Tuesday, April 29, 2008

IPL -12th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Full Highlights

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Rajasthan Royals in fourth spot of the table in the DLF Indian Premier League

Thursday, April 24th, 2008: The Rajasthan Royals have moved up to the fourth spot in the league standings of the DLF Indian Premier League after their three-wicket victory over the Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad on Thursday.

They have four points from three games. The Kolkata Knight Riders continue to head the table with four points from two matches. Second placed Delhi Daredevils and third placed Chennai Super Kings also have four points from two matches but inferior net run rate.

Compared to Kolkata’s net run rate of +3.764, Delhi have +2.988, Chennai have +0.975 and Jaipur have -0.419.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Kolkata	2	2	0	0	0	4	+3.764	334/39.0	192/40.0
Delhi Daredevils	2	2	0	0	0	4	+2.988	275/28.1	271/40.0
Chennai	2	2	0	0	0	4	+0.975	448/40.0	409/40.0
Rajasthan Royals	3	2	1	0	0	4	-0.419	514/58.0	512/55.1
Bangalore	2	1	1	0	0	2	-3.423	248/39.4	387/40.0
Mumbai Indians	2	0	2	0	0	0	-0.254	367/40.0	374/39.4
Deccan Chargers	3	0	3	0	0	0	-1.339	466/60.0	472/51.5
Kings XI Punjab	2	0	2	0	0	0	-1.365	373/40.0	408/38.1

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Rajasthan royals vs. Delhi daredevils Match Result

Rajasthan Royals on 129 for 8 wickets after 20.0 overs

RA Jadeja 29

MF Maharoof	4 over	11 runs	2 wicket

R Bhatia	4.0	over	17	runs 2 wicket

Delhi bowlers restrict Rajasthan to 129

A fine bowling display by Delhi Daredevils restricted Rajasthan Royals to a modest 129 for eight in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here tonight.

Electing to bat after winning the toss, the Royals, mostly composed of inexperienced domestic players, failed to raise a big partnership with Daredevils bowlers sticking to a tight line and length.

Except for Brett Geeves, all the other host bowlers returned miserly figures.

The visitors were never in a position to post a big score with the highest partnership being 22 for the seventh wicket.

Glenn McGrath did not allow the Daredevils to start with a flourish with a fine three-over spell in which he removed opener Taruwar Kohli (7) and conceded 13 runs.

Though McGrath was hit for a huge six over point fielder by Kohli in the first over itself the veteran fast bowler avenged it in the next over by removing the young opener, who was caught by Mithun Manhas at team score of 17.

The other opener Yusuf Pathan (10) was out in the fourth over trying to steal a single but could not beat the throw of Manhas from the square area.

Royals were pushed to the wall next over with Australian all-rounder Shane Watson running out himself in search of a second run. All-rounder Darren Lehman followed his fellow Australian Watson soon after being trapped by Farveez Mahroof and that was before the visitors' 50 came up in the ninth over. If the Royals first five overs yielded a meagre 37, it was even slower after that and they were 57 for four after 10 overs.

Mohammad Kaif tried to steady the innings but after running seven singles and a two he was holed out at short fine leg to Geeves while trying an attempted scoop of a Rajat Bhatia delivery to reduce his team to 57 for 5.

Young Ravindra Jadeja briefly brought the more than 30000 crowd something to cheer hitting a huge six over long on boundary off Daniel Vettori and a fine leg four next ball. The left hander hit another six over long on off the same bowler before the old warhorse had the last laugh clean bowling his nemesis.

Jadeja topscored with 29 which he made from 23 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Dinesh Salunkhe remained not out with a valuable 26.

Captain Shane Warne produced a run-a-ball 14 before being out to a Mahroof delivery which hit his stumps after caressing the pads.

Maharoof was the pick of Daredevils bowlers returning figures of 2 for 11 while Bhatia claimed 2 for 17.

