Rajasthan Royals

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.

Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers

Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers

Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 17 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR

GC Smith not out 75 49 8 2 153.06

SA Asnodkar c Misbah-ul-Haq b Kumble 50 44 7 1 113.63

SR Watson not out 46 28 6 0 164.28

Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 18, nb 1) 26

Total (1 wicket; 20 overs) 197 (9.85 runs per over)

Did not bat YK Pathan, M Kaif, RA Jadeja, captainSK Warne, Sohail Tanvir, wicketkeeperM Rawat, SK Trivedi, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-109 (Asnodkar, 12.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

Z Khan 4 0 46 0 11.50 (1w)

P Kumar 4 0 28 0 7.00 (2w)

JH Kallis 4 0 39 0 9.75 (1w)

Abdur Razzak 2 0 29 0 14.50 (1nb, 1w)

A Kumble 4 0 32 1 8.00

V Kohli 2 0 16 0 8.00 (1w)

Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (target: 198 runs from 20 overs)

R B 4s 6s SR

J Arunkumar c Trivedi b Sohail Tanvir 0 3 0 0 0.00

V Kohli b Sohail Tanvir 3 7 0 0 42.85

Misbah-ul-Haq c sub (T Kohli) b Patel 0 1 0 0 0.00

JH Kallis not out 12 19 2 0 63.15

CL White not out 8 12 1 0 66.66

Extras (w 4) 4

Total (3 wickets; 7 overs) 27 (3.85 runs per over)

To bat captainR Dravid, P Kumar, Z Khan, A Kumble, wicketkeeperDT Patil, Abdur Razzak

Fall of wickets1-0 (Arunkumar, 0.3 ov), 2-2 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 1.2 ov), 3-5 (Kohli, 2.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

Sohail Tanvir 3 0 6 2 2.00 (3w)

MM Patel 3 0 17 1 5.66

SR Watson 1 0 4 0 4.00 (1w)

Toss Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to field first

Player of the match tba

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SL Shastri

TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia)

Match referee Talat Ali (Pakistan)

Reserve umpire MSS Ranawat

Match notes

* Rajasthan Royals innings

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (38 balls), Extras 8

* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (GC Smith 13, SA Asnodkar 29, Ex 8)

* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 19

* 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (GC Smith 37, SA Asnodkar 44, Ex 19)

* SA Asnodkar: 50 off 42 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)

* GC Smith: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)

* Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 24

* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (GC Smith 18, SR Watson 29, Ex 5)

* Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 197/1 in 20.0 overs (GC Smith 75, SR Watson 46)

Rajasthan Royals confident against Royal Challengers and they show that in the match

Rajasthan Royals confident against Royal Challengers and they show that in the match.

Legend V/S Legend

Rajasthan Royals V/s Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bangalore's match in Jaipur to go ahead as Scheduled

Tuesday’s bomb blasts have thrown the IPL topper Rajasthan Royals’ preparations into disarray. Shane Warne’s team was scheduled to assemble here on Thursday for training and a net session after a long break for its sixth home match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Lost time

Warne has gone out of the way to pass on valuable tips, reaching out to the others in the squad, boosting their morale, never forgetting to stress on team unity and playing smart and clever cricket.

He has, perhaps, stayed in touch with the players over the break but has lost time to mentally prepare the team for Saturday’s clash with Dravid’s struggling team.

Without doubt, the two teams would be anxious when they take the field on Friday.

Fortunately, the IPL authorities, Chairman and Commissioner, Lalit Modi and the Rajasthan government have been able to bring the players around and reassure them.

Nicholls Steyn & Associates, the South African security adviser to the IPL, will oversee the security cover for the players and officials at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Furthermore, the State Chief Minister Vasundra Raje and the Home Secretary Mr. V.S. Singh are taking personal interest in the safe and smooth conduct of the match.

Home game

Royals has one more home match against Mumbai Indians on May 26 and away matches against Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab.

It has virtually sealed a place in the semifinals though with seven victories.

Pakistan’s Younis Khan is expected to join the Rajasthan Royals' team on Friday as a replacement for Dimitri Mascarenhas.

