award for his 43-ball 83.

Once again, Rajasthan Royals ended the tournament miserably with losses to Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore at home and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the last round-robin game in Kolkata. Consequently, they failed to make it to the playoffs for the second consecutive season as they finished 7th out of the 8 teams in the competition, winning 6 games out of 14 played.[32]

2011 IPL season

The Rajasthan Royals, and the Kings XI Punjab were temporarily ejected from the league due to issues with their unreported ownership changes. The teams were reinstated with involvement from the High Court.[41] Their owners were broken into several legal entities when the BCCI required the incorporation of the companies.[42][43] Kochi was also at risk of ejection for the same reasons before BCCI cleared their new ownership pattern for the tournament.[44]

The team management decided to retain the Australian duo of Shane Warne and Shane Watson for the following three seasons of the IPL, although Warne's future continued to be uncertain. Yet, he decided to make this his final season for the Rajasthan Royals on the insistence of the team owners who felt that he was the ultimate source of inspiration for the team on and off the field.

In the auction, the team's funds were reduced since they were penalised by the BCCI in 2010 and as a result, had to pay a certain amount of bank guarantee as fixed by the High Court. But they possessed an adequate amount of money to buy some of the world's finest T20 players, which they did not exactly.

They managed to buy back Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait for US$300,000 as well as South African bowling all-rounder Johan Botha for US$950,000. The other star players which they picked were New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor for US$1 million as well as ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid for half that price. England's World T20 2010 winning skipper Paul Collingwood was also purchased for a mere US$250,000. The other players were mostly from the domestic circuits but were confident individuals following Rajasthan winning the Ranji Trophy that year.

Rajasthan Royals began the IPL 2011 in grand fashion, beating the Kumar Sangakkara-led Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets, with the young Indian pacer Siddharth Trivedi adjudged the man of the match for his spell of 3/15 and the Royals continued their fine record against the Chargers. While Shane Warne defied age with a fine piece of bowling to assist Rajasthan in defeating a weakened Delhi Daredevils side by 6 wickets, with figures of 2/17.

However, their confidence was dented with two back-to-back defeats to the new-look Kolkata Knight Riders in three days. In the clash at Jaipur, they lost by 9 wickets, due to a 100-run partnership between Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis, Whereas, in Kolkata, Lakshmipathy Balaji picked 3/15 in 4 overs on a minefield pitch in Eden Gardens to help his team pull off an 8 wicket victory.

The match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore was washed out due to rain, which made Rajasthan's task of making it into the last four much tougher. Shaun Marsh was in great nick and his 42-ball 71 resulted in the Royals losing to Kings XI Punjab in Mohali by 48 runs. However, they pulled together a string of a hat-trick of home wins, as Rajasthan chased successfully in all the three matches. The first was against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, winning by 8 wickets. Followed by Mumbai Indians, the No. 1 team then on the points table as they chased down a total of 100 with 7 wickets to spare. And then the Pune Warriors India were undone by Ross Taylors’ 35-ball 47 not out, as Rajasthan won by 6 wickets.

But again it was inconsistency which let the Royals down badly. They were given a proper thumping by the eventual champions Chennai Super Kings in both the matches they played against each other, within five days. The in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore thrashed them by 9 wickets, while they were bowled out for 97 in their 8-wicket defeat to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Although this time they ended their round-robin matches well with a win against the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai and in the process, giving Shane Warne a fitting farewell, Rajasthan were dismissed from the competition since they ended at the 6th position out of the 10 teams in the tournament, having again won 6 out of their 14 matches played, with one being a no result.[32]

2012 IPL season

Rajasthan Royals finished in seventh place among the points table in season 5 of the IPL, winning only seven matches out of sixteen.[45]

2013 IPL season

Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoff stage by finishing third in the group stage, thus grabbing a spot in 2013 Champions League Twenty20. They won against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator but lost to Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier, which led to their exit from the tournament.[46][47] Shane Watson was declared the Man of the Tournament.