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Warne wins toss, Rajasthan Royals bat first.

Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne won the toss and decided to bat first against Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here today.

Teams :

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (Capt), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Kaif, Taruwar Kohli, Darren Lehmann, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Mahesh Rawat, Dinesh Salunkhe, Shane Watson, Siddharth Trivedi.

Coach: Shane Warne

Delhi Daredevils - Virender Sehwag (Capt), Rajat Bhatia, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Brett Geeves, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn McGrath, Farveez Maharoof, Mithun Manhas, Manoj Tiwary, Daniel Vettori.

Coach: Greg Shipperd.

Umpires: G A Pratap Kumar and Aleem Dar.

Third Umpire: Ian Howell

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Jaipur play their cards well

"I don't know what they are doing," remarked IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi about Jaipur, his home team, after the first players' auction in Mumbai on February 20. Of the nearly US$ 42 million that was spent by the eight teams on blockbuster names, Jaipur had spent only around US$ 2.95 million.

On Tuesday, after the second auction, Jaipur spent just US$ 385,000 more but emerged with the biggest smile of them all.

For a total of US$ 3.35 million - just half a million over what Chennai and Hyderabad spent for MS Dhoni and Andrew Symonds in the first auction - Jaipur's Rajasthan Royals are looking quite formidable: Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Younis Khan, Shane Watson, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Kamran Akmal, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Munaf Patel, Morne Morkel and Sohail Tanvir.

"We have put together a great squad from the two auctions at our price," Fraser Castellino, the CEO of the franchise, told Cricinfo. "I would call this a victory for us. Other teams have great squads too, but now I believe they may have overspent a bit. We believe we are well-placed now, as good as any of the other teams."

While spending just under three-fourths of the near US$ 5 million that the seven franchises have spent, Jaipur's strategy of staggering their purchases across the two auctions seems to have worked.

"We would like to be called a strategic franchise now," Castellino said. "After today, few people will say we are a weak team. There were a lot of people who made fun of us last time. What they failed to understand then was we had a clear strategy, and we were as sure as they were that this was serious business."

On Tuesday, Jaipur started the ball rolling by picking up England allrounder Mascarenhas (US$ 100,000), with whom they had been negotiating for the last few days. Hampshire's Twenty20 specialist was a last-minute addition to the auction after being cleared early on Tuesday morning by the county, which also has Warne on its rolls.

Then, they bought Australian allrounder Watson (US$ 125,000), South Africa fast bowler Morkel (US$ 60,000) and Pakistan left-arm seamer Tanvir (US$ 100,000).

Explaining the strategy, Castellino said, "Yes, there were good players in the first auction. But we also knew then that there were a lot of good Twenty20 specialists who missed out and who would come into play in the second auction. We targeted them this time, and our strategy has worked."

However, Jaipur could still run into some trouble with the second part of their strategy - tackling the minimum cap of US$ 3.3 million for the first auction in two attempts. While Castellino claimed that the cap covered the entire auction process and included the amount spent in the second auction as well, IPL governing council member IS Bindra told Cricinfo that the penalty for falling short last month "still stands".

"It was very clear early on that the first auction was just the first step," Castellino said. "All the franchises knew then that there would be a second auction. And as far as we are concerned, we have crossed the minimum cap and adhered to the rules."

Jaipur now plans to rope in some more players from India, some of them through their Cricket Star talent hunt, steered by former India coach Greg Chappell.

"We will be taking a few more players from India, especially through our Cricket Star programme through which we are currently talent-spotting across the country," Castellino said. "If we find some exceptional talent we will fast-track him into the team this season, but there will be somebody from the programme in the team definitely next time."