On the other hand, nothing has gone right for the Challengers and the time has come for the Bangalore team to win matches.

Net session

The Bangalore team arrived here on Friday and had a net session in the evening.

The players and officials will wear black bands and all peripheral entertainment has been withdrawn for the match.

The teams (from):

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (captain), Graeme Smith, Yusuf Pathan, Swapnil Asnodkar, Mohammad Kaif, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Munaf Patel, Siddharth Trivedi, Ravindra Jadeja, Niraj Patel, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Taurwar Kohli, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pankaj Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rahul Dravid (captain), J. Arun Kumar, Virat Kohli, Misbah-ul-Haq, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, R. Vinay Kumar, Sunil Joshi, Anil Kumble, Bharat Chipli, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Cameron White, Devraj Patil.

Rajasthan Royals 2008 Season

Fixtures and Results

Rajasthan Royals 2008 Season

Rajasthan Royals IPL Fixtures

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	Bangalore Royal Challengers	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	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)
11	17 May	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Jaipur	Pending
12	21 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Pending
13	24 May	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
14	26 May	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur	Pending
10	28 May	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Pending

Rajasthan Royals move at the top of IPL

Rajasthan Royals Rulz

Rajasthan Royals treated as worst and now they are on top of the league. Rajasthan Royals are on top of season and they maintain the pride of the state's heritage and value. Shane Warne prove himself and the team will prove itself as a winner of this league in the comming week.

Sohail Tanvir recorded the best 20-20 bowling figures yet when he took six for 14 as Rajasthan Royals moved two points clear at the top of table with an eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai made just 109, leaving the Rajasthan Royals to win their fifth consecutive game. Mumbai Indians - bottom with just one win - beat Delhi Daredevils by 29 runs. Shaun Pollock hit 33 off 15 balls and took two wickets.

Rajasthan Royals and Other Teams Latest Points Tally
Team	Match	Won	Loss	Tie	Point	R/R
Rajasthan Royals	6	5	1	0	10	0.87
Delhi Daredevils	6	4	2	0	8	0.76
Kings XI Punjab	6	4	2	0	8	0.38
Chennai Super Kings	6	4	2	0	8	0.18
Kolkata Knight Riders	6	2	4	0	4	0.12
Mumbai Indians	6	2	4	0	4	-0.89
Bangalore Royal Challengers	6	2	4	0	4	-1.2
Deccan Chargers	6	1	5	0	2	-0.1

Rajasthan Royals Score Card - Rajasthan Royals V/S Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals V/S Chennai Super Kings

Venue	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss	Chennai Super Kings (Elected to bat)
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Batsmen	Rajasthan Royals(110/2 in 14.2 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Graeme Smith	batting	35	44	4	0	79.55
Swapnil Asnodkar	c M Ntini & b V Sivaramakrishnan	32	30	5	0	106.67
Yusuf Pathan	c S Raina & b M Muralitharan	8	5	0	1	160
Shane Watson	batting	14	8	1	1	175
Mohammad Kaif	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ravindra Jadeja	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne(c)	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sohail Tanvir	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mahesh Rawat(wk)	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Siddharth Trivedi	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Munaf Patel	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b - 0, lb - 6, w - 14, nb - 1	21

Total (110 for 2 in 14.2 overs)

110

Run Rate: 7.68

Fall Of Wickets

1/78 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 10.1 ov.), 2/92 (Yusuf Pathan, 11.6 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Makhaya Ntini	3	1	17	0	0	0	5.67
Manpreet Gony	3	0	25	0	0	0	8.33
Albie Morkel	1	0	10	0	1	3	10
Muttiah Muralitharan	4	0	20	1	0	2	5
Suresh Raina	1.2	0	10	0	0	0	7.52
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	2	0	22	1	0	1	11

