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Rajasthan Royals
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Personnel
CaptainShane Warne
CoachShane Warne[1]
OwnerEmerging Media
Chief executiveFraser Castellino
Team information
ColorsBlue and Gold Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Founded2008
Home groundSawai Mansingh Stadium
Capacity50,000
Official websiteRajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is a franchise team that represents the state of Rajasthan in the IPL, and the winners of the first IPL tournament, played on June 1, 2008. After winning the tournament,the team players and representatives were awarded with medals. With Rajasthan Royal and Australian Shane Watson taking out Man of The Series. The team won the DLF Indian Premier League trophy,and a cheque of Rs.4.8 crores respectively. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. They are the champions of the inaugral IPL tournament. They won the final in a thrilling match by 3 wickets against Chennai Super Kings with the match being tied with 1 ball remaining and fittingly the winning run came from the blade of Sohail Tanveer. There is no Icon Player for the team and it is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and coach. The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh [2]. The team anthem, 'Halla Bol' is been sung by Ila Arun[2]. The video 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.

Franchise History

The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group under Lachlan Murdoch. 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.

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.[3] It was thought that the team lacked star power and impact players[citation needed]. 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.[4] However the Royals won their next game by defeating the Kings XI Punjab and continued their winning ways, building up an impressive 11-3 record after their 14 premilinary round matches. Their record included consecutive 5-game and 6-game winning streaks and an undefeated record on their home ground. They also finished at the top of the points table and 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 many analysts[5][6], including opposition teams.[7]

The Royals continued their winning ways in the semi-finals by securing a place in the finals with an overwhelming victory against the Delhi Daredevils and reinstated the fact that they are the best by winning the inaugral IPL by beating Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in a rivetting IPL Final.

Jaipur bombings

As a result of the bombings in Jaipur, their match on 17 May 2008 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore came under threat of being moved to Bangalore or even being cancelled. However, the match went on as planned at the home stadium in Jaipur.

There were reports that foreign players in the team felt unsafe and threatened to leave the team, as a result of the bombings. Through the efforts of team CEO Fraser Castellino however, players were convinced to stay[8][9]. Later, South African captain and team opener Graeme Smith wrote in a newpaper column that

"Though they (foreign players) felt unsafe, they never threatened to leave the team in middle of the tournament."

The match went on as planned with increased security arrangements.[10] Security specialists Nicholas Steyn and Associates were also called in from South Africa to supervise the security arrangments.

IPL Winners

The Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Kings on June 1, 2008 at the Mumbai finals of IPL 2008 season to become the first winners of the IPL championship. The winners were awarded US$ 1.2 million in prize money.

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.[11] 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 are unique as they are the only side to have an English cricketer in their squad, Hampshire's all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas who co-incidentally only played one match, that against the Delhi Daredevils in Jaipur on 11th 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.[12] [13]

Current Squad

Batsmen

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
15 Graeme Smith 27 South Africa South Africa Left-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 475,000
11 Mohammad Kaif 27 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 675,000
Younis Khan 31 Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 225,000
Anoop Revandkar 21 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Under 22 Player
46 Taruwar Kohli 19 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium India Under-19 Team
Niraj Patel 26 India India Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Gujarat - Ranji Trophy Player
Justin Langer 37 Australia Australia Left-handed Right-arm medium US$ 200,000
Darren Lehmann 37 Australia Australia Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Aditya Angle 24 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Goa - Ranji Trophy Player

Wicket-Keepers / All-rounders

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
24 Kamran Akmal 26 Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Wicket-keeper US$ 150,000
05 Mahesh Rawat 21 India India Right-handed Wicket-keeper Haryana - Ranji Trophy Player
28 Yusuf Pathan 25 India India Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 475,000
32 Dimitri Mascarenhas 30 England England Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 100,000
33 Shane Watson 27 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 125,000
08 Sohail Tanvir 23 Pakistan Pakistan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast US$ 100,000
12 Ravindra Jadeja 19 India India Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin India Under-19 Team
07 Siddharth Trivedi 26 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium Gujarat - Ranji Trophy Player
29 Swapnil Asnodkar 24 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Goa - Ranji Trophy Player
Sumit Khatri 18 India India Left-handed Right-arm off-break Rajasthan - Ranji Trophy Player
25 Dinesh Salunkhe 28 India India Right-handed Right-arm leg-break

Bowlers

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
23 Shane Warne (Captain) 38 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 450,000
03 Munaf Patel 24 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 275,000
01 Pankaj Singh 22 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Rajasthan - Ranji Trophy Player
Morne Morkel 23 South Africa South Africa Left-handed Right-arm fast US$ 60,000

Staff

Administration:

Coaches:

Fixtures and Results

Rajasthan Royals 2008 Season Template:WebSlice-begin{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=5%|No ! width=10%|Date ! width=20%|Opponent ! width=10%|Venue ! width=40%|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 – 476 and 11 wickets

Royals won the inaugural DLF IPL T-20 Tournament on 01/06/2008. |- |}Template:WebSlice-end

References

  1. ^ Cricinfo - Kepler Wessels to coach Chennai Super Kings
  2. ^ a b Rajasthan Royals launch party
  3. ^ "IPL preview". Setana Sports. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. ^ "Match 3". Cricinfo. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  5. ^ "Warne wants to keep winning". Cricinfo. 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  6. ^ "The magic of Shane". Cricinfo. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  7. ^ "Not over till the fat laddie leads". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  8. ^ "It took some efforts to persuade players to stay: Fraser". Times of India. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  9. ^ "Rajasthan stars consider going home after bomb blasts". Cricinfo. 2008-0515. Retrieved 2008-05-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Rajasthan players to stay on in India". Cricinfo. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  11. ^ "Jaipur franchise to be penalised". Cricinfo.
  12. ^ "Langer says no to IPL". www.abc.net.au. 2008-02-23.
  13. ^ "Morne will play for Yorkshire". Cricinfo. 2008-03-14.
  14. ^ "Snape joins IPL in coaching role". Cricinfo. 2008-04-08.
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