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Oracle · Site Admin Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 51 1133 Runs

IPL Cricket Team - Rajasthan Royals

Franchise/Team Information:

Team Name -- Rajasthan Royals
Owned By -- Emerging Media
Ownership Cost -- $67 million
Captain -- Shane Warne
Coach -- Shane Warne
Home Ground -- Sawai Man Singh Stadium

Players bought in the Auction:

Player -- Country -- Price Paid

Shane Warne -- Australia -- $477,370
Mohammed kaif -- India -- $675,000
Graeme Smith -- South Africa -- $475,000
Yusuf Pathan -- India -- $475,000
Mohammad Kaif -- India --
Kamran Akmal -- Pakistan -- $159,160
Justin Langer --
Munaf Patel -- India --
Younis Khan -- Pakistan -- $238,735

Further additions:

Dmitri Mascarenhas (England) - $100,000
Shane Watson (Australia) - $125,000
Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan) - $100,000
Morne Morkel (South Africa) - $60,000
Taruwar Kohli (India Under 19) -
Ravindra Jadeja (India Under 19) -

RAJASTHAN ROYAL FINAL SQUAD

Shane Warne (c)
Aditya Angle
Anup Revandkar
Darren Lehmann
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Dinesh Salunkhe
Graeme Smith
Jaydev Shah
Justin Langer
Kamran Akmal (w)
Mahesh Rawat
Mohammad Kaif
Morne Morkel
Munaf Patel
Niraj Patel
Pankaj Singh
Parag More
Ravindra Jadeja
Shane Watson
Siddharth Trivedi
Sohail Tanvir
Sumit Khatri
Swapnil Asnodkar
Taruwar Kohli
Younis Khan
Yusuf Pathan

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Lokesh Aggarwal · Master Blaster Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 111 1096 Runs

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sanju123 · All Rounder Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 59 380 Runs

This is a team may just do well,especially with Shane Warne,who has a subtle touch in the game.He just makes the game look more sophisticated.Probably the team as a whole does not stand much chance and may not be able to give much competition.

vttop · All Rounder Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 99 271 Runs

For me , the three match winners in the team are Mascarenhas, Tanvir and Warne. Smith , Akmal and Younis have a history of choking under pressure , but with the talent on offer, even they too can surprise the opposition on their days. Yes , indeed the Jaipur franchise has pulled out some good talents from their hats during the second round auction. Waiting to see how effective Warne is going to be after a year of his retirement.

sanjay · All Rounder Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 78 293 Runs

hi i feel that the players in the team are not as horrible as compared to others but it has shane.so, he completely fills up the space and we can expect something very good from him and kaif as well.

Lalit Burma · Master Blaster Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 2467 Runs

Interesting thing about this team is ... either their players are retired or new comers or dropped from team ... say for an example ... Shane Warne and Justin Langer retired from cricket world ... Mohammed Kaif, Yousuf Pathan and Munaf Patel dropped from India ... and Taruwar Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja are new comers ...

So on the base of this fact ... I think this is one of the light team in IPL ... but this is cricket and anything can change at any time ... so just cross your fingure

crilove · Top Scorer Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 154 1104 Runs

Rajasthan and Banglore ... I think combination of these two teams are really worst ... Owner of Rajasthan team invested their money not on current players but out of form ... retired and new comers ... No doubt new comers would love to leave their marks and out of form players would love to show their forms ... but what about retired players ... they do not have anything to prove ... when you do not have anything like that ... then its very tough to perform ...

So I think Banglore and Rajasthan ... these two teams are really looking very bad in papers ... lets see

Coverdrive · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

I don't expect too much from this team as a whole, but I certainly expect them to fight. Shane Warne is one to never give up, as with Langer. Watch for a few upsets I think.

myview · All Rounder Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 75 26 Runs

I think they have concentrated on bowlers and fielders ( a few), but not in the batsmen section!
this may become a bottleneck!

Jack · Player Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 13 85 Runs

Todays match between Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers is of much importance for many reasons - on one hand Deccan Chargers needs a win desperately - and we will see if Shane Warne can pull out a new trick out of his sleeve.

But we must remember that, one of the side reasons for Warne having captured so many wickets in all forms of the game apart from his burgeoning talent has been the assistance he has got from his keepers. Gilchrist, who successfully kept wickets to the great leg spinner for so many years, will confront the wizard for the first time in IPL. Will Warne be able to fox him with his clever variations or will he get clouted by the blazing blade of Gilchrist, remains the major attraction of this match.

kaka · Player Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 2 463 Runs

varungupta · Top Scorer Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 335 2013 Runs

Well it the team to watcch out for!!!!!!!
RRs have surprised everyone in this edition of IPL
I too had thought of them as the weakest team but the way there are ready t fight is awesome!!!!!
Hats off to Warne & company!!

varungupta · Top Scorer Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 335 2013 Runs

well this teams in improving with every game & now it looks unstoppable!

priya · All Rounder Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 80 1027 Runs

The best thing about this team is they are really looking like as TEAM. This team dont have star player like Brett Lee, Virendra Sehwag ... Sourav Ganguly ... and others.

Warne got the advantage as he is the captain and coach as well ... as a coach he will come to know about many factors which a captain wont able to realise. But as a coach he knows those facts and can materialise in the match.

rathore76 · Player Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 11 510 Runs

good combination with good captain.