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Revision as of 04:58, 14 March 2010
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| League | Indian Premier League |
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| Personnel | |
| Captain |  Shane Warne |
| Coach | Shane Warne[1] |
| Owner | Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra |
| Chief executive |  Sean Morris |
| Team information | |
| Colors | Blue and Gold Template:Cr-IPL/Flags |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Home ground | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India & (for IPL 3 some games co-hosted at) Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India |
| Capacity | 30,000 - 48,000 |
| Official website | Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan Royals is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur that plays in the IPL. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh [2]. The team anthem, 'Halla Bol' is sung by Ila Arun[2]. The promotional video that aired on national networks before and during the first edition of the IPL was directed by Indrajit Nattoji of Blink Pictures. Leicestershire spinner Jeremy Snape signed on with the Rajasthan Royals as their high-performance coach and team psychologist. They became the champions of the inaugural IPL tournament in 2008.
Franchise History
The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group and is Chaired by Manoj Badale. Other investors include Lachlan Murdoch, Aditya S Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million. 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. Bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty and her business partner (now husband) Raj Kundra paid approximately US $15.4 million for a 11.7% stake before the start of IPL 2 in early 2009, therefore valuing the team at $130 million. [3]
It made a pre-tax profit of $7.5 million in 2009. [2]
2008 IPL Season
Prior to the start of the inaugural IPL season, many considered the Royals as possibly the weakest team in the IPL, giving them little chance of competing well in the tournament.[4] Evidence of the latter opinion seemed to be confirmed when the team lost its first match against the Delhi Daredevils in a 9 wicket loss.[5] However the Royals won their next game by defeating the Kings XI Punjab and continued to win the next five games in a row. The Royals built up an impressive 11-3 record after their fourteen premilinary round matches; this included a consecutive 5-game and 6-game winning streak with an undefeated record on their home ground and a spot at the top of the points table. They were also the first team to book a place in the semifinals with their 65 run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Shane Warne's captaincy and simultaneous coaching was praised and well received by everyone,[6][7] including opposition teams.[8] In addition, many players of the Royals team had consistently played well. The Royals secured a place in the finals with a victory against the Delhi Daredevils.
Champions of the Tournament
The Rajasthan Royals became the winners of the first IPL tournament, when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in the final played on 1 June 2008. With the scores level with one ball remaining, Sohail Tanvir scored the winning run and therefore prevented the match from being decided on a bowl out.[9]
Each player and representative on the team was awarded a medal and the team was presented with the DLF Indian Premier League trophy along with a cheque for US$ 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 did not have a good start during the 2009 season. In their opening game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were second last in 2008, the Royals obtained the lowest score in the tournaments history. Rajasthan started to gain momentum slowly with Yusuf Pathan's explosive performances in victories against Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils giving hope to the Royals and their fans. However, inconsistency became a major factor; much was expected of South African captain Graeme Smith who was playing in front of his home crowd and who in last season's scored 441 runs, he together with Swapnil Asnodkar were not able to string together strong consistent performances. The absence of last year's star Sohail Tanvir and Shane Watson were also major factors. Tanvir was not eligible in this season due to political strain between India and Pakistan, and Watson was called up to play for Australia in the series against Pakistan in the UAE. Many also considered the return of Mohammad Kaif back to India a poor decision taken by team as his batting could have contributed to the teams' batting. The Royals failed to make it to the semifinals after losing their last two matches against Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Players