2013 spot-fixing case
Main article: 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case

On 16 May 2013, three Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were arrested from Mumbai by Delhi Police along with eleven bookies on charges of spot-fixing in the tournament. The fixing happened in the matches against Pune Warriors on 5 May, Kings XI Punjab on 9 May and Mumbai Indians on 15 May.[48] Later, BCCI suspended the three players.[49]

2014 IPL season

Rajasthan Royals retained five players – Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Stuart Binny – for the seventh season of the IPL. James Faulkner scored 65 runs off the last 17 balls at a strike rate of 382.35 to win the match against RCB.[50] Shane Watson led the side and Rahul Dravid played the role of a mentor.[51][52]

2015 IPL season

In the 2015 IPL, Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs by finishing fourth in the league stage, but lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator, which led to their exit from the tournament.

2018 IPL season

In 2018, the Rajasthan Royals made a comeback to the IPL after two years of suspension. Prior to the 2018 IPL auction, the Royals retained Steve Smith for ₹120 million (US$1.7 million), announcing him as captain for the 2018 season.[53] Following the ball tampering controversy in March 2018, Smith stepped down as Royals captain with Ajinkya Rahane appointed. Smith was subsequently banned from playing in the 2018 IPL season.[54][55][56][57] Following Steve Smith's ban, Heinrich Klaasen was announced as replacement.

On 2 May 2018, in a match against the Delhi Daredevils, Jos Buttler scored the fastest ever 50 for Rajasthan Royals, off just 18 balls. This was also the fifth-fastest in IPL history. However, RR lost the match by four runs after failing to make the revised target of 151 from 12 overs due to rain. Buttler also equaled Virender Sehwag’s record for most consecutive fifties in the IPL, with 5 consecutive fifties.

The Royals managed to secure fourth place in the regular season, with 14 points. However, they crashed out of the playoffs in the eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders, losing by 25 runs in Eden Gardens.

2019 IPL season
Main article: Rajasthan Royals in 2019

Ahead of 2019 IPL Auction, Royals retained 16 players and released 9 players. During the auction, Rajasthan bought 9 players.

Paddy Upton was named the Royals coach ahead of 2019 Indian Premier League. Steve Smith made a comeback to the IPL on 25 March 2019 after he was banned by BCCI to participate in the 2018 season due to Australian ball-tampering controversy. Ajinkya Rahane retained his captaincy at the start of the season, however, on 20 April 2019 Steve Smith replaced Ajinkya Rahane as captain of Rajasthan Royals after a string of poor results.[58]

2020 IPL season
Main article: Rajasthan Royals in 2020

Ahead of 2020 IPL Auction, Royals retained 11 players and released 11 players. Royals have traded Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dhawal Kulkarni to Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians respectively. Royals bought Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia and Ankit Rajpoot via trade from Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab.[59]

Andrew McDonald was named the Royals head coach of 2020 Indian Premier League replacing Paddy Upton. Steve Smith was named to continue as captain of Royals.[60]

The team started off really well in the season by winning their first two matches.[61] However, they could not keep the momentum and succumbed to four consecutive losses after it, and ended their season at the bottom of the points table after winning six out of fourteen matches.[62] Despite Rajasthan ending at the bottom, their bowler Jofra Archer was named the most valuable player of the season.[63]

2021 IPL season

On 20 January 2021, ahead of the auction for the 2021 Indian Premier League, Rajasthan released eight players, including their captain Steve Smith. On the same day, they also announced that Sanju Samson would be the captain for the 2021 season.[64]

Team identity

Team anthem

The team anthem used to be 'Halla Bol'. In the first IPL season, the song was sung by Ila Arun.[65] In the second season, it was sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.[66] Their current anthem, released in 2018, is 'Phir Halla Bol'.

Mascot

The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh.[30]

Players
Main article: List of Rajasthan Royals cricketers

Traditionally, the Rajasthan Royals usually purchase cricketers who are relatively unknown or uncapped, that is, not played for their nation, at cut-throat prices. The Royals are famous for their frugal spending in the IPL auctions, even during the mega-auctions held once in 3 years. They have even bought players who had previously never played first-class cricket such as Dinesh Salunkhe and Pravin Tambe. The team has also purchased leading cricketers at various times in their history like Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Rahul Dravid, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, and Brad Hogg to name a few.

