Rajasthan RoyALS

Rajasthan RoyALS

Coach: Shane Warne[1]
Captain: Shane Warne[2]
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Founded: 2008
Home ground: Sawai Mansingh Stadium (30000)
Owner: Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra
IPL wins: (1) 2008
Official website: Rajasthan Royals


Rajasthan Royals (Hindi: राजस्थान रॉयल्स) is a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, India that plays in the IPL. The team represents the city of Jaipur which is the capital of Rajasthan. The team is captained by Shane Warne for all the seasons. The team's mascot is a Lion named Moochu Singh [3]. The team anthem, 'Halla Bol' is sung by Ila Arun[3]. They became the champions of the inaugural IPL tournament in 2008. The IPL had terminated the agreement with Rajasthan Royals on 10th October 2010 along with Kings XI Punjab for violations in agreement and breach of contract on the part of the franchise. This decision was challenged by the respective teams and BCCI lost court cases against the Royals and decided to stop legal action and allowed them to participate in IPL. 2011 along with Kings XI Punjab.

Franchise History

The Rajasthan Royals franchise is 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. 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.[5]

It made a pre-tax profit of $7.5 million in 2009. [1]
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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.[6] 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.[7] 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,[8][9] including opposition teams.[10] 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.

The Rajasthan Royals became the winner 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.[11]

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.
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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 previous year's stars Sohail Tanvir and Shane Watson was also a major factor. Tanvir was not eligible in this season due to the 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 sending of Mohammad Kaif back to India a poor decision as his batting could have contributed to the team's batting performance. The Royals failed to make it to the semifinals after losing their last two matches against Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders.
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2010 IPL Season

Rajasthan started the season looking to emulate their success in 2008 but suffered a three game losing streak at the start of the tournament. They bounced back well with a four game winning streak but they were knocked out after a defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders in their final game of the third season of the IPL.
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2011 IPL Season
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IPL 2011 Schedule

The Royals play their first IPL 2011 match against the Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad on the 9th of April 2011.[12]. Full schedule for the IPL 2011 is available here.
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IPL 2011 Group Fixtures

Each Team will play 14 games. The team would be playing home and away matches with five teams, away matches with two teams and home matches with two teams.Team Home & Away Matches Home Only Away Only
DC KXIP SPW MI DD KKR RR RCB CSK KTK
SPW KXIP DC MI DD CSK KKR, KTK RR RCB
DD KXIP SPW MI DC KTK KKR RCB CSK RR
KXIP DC SPW MI DD RCB RR CSK KKR KTK
MI KXIP SPW DC DD RR CSK, KTK KKR RCB
KKR DC RR RCB CSK, KTK KXIP MI SPW DD
CSK RR RCB SPW KKR KTK DD DC KXIP MI
RCB KXIP KKR RR CSK KTK SPW MI DD DC
KTK CSK DD KKR RR RCB DC KXIP SPW MI


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.[13] 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.[14][15] In 2009 Season the team has cut down six Indian players from the previous years squad. They are batsman Mohammad Kaif and other relatively unknowns Dinesh Salunkhe, Anup Revandkar, Srideep Mangela, Ashraf Makda and Azhar Malik.[16]Rajasthan Royals Rosterview · talk · edit

Batsmen
29 Swapnil Asnodkar
07 Aakash Chopra
19 Rahul Dravid
24 Faiz Fazal
06 Ajinkya Rahane
-- Dinesh Salunkhe
08 Ross Taylor

All Rounders
84 Stuart Binny
22 Johan Botha
28 Ankeet Chavan
05 Paul Collingwood
01 Ashok Menaria
-- Sumit Narwal
03 Jacob Oram
02 Abhishek Raut
33 Shane Watson
Wicket Keepers
25 Amit Paunikar
-- Pinal Shah
77 Dishant Harendra Yagnik

Bowlers
23 Shane Warne (Captain)
21 Deepak Chahar
72 Aditya Dole
42 Nayan Doshi
44 Samad Fallah
20 Amit Singh
91 Pankaj Singh
32 Shaun Tait
37 Siddharth Trivedi

Coaches
Director of Coaching: Darren Berry
Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape
Team Manager: Sushil Tulaskar
Physiotherapist: John Gloster

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Expulsion From the IPL & Return (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 their might be some foul play and that the BCCI might possess some ulterior motives. [17] The Rajasthan Royals have however filed an appeal against the decision and the two parties will go to the Mumbai High Court to decide [18] The Mumbai high-court adjourned that case until 29th October 2010. [19] Both parties then agreed to adjourn the case again to November 15th because they didn't want it to coincide with diwali celebrations from November 1 to 14 [20] 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 [21] The artibrator announced that while the investigation was ongoing the Royals would remain apart 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 it's expected that the Royals will participate [22] 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. [23] It was estimated because of the losses in court cases and damaging reputation the BCCI decided not to pursue any further legal action against Royals' or Kings XI Punjab and announced they decided to keep them in the IPL [24] The Royals announced that they had retained Shane Watson and Shane Warne before they go into the auction [25]
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Management
Owners - Manoj Badale, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra
CEO - Sean Morris
Chairman - Ranjit Barthakur

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Fixtures and results
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Overall results
Summary of results Wins Losses No Result % Win
2008 11 3 0 79%
2009 6 7 1 43%
2010 6 8 0 43%
2011* 5 6 1 41.67%
Total 28 22 2 54%

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2008 seasonNo. 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.

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2009 seasonNo. 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

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2010 seasonNo. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 13 March Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 4 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 100 (37)
2 15 March Delhi Daredevils Ahmedabad Lost by 6 wickets
3 18 March Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 10 wickets
4 20 March Kolkata Knight Riders Ahmedabad Won by 34 runs, MoM - Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 45(36)
5 24 March Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 31 runs, MoM - Adam Voges 45 (24)
6 26 March Deccan Chargers Ahmedabad Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 73 (34)
7 28 March Chennai Super Kings Ahmedabad Won by 17 runs, MoM - Naman Ojha 80 (49)
8 31 March Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 67 runs
9 3 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 23 runs
10 5 April Deccan Chargers Nagpur Won by 2 runs, MoM - Shane Warne 4/21
11 7 April Kings XI Punjab Jaipur Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Michael Lumb 83 (43)
12 11 April Mumbai Indians Jaipur Lost by 37 runs
13 14 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur Lost by 5 wickets
14 17 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets

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2011 seasonNo. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 9 April Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Siddharth Trivedi 3/15
2 12 April Delhi Daredevils Jaipur Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Shane Warne 2/17
3 15 April Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur Lost by 9 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir
4 17 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets, MoM - Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/15
5 19 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain
6 21 April Kings XI Punjab Chandigarh Lost by 48 runs, MoM - Shaun Marsh 71(42)
7 24 April Kochi Tuskers Kerala Jaipur Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Shane Warne 3/16
8 29 April Mumbai Indians Jaipur Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Johan Botha 45(39)& 3/6 (2 overs)
9 1 May Pune Warriors India Jaipur Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Ross Taylor 47*(35)
10 4 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 8 wickets, MoM - Michael Hussey 79*(55)
11 9 May Chennai Super Kings Jaipur
12 11 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur
13 15 May Kochi Tuskers Kerala Indore
14 20 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai