Smith has been one of the star performers for the Rajasthan Royals side that sits atop the IPL log and became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the competition. He feels the 20-over format will take the game to new levels and possibly new countries.
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Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made it clear that Saturday’s match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers will not be shifted from Jaipur in the wake of Tuesday’s blasts in the Rajasthan capital.
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Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove does not intend to let Dimitri Mascarenhas return to the Indian Premier League later this month. After arriving in Jaipur at the end of April, he was overlooked for four games while Hampshire struggled without him.
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Yusuf Pathan is called the ‘Blaster’ and Asnodkar is called the ‘Goa Dynamo’ . Nicknames help breed familiarity and the adage has worked perfectly for the Rajasthan Royals, which has managed to get players of different nationalities gel together by simply giving them funky names in the dressing room.
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Ladbrokes has not yet offered odds on who will ultimately win the IPL this year, but it is taking bets on which team will top the league. It is offering 11/4 on Team Jaipur, which means that for every rupee you bet on Warne and his men, you will win Rs 2.75 (you also get [...]
Shane warne & Co. will not a lodge a complaint against Sourav Ganguly. Looks like the Royals do not want to stretch this issue further. Rajasthan Royals media manager Anant Vyas said “”In a meeting of the officials of the Rajasthan Royals, it was decided that the matter should not be taken too far and [...]
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne is all set to complain against Ganguly. Also “(Umpire) Rudy Koertzen at square leg said it was a clean catch… players are not allowed to ask the umpire but Sourav asked the umpire to go to the third umpire. This is not allowed and it was a clean catch,” he [...]
Sourav Ganguly, captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, has dismissed Shane Warne’s criticism of his on-field behaviour, even questioning his moral right to comment about the spirit of the game. Warne, leading the Rajasthan Royals, first slammed Ganguly for taking too long to come out to bat and then condemned his attitude towards the IPL’s [...]
With a total of 5 Stations in Rajasthan, 94.3 MY FM Dil Se! has given the Rajasthan Royals a huge playing field quite literally! Bringing the team and its fans closer, 94.3 MY FM has all the match updates, contests and interesting information on air for its cricket crazy listeners. As the IPL fever burns [...]
“After a first taste of defeat against Daredevils, the boys have made a good comeback in the last three games,” said Warne, after his side coolly dismantled the Challengers on Saturday night. “I’ve told my boys to enjoy the game rather than stick to a strategy and I’m very happy with this setup,” said the [...]
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