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Warne says he was bought cheap by Rajasthan Royals

Australian spin wizard Shane Warne justifies the moolahs the cash- rich Indian Premier League (IPL) showers on its players and in fact feels that he deserved to be paid more since his team won the tournament.
“I reckon I deserve a lot more now that we won it. The franchise has tripled, maybe quadrupled in price. […]

Sachin No.1 in Warne’s list

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost identical with the one The Times newspaper published last year.
Warne’s […]

Mcgain is our best spinner: Shane Warne

Shane Warne has backed Bryce McGain as the best spinner in Australia and Stuart MacGill says McGain should also have toured the West Indies this year. But the champion legspinners disagreed on whether Beau Casson should have joined him in the squad to visit India and Warne said a potential mauling by India’s batsmen could […]

IPL thrill was like no other: Warne

Victorious Rajasthan Royals captain and coach Shane Warne has stated that he has never experiennced anything remotely close to the thrill that the IPL provided him with, and that even two months after the tournament is over, he now misses it sorely becuase he still feels the thrill of it all.
“In almost 20 years of […]

Rajasthan Royals lift the 1st DLF IPL Trophy in style

It was a dream final and the Rajasthan Royals won the first DLF IPL Cup by beating the Chennai Super Kings on the last ball of the final over . Both teams played exceptionally well with good batting, bowling and fielding performances.
Winning moments of IPL - video
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and put […]

A hurricane called Rajasthan Royals hits Delhi Daredevils

Todays match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils, as expected, was a walkover for Rajasthan - more like a hurricane coming, destroying the Daredevils and moving forward into the finals. The main compositions of this hurricane were Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel and Sohail Tanvir. Delhi lost to the Royals by 105 runs […]

Who is the better captain - Warne or Sehwag ?

It’s D-Day and the Delhi Daredevils will be playing Rajasthan Royals today. Both teams look pepped up and the favourites at this point are Rajasthan Royals who top the league points table with 22 points with a large margin compared to Delhi who are at 15 points.
It should be noted that Rajasthan lost to Delhi […]

Rajasthan sneak game away from Mumbai

In a match that went down to the last ball, the Rajasthan Royals took the game away from Mumbai Indians in the last two overs. Not only did they take the game away, they took the two crucial points which Mumbai needed to qualify in the semi-finals. Mumbai now not only need to win their […]

Make or Break for Mumbai

The Mumbai Indians take on Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur today in the return leg of their encounter in the Indian Premier League.

It is a make or break match for the Mumbai Indians who find themselves on 12 points after 12 games and with just two games to go, the fight for the last two semi […]

Rajasthan in; Kolkata (almost) out

In what was a decisive match for the two teams, Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata knight Riders by six wickets in just 16.3 overs to book their semi final berth, while almost knocking out Ganguly’s men.

Shane Warne won the toss and put Kolkata into bat. It appeared as if the Knight Riders were simply trying too […]

Rajasthan win listless match

The Rajasthan Royals continued their unwarranted march towards the semi-finals with another win in the league phase of the IPL, defeating the Royal Challengers by a big margin of 65 runs.
Rahul Dravid put the Jaipur team into bat and was hoping for some early wickets under a scorching sun, but luck was with batsmen. They […]

A Royal Match

Today’s meeting will see two royal teams of the IPL clash with each other in the return leg of their encounter in the tournament. It is Rajasthan royals versus the Bangalore Royal Challengers, in a match which has gained significant proportions, not only because of cricketing reasons.

Jaipur city has been rocked with serial blast this […]

Rajasthan players going no where

The IPL commissioner, Mr. Lalit Modi has blasted reports that Rajasthan Royals’ key players Shane Warne, Shane Watson and Graeme Smith will not be returning from holiday and instead will be going home, following the serial blasts in the city of Jaipur earlier this week.

The father of the IPL said that he had spoken to […]

Rajasthan stars leaving??

There is speculation following the eight serial blasts in Jaipur that the stars of the Rajasthan Royals team, namely Shane Warne, Shane Watson and Graeme Smith might not return for the remaining matches of the IPL. The players are currently on a break between their two matches, either off to Goa or have gone home.

But […]

Rajasthan Royals continue winning streak

It was Shane Watson of Rajasthan Royals who was the day’s hero with a blistering score of 74 to ensure a three-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Watson hit four 4s and five 6s in this 40 ball innings. It was the perfect way to get back at […]

Mumbai Indians thrash Rajasthan Royals

Much to the hope of other team supporters, Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in Mumbai to score their third straight win in the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for a meagre 103 runs and the match was pretty much one sided for the remainder of the game with Jayasuriya, […]

Sachin doubtful for today’s clash

Mumbai Indians take on the Rajasthan Royals in today’s clash, in what may have been a battle of Warne versus Tendulkar. Now, it does not seem like that any more, with Sachin’s injury not yet having healed properly, sources close to Tendulkar have said that he may still not play today.
From the team’s perspective, Mumbai […]

A chess match - Rajasthan Royals face Chennai Super Kings

The face off between two shrewd captains, is what the experts are terming the second match of the day as Chennai Super Kings would battle it out with the Shane Warne led, Rajasthan Royals. After the exodus of the Aussie players, and on current form, both the teams look evenly poised, and set for an […]

Warne warned, Ganguly fined, Umpire suspended!

Farokh Engineer is on a roll. After banning the chief protagnist in the Slapgate, Harbhajan Singh, it was the turn of the Warne-Ganguly duo to be fined 10% of their match fee for having a go at each other and at the umpire. The umpire Partap Kumar, himself did not go scot-free. Having erred in […]