| No | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 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 The Royals won the inaugural DLF IPL T-20 Tournament on 01/06/2008. |
Rajasthan Royals
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| Rajasthan Royals | |||
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| Coach: |  Shane Warne[1] |
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| Captain: | Shane Warne |
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| Colors: | Blue and Gold  |
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| Founded: | 2008 | ||
| Home Ground: | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India | ||
| Capacity: | 50,000 | ||
| Owner: | Emerging Media | ||
| CEO: |  Fraser Castellino |
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| Official Website: | Rajasthan Royals | ||
Rajasthan Royals is a franchise team that represents the state of Rajasthan in the IPL. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. There is no Icon Player and brand ambassador 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 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. They became the champions of the inaugural IPL tournament.
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[edit] Franchise History
The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group under Lachlan Murdoch. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million. Incidentally, this was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament.
[edit] 2008 IPL Season
Prior to the start of the inaugural IPL season, many considered the Royals as possibly the weakest team in the IPL, giving them little chance of competing well in the tournament.[3] It was thought that the team lacked star power and impact players[citation needed]. Evidence of the latter opinion seemed to be confirmed when the team lost its first match against the Delhi Daredevils in a 9 wicket loss.[4] However the Royals won their next game by defeating the Kings XI Punjab and continued to win the next five games in a row. The Royals built up an impressive 11-3 record after their fourteen premilinary round matches; this included a consecutive 5-game and 6-game winning streak with an undefeated record on their home ground and a spot at the top of the points table. They were also the first team to book a place in the semifinals with their 65 run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Shane Warne's captaincy and simultaneous coaching was praised and well received by everyone,[5][6] including opposition teams.[7] In addition, many players of the Royals team have consistently played well. The Royals secured a place in the finals with a victory against the Delhi Daredevils.
[edit] Champions of the Tournament
The Rajasthan Royals became the winners of the first IPL tournament, when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in the final played on 1 June 2008. With the scores level with one ball remaining, Sohail Tanvir scored the winning run and therefore prevented the match from being decided on a bowl out.[8]
Each player and representative on the team was awarded a medal and the team was presented with the DLF Indian Premier League trophy along with a cheque for US$ 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 Tournament's leading wicket taker) and Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was declared the Man of the Series.
[edit] 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[9][10]. 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.[11] Security specialists Nicholas Steyn and Associates were also called in from South Africa to supervise the security arrangments.
[edit] 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.[12] The highest bid by Rajasthan Royals was for the Indian middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif, who came off the board at $675,000. Shane Warne was named the coach and the captain of the side. The Royals are unique as they are the only side to have an English cricketer in their squad, Hampshire's all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas who co-incidentally only played one match, that against the Delhi Daredevils in Jaipur on 11th May before returning back to England. The Rajasthan Royals also selected Justin Langer and Morne Morkel in the player auction, but both declined to instead play county cricket.[13] [14]
[edit] Current Squad
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 15 | Graeme Smith | 27 |  South Africa |
Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | US$ 475,000 |
| 11 | Mohammad Kaif | 27 |  India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | US$ 675,000 |
| Younis Khan | 31 |  Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 225,000 | |
| 54 | Anoop Revandkar | 21 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Under 22 Player |
| 46 | Taruwar Kohli | 19 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | India Under-19 Team |
| Niraj Patel | 26 | India |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Gujarat - Ranji Trophy Player | |
| Justin Langer | 37 | Australia |
Left-handed | Right-arm medium | US$ 200,000 | |
| Darren Lehmann | 37 | Australia |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | ||
| Aditya Angle | 24 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Goa - Ranji Trophy Player |
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 24 | Kamran Akmal | 26 | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | US$ 150,000 |
| 05 | Mahesh Rawat | 21 | India |
Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | Haryana Ranji Trophy Player |
| 28 | Yusuf Pathan | 25 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 475,000 |
| 32 | Dimitri Mascarenhas | 30 | England |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | US$ 100,000 |
| 33 | Shane Watson | 27 | Australia |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | US$ 125,000 |
| 08 | Sohail Tanvir | 23 | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | US$ 100,000 |
| 12 | Ravindra Jadeja | 19 | India |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | India Under-19 Team |
| 07 | Siddharth Trivedi | 26 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Gujarat - Ranji Trophy Player |
| 29 | Swapnil Asnodkar | 24 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Goa - Ranji Trophy Player |
| Sumit Khatri | 18 | India |
Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | Rajasthan - Ranji Trophy Player | |
| 25 | Dinesh Salunkhe | 28 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 23 | Shane Warne (Captain) | 38 | Australia |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 450,000 |
| 03 | Munaf Patel | 24 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | US$ 275,000 |
| 01 | Pankaj Singh | 22 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Rajasthan - Ranji Trophy Player |
| Morne Morkel | 23 | South Africa |
Left-handed | Right-arm fast | US$ 60,000 |
[edit] Staff
Administration:
- Owner(s) – Emerging Media, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram
- CEO – Fraser Castellino
- President – TBA
Coaches:
- Head Coach – Shane Warne
- High Performance Coach and Psychologist – Jeremy Snape[15]
- Physiotherapist – John Gloster
- Assistant Coach – Harish Joshi
- Performance Analyst – Mohsin Sheikh
- Director Of Coaching – Darren Berry
[edit] Fixtures and Results
Rajasthan Royals 2008 Season
[edit] External links
- Official Rajasthan Royals Site
- Royals Section @ the Official IPL Site
- Royals Anthem & Promo Video, Halla Bol!
- Royals & BITS-Pilani International Fan Base
- Made for each other winning partnership BITSAA International Inc Rajasthan Royals
- BITSAA International Bond with the Best Rajasthan Royals Beats the Rest
- BITSAA International Celebrations Galore Rajasthan Royals IPL Victory
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo - Kepler Wessels to coach Chennai Super Kings
- ^ a b Rajasthan Royals launch party
- ^ IPL preview. Setana Sports (2008-04-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ Match 3. Cricinfo (2008-04-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ Warne wants to keep winning. Cricinfo (2008-05-04). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ The magic of Shane. Cricinfo (2008-05-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ Not over till the fat laddie leads. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ Rajasthan champions after cliffhanger. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ It took some efforts to persuade players to stay: Fraser. Times of India (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ Rajasthan stars consider going home after bomb blasts. Cricinfo (2008-0515). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ Rajasthan players to stay on in India. Cricinfo (2008-05-15). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Snape joins IPL in coaching role. Cricinfo (2008-04-08).
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