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Batsmen	Chennai Super Kings(109/10 in 19 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Parthiv Patel	lbw S Tanvir	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Fleming	lbw S Tanvir	0	2	0	0	0
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	c S Warne & b S Tanvir	5	10	1	0	50
Suresh Raina	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	27	27	2	0	100
Subramaniam Badrinath	c & b S Watson	15	14	3	0	107.14
Mahendra Singh Dhoni(c)	c G Smith & b S Warne	1	7	0	0	14.29
Albie Morkel	b S Tanvir	42	33	4	1	127.27
Joginder Sharma	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	0	1	0	0	0
Manpreet Gony	batting	1	4	0	0	25
Muttiah Muralitharan	b S Tanvir	0	3	0	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	b S Tanvir	11	12	2	0	91.67
Extras	b - 4, lb - 1, w - 2, nb - 0	7

Total (109 for 10 in 19 overs)

109

Run Rate: 5.74

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.1 ov.), 2/1 (Stephen Fleming, 0.5 ov.), 3/11 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 2.5 ov.), 4/38 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 5.5 ov.), 5/44 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7.5 ov.), 6/88 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov.), 7/91 (Joginder Sharma, 14.5 ov.), 8/96 (Albie Morkel, 16.1 ov.), 9/96 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 16.4 ov.), 10/109 (Makhaya Ntini, 18.6 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Sohail Tanvir	4	0	14	6	0	0	3.5
Shane Watson	4	0	19	1	0	2	4.75
Munaf Patel	4	0	16	2	0	0	4
Siddharth Trivedi	2	0	17	0	0	0	8.5
Shane Warne(c)	3	0	29	1	0	0	9.67
Yusuf Pathan	2	0	9	0	0	0	4.5

Umpires	Asad Rauf (Pak) & AV Jayaprakash (Ind)
Third Umpire	Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Referee	Farokh Engineer (Ind)

Rajasthan Royals V/S Chennai Super Kings - Few lines

Nort and South Shut you mouth
East or west Rajasthan Royals is the Best

Rajasthan Royals Score Card

Rajasthan Royals Score Card

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings

Indian Premier League (India)


Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, T20

Venue Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur


Toss Chennai Super Kings (Elected to bat)

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Batsmen	Chennai Super Kings(109/10 in 19 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Parthiv Patel	lbw S Tanvir	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Fleming	lbw S Tanvir	0	2	0	0	0
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	c S Warne & b S Tanvir	5	10	1	0	50
Suresh Raina	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	27	27	2	0	100
Subramaniam Badrinath	c & b S Watson	15	14	3	0	107.14
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	c G Smith & b S Warne	1	7	0	0	14.29
Albie Morkel	b S Tanvir	42	33	4	1	127.27
Joginder Sharma	c S Tanvir & b M Patel	0	1	0	0	0
Manpreet Gony	batting	1	4	0	0	25
Muttiah Muralitharan	b S Tanvir	0	3	0	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	b S Tanvir	11	12	2	0	91.67
Extras	b - 4, lb - 1, w - 2, nb - 0	7

Total (109 for 10 in 19 overs)

109

Run Rate: 5.74

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.1 ov.), 2/1 (Stephen Fleming, 0.5 ov.), 3/11 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 2.5 ov.), 4/38 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 5.5 ov.), 5/44 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7.5 ov.), 6/88 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov.), 7/91 (Joginder Sharma, 14.5 ov.), 8/96 (Albie Morkel, 16.1 ov.), 9/96 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 16.4 ov.), 10/109 (Makhaya Ntini, 18.6 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Sohail Tanvir	4	0	14	6	0	0	3.5
Shane Watson	4	0	19	1	0	2	4.75
Munaf Patel	4	0	16	2	0	0	4
Siddharth Trivedi	2	0	17	0	0	0	8.5
Shane Warne(c)	3	0	29	1	0	0	9.67
Yusuf Pathan	2	0	9	0	0	0	4.5

Umpires	Asad Rauf (Pak) & AV Jayaprakash (Ind)
Third Umpire	Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Referee	Farokh Engineer (Ind)

Rajasthan Royals Rulz - Chennai Super Kings all out for 109

Chennai Super Kings all out for 109

Rajasthan Royals confident against depleted Chennai Superkings

Rajasthan Royals confident against Chennai Superkings

Chennai Super Kings have lost their aura of invincibility, a buoyant Shane Warne and his Rajasthan Royals teammates are optimistic of pulling off their fifth straight win when they host the MS Dhoni-led side in the Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.Chennai side looked invulnerable till Friday night when Delhi Daredevils duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir tore them apart, much to the delight of the Rajasthan Royals.