Many of the cricketers who have played for the Royals, having been bought by them as relatively unknown players, have ended up as leading international cricketers partly due to their strong performances in the IPL and backing from the Royals management. In the initial seasons, such players included Taruwar Kohli, who was acquired by the franchise in 2008 under the Under-19 player quota and Yusuf Pathan, the elder brother of the Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan and a relative unknown in cricketing circles unlike his more-celebrated younger brother. Yusuf's brilliant performances in the initial seasons of the IPL earned him a place in the Indian cricket team and he was a member of the Indian squad which won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Even Australian Shane Watson, who has played for the Royals ever since its inception, became a permanent, consistent and leading member of the Australian cricket team soon after his brilliant first season with the Royals in 2008. In the later seasons, these players have included Indian cricketers such as Ajinkya Rahane, wicket-keeper-batsman Sanju Samson, leg-spinner Tambe, whose performances for the Royals earned him a Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai at the age of 42,[67] Stuart Binny and Dhawal Kulkarni, as well as international cricketers like James Faulkner, Steve Smith and Tim Southee. Even off-spinner Ajit Chandila, who played only 2 first-class matches and was also convicted in the spot-fixing scandal, was one of the top bowlers for the Royals during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.[68]

Home ground
Main article: Sawai Mansingh Stadium

The home venue of the Royals is the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The stadium was built during the reign of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. It is situated at one corner of the Rambagh Circle. The stadium seats 30,000 and is one of the best in India, after the 2006 renovation. The Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad hosted the Rajasthan Royals home matches.[69]

The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, is set to host the Royals home games in the 2018 IPL season after Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two years in 2015 and after the stadium was banned to host matches for four years.

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
6Mahipal Lomror (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
18Manan Vohra (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
5Riyan Parag (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001Right-handedRight-arm off break2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
267Yashasvi Jaiswal (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001Left-handedLeft-arm leg break2020₹2.4 crore (US$340,000)
10David Miller (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break2020₹75 lakh (US$105,000)Overseas
All-rounders
55Ben Stokes (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million)Overseas
4Rahul Tewatia (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993Left-handedRight-arm leg break2020₹3 crore (US$420,000)
Wicket-keepers
11Sanju Samson (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium2018₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)Captain
63Jos Buttler (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990Right-handedN/A2018₹4.4 crore (US$617,000)Overseas
N/AAnuj Rawat (1999-10-17) 17 October 1999Left-handedN/A2020₹80 lakh (US$112,000)
Spin Bowlers
37Shreyas Gopal (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
39Mayank Markande (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Pace Bowlers
22Jofra Archer (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast2018₹7.2 crore (US$1.0 million)Overseas
99Jaydev Unadkat (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991Right-handedLeft-arm fast2020₹3 crore (US$420,600.00)
9Kartik Tyagi (2001-11-04) 4 November 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2020₹1.3 crore (US$182,260.00)
68Andrew Tye (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020₹1 crore (US$140,000)Overseas

    [70]

    Administration and support staff

    Seasons
    Year League table standing Final position
    2008 1st out of 8 Champions
    2009 6th out of 8 6th
    2010 7th out of 8 7th
    2011 6th out of 10 6th
    2012 7th out of 9 7th
    2013 3rd out of 9 Playoffs (3rd)
    2014 5th out of 8 5th
    2015 4th out of 8 Playoffs(4th)
    2018 4th out of 8 Playoffs (4th)
    2019 7th out of 8 7th
    2020 8th out of 8 8th

    Kit manufacturers and sponsors
    Year Kit Manufacturers Shirt Sponsor (Front) Shirt Sponsor (Back) Chest Branding
    2008 Reebok Bajaj Allianz Royal Challenge Reebok
    2009 UltraTech Cement HDFC Life 7up
    2010 Puma Moov
    2011 Floriana Supertech
    2012 UltraTech Cement
    2013 Rupa
    2014
    2015 Provogue Lawman Pg3
    2018 TYKA Sports JK Lakshmi Cement Mitsubishi Heavy Industries KEI Wires & Cables
    2019 Alcis Sports Surya LED
    2020 TV9 Bharatvarsh Nine

    Statistics
    See also: List of Rajasthan Royals records
    Summary of results
    YearsMatchesWinsLossesNo ResultSuccess Rate
    2008 16133078.57%
    2009 1467146.15%
    2010 1468042.86%
    2011 1467146.15%
    2012 1679043.75%
    2013 18117062.50%
    2014 1477050.00%
    2015 1576250.00%
    2016 Suspended
    2017 Suspended
    2018 1578050.00%
    2019 1458135.71%
    2020 1468042.85%
    Total 1648178550.64%

    See also

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