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Rajasthan Royals : Team Members

Batsmen

No	Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding Price
1	Graeme Smith	27	LHB	ROB	US$ 475,000
2	Mohammad Kaif	27	RHB	ROB	US$ 675,000
3	Justin Langer	38	LHB	RM	US$ 200,000
4	Younis Khan	31	RHB	RLB	US$ 225,000
5	Anoop Revandkar	21	RHB	RFM	Under 22 Player
6	Taruwar Kohli	19	RHB	RHB	Under 19 Player
7	Niraj Patel	26	LHB	LHB	Local Player

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders

No	Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding Price
8	Kamran Akmal	26	RHB	WK	US$ 150,000
9	Yusuf Pathan	25	RHB	RLB	US$ 475,000
10	Dimitri Mascarenhas	30	RHB	RHB	US$ 100,000
11	Shane Watson	27	RHB	RHB	US$ $125,000
12	Sohail Tanvir	24	LHB	LHB	US$ $100,000
13	Ravindra Jadeja	19	LHB	LHB	Under 19 Player
14	Siddharth Trivedi	26	RHB	RAM	Local Player
15	Swapnil Asnodkar	24	RHB	ROB	Local Player
16	Sumit Khatri	18	LHB	ROB	Ranji Player

Bowlers

No	Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding Price
17	Shane Warne (Captain)	38	RHB	RLB	US$ 450,000
18	Munaf Patel	24	RHB	RFM	US$ 275,000
19	Morne Morkel	23	LHB	RHB	US$ $60,000
20	Pankaj Singh	22	RHB	RFM	Local Player

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Owner - Emerging Media (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)
CEO - Fraser Castellino
President - TBA

Coaches:

Head Coach - Shane Warne
Assistant Head Coach - TBA
Physiotherapist - John Gloster

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

2008 Indian Premier League- Fixture

Fixtures and Results

Group Stage

18 April 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

19 April 2008
	Mohali	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

19 April 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

20 April 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Mumbai

20 April 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Hyderabad	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

21 April 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Mohali	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

22 April 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Delhi DareDevils	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

23 April 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Mumbai Indians	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

24 April 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

25 April 2008
	Mohali	vs	Mumbai Indians	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

26 April 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Rajasthan Royals	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

26 April 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

27 April 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Hyderabad	Mumbai

27 April 2008
	Mohali	vs	Delhi DareDevils	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

28 April 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Chennai Super Kings	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

29 April 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Mumbai Indians	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

30 April 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

1 May 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Mohali	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

1 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

2 May 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Delhi DareDevils	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

3 May 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

3 May 2008
	Mohali	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

4 May 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Delhi DareDevils	Mumbai

4 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

5 May 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Mohali	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

6 May 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Hyderabad	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

7 May 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai

8 May 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

8 May 2008
	Kolkata Knightriders	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

9 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Hyderabad	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

10 May 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Mumbai Indians	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

10 May 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Mohali	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

11 May 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

11 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Delhi DareDevils	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

12 May 2008
	Mohali	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

13 May 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Delhi DareDevils	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

14 May 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai

14 May 2008
	Mohali	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

15 May 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Hyderabad	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

16 May 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai

17 May 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Mohali	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

17 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

18 May 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Mumbai Indians	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

18 May 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

19 May 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Delhi DareDevils	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

20 May 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

21 May 2008
	Mumbai Indians	vs	Mohali	Mumbai

21 May 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Bangalore Royal Challengers	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

22 May 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Kolkata Knight Riders	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

23 May 2008
	Mohali	vs	Hyderabad	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

24 May 2008
	Delhi DareDevils	vs	Mumbai Indians	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

24 May 2008
	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Rajasthan Royals	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

25 May 2008
	Bangalore Royal Challengers	vs	Hyderabad	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

25 May 2008
	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Mohali	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

26 May 2008
	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Mumbai Indians	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

27 May 2008
	Hyderabad	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, [Hyderabad]]

[edit] Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	30 May - Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai



					1 June - Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai





	31 May - Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

[edit] Semi-Finals

30 May 2008
	vs	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

31 May 2008
	vs	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

[edit] Final

1 June 2008
		vs		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

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