Since their first match defeat against the Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals' graph has shot upwards and fresh from their win against Kolkata Knight Riders, Warne's men are ready to come hard on the depleted Chennai side.

"We don't want to be the fourth team in the semifinal. We are looking for fifth win and one more will place us comfortable. Then we would like to carry on for as many more wins as possible. Our aim is to remain at the top," said Darren Berry, coaching director of the Rajasthan Royals.

The hosts have the resources and strategy to realise their dreams and their strategy of surprising the opponents has paid rich dividends too. Asking Swapnil Asnodker to open the innings against Kolkata Knight Riders was such a ploy that paid off well.

"Rajasthan Royals Rulz"

Rajasthan Royals v/s Chennai Super Kings

Big Match Coming Up Rajasthan Royals v/s Chennai Super Kings

Yah Big Match it is really a big match Dhoni v/s Warne. Hope Rajathan Royals Wins :-)

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Date/Time (IST)	Opponent	Venue	Result
19/04/2008, 20:30	Delhi DareDevils	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
21/04/2008, 20:00 (H)	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
24/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
26/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
01/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 45 Runs
04/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
07/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai
09/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
11/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Delhi DareDevils	Jaipur
17/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
20/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata
24/05/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
26/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
28/05/2008, 20.00	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali

Rajasthan Royals - Four-in-a-row

Rajasthan Royals RULZ

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Jaipur: Till David Hussey and Sourav Ganguly were at the crease, win looked a possibility for the Kolkata Knight Riders, a distant one, but a chance all the same. Ganguly’s dismissal changed all that, as the rest of the six batsmen collapsed for less than 30 runs, as KKR collapsed to 151 chasing Rajasthan Royal’s 196.

Earlier, under very hot conditions, Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bat first. Unknown face Asnodkar hit a majestic 60, and Yusuf Pathan continued his form with a hard hitting 55 off 33, to take the RR team to 196 in 20 overs. Umar Gul did pick up 3 wickets in his four overs, but the rest of the bowlers - bar Ishant Sharma - did not rise to the occasion and allowed the batsmen to get on top.

With this loss, Kolkata Knight Riders have only two wins from five matches, where as RR are at eight points in 5.

Fearless hitting

Meawhile, Asnodkar, with a reputation for fearless hitting on the Indian domestic circuit, began with a top-edged four off Dinda. It was the beginning of a remarkable and exhilarating 53-minute IPL debut for Asnodkar.

He smashed Sharma straight down the ground, pulled Ajit Agarkar’s first ball for a six and proceeded to show what a short man like him can do to a ball. Asnodkar hammered ten fours and one six, a back foot stroke through point off Agarkar being the highpoint.

Giving him able company was Yusuf Pathan. Their manner of batting was almost the same, their ideas and execution free and airy. There was no grappling with theory. Asnodkar’s footwork was quick enough to lift the ball over the inner ring.

In between, Mohammad Kaif played a cameo that sustained pressure on the fielding side.

The scores: Rajasthan Royals: G. Smith b Ishant 2, S. Asnodkar c Hussey b Gul 60, M. Kaif c & b Agarkar 21, Yusuf Pathan b Gul 55, S. Watson lbw b Gul 0, R. Jadeja b Shukla 33, S. Warne (run out) 7, S. Tanvir (not out) 3, M. Rawat (not out) 1; Extras: (b-1, lb-6, nb-4, w-3) 14; Total: (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) 196.

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-53, 3-106,4-111,5-168,6-190, 7-192.

Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Dinda 4-0-30-0, Ishant 4-0-26-1, Agarkar 4-0-46-1, Gul 4-0-31-3, Hussey 2-0-26-0, Ganguly 1-0-14-0, Shukla 1-0-16-1.

Kolkata Knight Riders: S. Butt b Tanvir 7, S. Ganguly c Kaif b Warne 51, A. Agarkar c Rawat b Watson 20, B. Hodge (run out) 1, D. Hussey b Trivedi 42, L.R. Shukla (run out) 2, D. Das c Watson b Tanvir 11, W. Saha b Trivedi 1, U. Gul (run out) 2, Ishant (not out) 1, A. Dinda c sub b Watson 1; Extras: (b-3, lb-2, w-7) 12; Total: (in 19.1 overs) 151.

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-44, 3-51, 4-119, 5-121, 6-143, 7-145, 8-147, 9-151.

Rajasthan Royals bowling: Watson 3.1-0-22-2, Tanvir 4-0-30-2, Trivedi 4-0-31-2, Patel 4-0-29-0, Warne 2-0-20-1, Yusuf 2-0-14-0.

Rajasthan Royals - IPL Schedules with other teams also.

IPL Schedules

Date/Time (IST)	Match	Venue	Results
April-08
18/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders	Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs
19/04/2008, 17:00	Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings	Mohali	Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs
19/04/2008, 20:30	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
20/04/2008, 16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
20/04/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets
21/04/2008, 20:00	Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
22/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	Hyderabad	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
23/04/2008, 20:00	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	Chennai	Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs
24/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
25/04/2008, 20:00	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Kings XI Punjab won by 66 Runs
26/04/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets
26/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals	Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
27/04/2008, 16:00	Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils	Mohali	Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets
27/04/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers	Mumbai	Deccan Chargers won by 10 wickets
28/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings	Bangalore	Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs
29/04/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets
30/04/2008, 20:00	Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi
May-08
01/05/2008, 16:00	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur
01/05/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad
02/05/2008, 20:00	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils	Chennai
03/05/2008, 16:00	Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore
03/05/2008, 20:00	Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali
04/05/2008, 16:00	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai
04/05/2008, 20:00	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
05/05/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore
06/05/2008, 20:00	Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers	Chennai
07/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai
08/05/2008, 16:00	Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings	Delhi
08/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata
09/05/2008, 20:00	Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
10/05/2008, 20:00	Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab	Chennai
11/05/2008, 16:00	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad
11/05/2008, 20:00	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils	Jaipur
12/05/2008, 20:00	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali
13/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata
14/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai
15/05/2008, 20:00	Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers	Delhi
16/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai
17/05/2008, 16:00	Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
17/05/2008, 20:00	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	Delhi
18/05/2008, 16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata
18/05/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	Hyderabad
19/05/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils	Bangalore
20/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata
21/05/2008, 16:00	Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai
21/05/2008, 20:00	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai
22/05/2008, 20:00	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi
23/05/2008, 20:00	Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers	Mohali
24/05/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	Chennai
24/05/2008, 20:00	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	Delhi
25/05/2008, 16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad
25/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata
26/05/2008, 20:00	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
27/05/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings	Hyderabad
28/05/2008, 16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians	Bangalore
28/05/2008, 20:00	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	Mohali
30/05/2008	1st Semi Final	Mumbai
31/05/2008	2nd Semi Final	Mumbai
01/06/2008	Finals	Mumbai

Rajasthan Royals - Win toss, bat first is Warne’s plan

Win toss, bat first is Warne’s plan G. Viswanath — Photo: Sandeep Saxena

SITTING PRETTY: With three consecutive wins, the Rajasthan Royals has every reason to be ecstatic.

Jaipur: It’s an old story now that Rajasthan Royals went down without putting up a fight against Delhi Daredevils in their opening game in the DLF-IPL Twenty20 championship. Since then the Jaipur-based team has gone the extra mile and defeated Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad, and Royal Challengers, Bangalore.

With Rajasthan Royals scheduled to take on Kolkata Knight Riders next at home on Thursday, its skipper and coach Shane Warne underscored the contributions made by Graeme Smith, Shane Watson and a few Indian players in the last 10 days.