Rajasthan Royals were the least active franchise during the players auction. The team didn't have a designated icon player, which saved a lot of cap space for the franchise. However the franchise was surprisingly low key during the auction, and in the end got penalized by the IPL committee for failing to meet the minimum bidding criteria of $3.3 million.[10] The highest bid by Rajasthan Royals was for the Indian middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif, who came off the board at $675,000. Shane Warne was named the coach and the captain of the side. The Royals were unique during the 2008 season as they were the only side to have an English cricketer in their squad, Hampshire's all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas who only played one match, against the Delhi Daredevils in Jaipur on 11 May, before returning back to England. The Rajasthan Royals also selected Justin Langer and Morne Morkel in the player auction, but both declined to instead play county cricket.[11] [12] In 2009 Season the team has cut down seven Indian players from the previous years squad. They are batsman Mohammad Kaif and other relatively unknowns Dinesh Salunkhe, Paras Dogra, Anup Revandkar, Srideep Mangela, Ashraf Makda and Azhar Malik.[13]
Current squad
Template:Rajasthan Royals Roster
Administration
- Owners – Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra
- CEO – Sean Morris
Fixtures and Results
Overall results
| Wins | Loses | No Result | % Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81% |
| 2009 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 43% |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 1 | 63% |
2008 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 April | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Lost by 9 wickets |
| 2 | 21 April | Kings XI Punjab | Jaipur | Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Shane Watson – 76* (49) |
| 3 | 24 April | Deccan Chargers | Hyderabad | Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Yusuf Pathan – 2/20 (2 overs) and 61 (28) |
| 4 | 26 April | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Shane Watson – 2/20 (4 overs) and 61* (41) |
| 5 | 1 May | Kolkata Knight Riders | Jaipur | Won by 45 runs, MoM – Swapnil Asnodkar – 60 (34) |
| 6 | 4 May | Chennai Super Kings | Jaipur | Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Sohail Tanvir – 6/14 (4 overs) |
| 7 | 7 May | Mumbai Indians | Navi Mumbai | Lost by 7 wickets |
| 8 | 9 May | Deccan Chargers | Jaipur | Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Yusuf Pathan – 68 (37) |
| 9 | 11 May | Delhi Daredevils | Jaipur | Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Shane Watson – 2/21 (4 overs) and 74 (40) |
| 10 | 17 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Jaipur | Won by 65 runs, MoM – Graeme Smith – 75* (49) |
| 11 | 21 May | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Yusuf Pathan – 1/14 (2 overs) and 48* (18) |
| 12 | 24 May | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | Won by 10 runs |
| 13 | 26 May | Mumbai Indians | Jaipur | Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – Sohail Tanvir – 4/14 (4 overs) |
| 14 | 28 May | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Lost by 41 Runs |
| 15 | 30 May | Delhi Daredevils (Semi Final #1) | Mumbai | Won by 105 runs, MoM – Shane Watson – 52 (29) and 3/10 (3 overs) |
| 16 | 1 June | Chennai Super Kings (Final) | Navi Mumbai |
Won by 3 wickets,MoM – Yusuf Pathan – 56 and 3/22 (4 overs), MoS – Shane Watson – 472 runs and 17 wickets, Purple Cap Holder - Sohail Tanvir The Royals won the inaugural DLF IPL T-20 Tournament on 01/06/2008. |
2009 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 April | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Cape Town | Lost by 75 runs |
| 2 | 21 April | Mumbai Indians | Durban | Match called off after intermittent rain |
| 3 | 23 April | Kolkata Knight Riders | Cape Town | Won (In The Superover), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 42 (21), 18* (4) In The Superover |
| 4 | 26 April | Kings XI Punjab | Cape Town | Lost by 27 runs |
| 5 | 28 April | Delhi Daredevils | Pretoria | Won by 5 wickets MoM - Yusuf Pathan 62* (30) |
| 6 | 30 April | Chennai Super Kings | Pretoria | Lost by 38 runs |
| 7 | 2 May | Deccan Chargers | Port Elizabeth | Won by 3 wickets MoM -Yusuf Pathan 24(17),1/19 |
| 8 | 5 May | Kings XI Punjab | Durban | Won by 78 Runs, MoM - Graeme Smith 77(44) |
| 9 | 7 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Pretoria | Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Amit Singh 4/19 |
| 10 | 9 May | Chennai Super Kings | Kimberley | Lost by 7 wickets |
| 11 | 11 May | Deccan Chargers | Kimberley | Lost by 53 runs |
| 12 | 14 May | Mumbai Indians | Durban | Won by 2 Runs, MoM - Shane Warne 3/24(4 overs) |
| 13 | 17 May | Delhi Daredevils | Bloemfontein | Lost by 14 runs |
| 14 | 20 May | Kolkata Knight Riders | Durban | Lost by 4 wickets |
2010 Season
References
- ^ Cricinfo - Kepler Wessels to coach Chennai Super Kings
- ^ a b Rajasthan Royals launch party
- ^ [1]
- ^ "IPL preview". Setana Sports. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Match 3". Cricinfo. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Warne wants to keep winning". Cricinfo. 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "The magic of Shane". Cricinfo. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Not over till the fat laddie leads". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Rajasthan champions after cliffhanger". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Jaipur franchise to be penalised". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Langer says no to IPL". www.abc.net.au. 2008-02-23.
- ^ "Morne will play for Yorkshire". Cricinfo. 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Rajasthan cut Kaif from final squad". www.cricinfo.com. 2009-04-15.
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