Ahead of the pack

Warne said that his team was ahead of the pack on the tactical aspect and that the other teams were copying it now.

Warne revealed in advance that he would bat first should he win the toss. “They played on Tuesday night in Kolkata, are travelling the whole day on Wednesday and the match starts at 4 p.m. on Thursday when it would be boiling hot.

“It’s better to bat first and keep them on the field for ninety minutes. They have lost two on the trot and that must be hurting them. Now they are going to play on our turf. They are going to have new players, which again is going to be hard for them. But they (Brad Hodge and Salman Butt) can also be dangerous.

“We think we have got all bases covered. It’s all about doing the basics better than the opposition, sticking to plans and executing them very well.

“We are always coming up with new stuff. I don’t look at the odds. As a coaching group we are trying to get the best out of each player. I have been encouraging the players to be aggressive; attack, attack and attack is the slogan of our group.”

After the final practice session at the Future Cricket Academy, Warne repeated that Twenty20 could be anybody’s game. “There’s no set way. But we thought the best way to win games was to bowl first against Kings XI, Chargers and Challengers because we thought their bowling was not strong and that we could chase anything. It worked. We are having a meeting on Thursday and we have a spirited group to put up another good performance against Kolkata.”

The teams (from): Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (captain), Graeme Smith, Kamran Akmal, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Salunkhe, Munaf Patel, Siddharth Trivedi, Niraj Patel, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sohail Tanvir, Taruwar Kohli, Pankaj Singh, Mahesh Rawat.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Salman Butt, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Debabrata Das and Umar Gul.

Rajasthan Royals

Mascarenhas arrival bolsters Rajasthan Royals

Jaipur (PTI): A buoyant Rajasthan Royals team, already with its tail up after three consecutive victories in the high-profile Twenty20 Indian Premier League, is further bolstered by England all rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas' arrival hereon Monday to join the squad.

An official close to the Rajasthan Royals team said while Mascaranhas reached Jaipur the Australian southpaw Darren Lehmann will be flying back to his country.

"Dimitri reached Jaipur on Monday and Darren Lehmann, who was brought in for two games, is flying back to Australia. Lehmann was drafted into the team for Graeme Smith, who was not available for first two games but since then he has been instrumental in Rajasthan Royals success story."

"The promising all rounder's presence will give us more options. He is rated very highly by former skipper Shane Warne who has played with him during his tenure as coach and captain with English county Hampshire. Dimitri enjoys Warne's confidence and can fill in as bowler and batsmen," he official said.

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Date/Time (IST)	Opponent	Venue	Result
19/04/2008, 20:30	Delhi DareDevils	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
21/04/2008, 20:00 (H)	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
24/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
26/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
01/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur
04/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
07/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai
09/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
11/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Delhi DareDevils	Jaipur
17/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
20/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata
24/05/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
26/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
28/05/2008, 20.00	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali

Rajasthan Royals

We Don't use Computers, we use our Brains

Nine days and 12 matches into the inaugural Indian Premier League, only one captain among the eight has risen above the team by obliterating the individual performances of his teammates and attaining a position bigger than the team itself.

It is Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals. Officially, he is the only captain without an icon status in the league, but for the youngsters in the squad, he is truly an icon par excellence.

The dynamic Aussie, captain-cum-coach of the team, has skillfully marshalled his troops by blending his cricketing skills and leadership qualities to perfection.

And the results are there to see as Rajasthan Royals have shed their underdog tag and emerged as frontrunners in the initial stage with three wins on the trot. After a thoroughly professional display against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday night, skipper/coach Warne disclosed the secret of his team’s success. “In T20 competition, we try to do different plans every game depending on the wickets,” said Warne. “We don’t use computers. We use our brains,” said Warne, whose ambitions of being a full-time captain for Australia had gone up in smoke mainly due to off-field reasons.

Rajasthan Royals have chased down the opponent’s target in all the three victories and the captain feels that for a young side it is better to bowl first, of course with due respect to the nature of the wickets provided for each game. “When you chase, you know what to do exactly and can plan accordingly. The other day, we chased a huge total like 215 (against Deccan Chargers) and tonight, (Graeme) Smith and (Shane) Watson got the job done for us chasing a small total,’’ said the affable cricketer who has contributed either with the ball or bat in all the victories.

In bowling, Warne believes that T20 is all about ‘mixing the pace up’. “You have to change the angle, change the pace. You’ve to bowl full, length, everything. “There are days when you do go wrong but other days it is going to come off,’’ stated the champion leggie, who emulated his compatriot Glenn McGrath to bowl only the second maiden over so far in the league.

Source: The Times of India, Mumbai, 28th April 2008

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Date/Time (IST)	Opponent	Venue	Result
19/04/2008, 20:30	Delhi DareDevils	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
21/04/2008, 20:00 (H)	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
24/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
26/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore
01/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur
04/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
07/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai
09/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
11/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Delhi DareDevils	Jaipur
17/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
20/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata
24/05/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
26/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
28/05/2008, 20.00	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Rajasthan Royals' Schedule

Date/Time (IST)	Opponent	Venue	Result
19/04/2008, 20:30	Delhi DareDevils	Delhi	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
21/04/2008, 20:00 (H)	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
24/04/2008, 20:00	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad
26/04/2008, 20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore
01/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur
04/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
07/05/2008, 20:00	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai
09/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
11/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Delhi DareDevils	Jaipur
17/05/2008, 16:00 (H)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
20/05/2008, 20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata
24/05/2008, 16:00	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
26/05/2008, 20:00 (H)	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur
28/05/2008, 20.00	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is the franchise that represents the city of Jaipur in the Indian Premier League. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. There is no Icon Player for the team. It is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and playing coach. The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh . The team anthem, 'Halla Bol', has been sung by Ila Arun. Leicestershire spinner Jeremy Snape has signed with the Rajasthan Royals as high-performace coach.

Franchise History

The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group. The group acquired the franchise for $67 million.

Rajasthan Royals Players

Rajasthan Royals was the least active franchise during the player auction. The team does not 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 organizing committee for failing to meet the minimum bidding criteria of $3.3 million. 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 has been named the coach and 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.

Current Squad

BatsmenNo. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
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
Justin Langer 38 Australia Left-handed Right-arm medium US$ 200,000
Younis Khan 31 Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 225,000
Anoop Revandkar 21 India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Under 22 Player
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


Wicket Keepers / All RoundersNo. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
24 Kamran Akmal 26 Pakistan Right-handed Wicket keeper US$ 150,000
28 Yusuf Pathan 25 India Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 475,000
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
Sohail Tanvir 24 Pakistan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast US$ 100,000
Ravindra Jadeja 19 India Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin India Under-19 Team
7 Siddharth Trivedi 26 India Right-handed Right-arm medium Gujarat - Ranji Trophy Player
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


BowlersNo. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
23 Shane Warne (Captain) 38 Australia Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 450,000
3 Munaf Patel 24 India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 275,000
Morne Morkel 23 South Africa Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ $60,000
1 Pankaj Singh 22 India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Rajasthan - Ranji Trophy Player

Rajasthan Royals - Administration and Coaching staff

Rajasthan Royals - Front Office:
Owner - Emerging Media (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)
CEO - Fraser Castellino
President - TBA

Rajasthan Royals - Coaches:
Head Coach - Shane Warne
Performance Coach - Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist - John Gloster


Rajasthan Royals - Fixtures and Results

Rajasthan Royals 2008 Season

No Date Opponent Venue Result
1 19 April Delhi DareDevils Delhi Lost by nine wickets
2 21 April Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by six wickets, MoM - Shane Watson - 76*(49)
3 24 April Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
4 26 April Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore
5 1 May Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur
6 4 May Chennai Super Kings Jaipur
7 7 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai
8 9 May Deccan Chargers Jaipur
9 11 May Delhi DareDevils Jaipur
10 14 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali
11 17 May Bangalore Royal Challengers Jaipur
12 21 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
13 24 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai
14 26 May Mumbai Indians Jaipur