The grand finale of the first Indian Premier League(IPL) between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai SuperKings turned out to be an absolute nail-biter. In a last ball humdinger finish at DY Patil Stadium, Rajasthan Royals emerged winners by overcoming tough fight by Superkings. The victory materialized on account of good team work and exceptional all round [...]

Some of the recent finals of major cricket tournament have been the clash between Men-in-Yellow and Men-in-Blue. Following the similar trend, the finals of Indian Premier League will be between Rajasthan Royals(Blue) and Chennai SuperKings(Yellow) to decide the champions of the inaugural season.
Road to the finals.
For Rajasthan Royals it has been a fairly tale script [...]

Well, it would be frank to say that first semi final was a no contest. Rajasthan clearly showed their class against hapless Delhi, much like the Australians show up in international arena in crucial matches, making the opponent irrelevant. The biggest mistake Delhi did was, even after winning the toss, it chose to field and paid [...]

The third quarter of the DLF IPL has almost ended, yet there is little clarity over who will make it to semi’s (save for of course The Rajasthan Royals, who with Tuesday’s win over the Kolkata Knight Riders have absolutely made it certain that they will make it). This shows us how keenly contested this [...]

Is it a flash in the pan?
What’s more surprising is the fact that none of the wins came against thakela teams. Win number one came against The KnightRiders at home while win numbers two and three came against the unbeaten Delhi Daredevils (The team that we at Unofficial IPL considered perhaps the strongest before the [...]

I must admit, I completely misread the Rajasthan Royals at the start of the tournament, but at theend of match 24, they’re sitting neatly on the top of the tournament. With 5 wins in a row for the Shane Warne led Jaipur team, they’ve suddenly leapt up to be the favorite team now! A lot [...]

The Rahul Dravid led Royal Challengers suffered their second defeat at home, and that too at the hands of the “dark horses” Rajasthan Royals. If you saw the game, it was quite clear that the Bangalore team was not jelling together as one team. When Dravid was asked at the start of the game how [...]

Oh dear, that match was just too tense for me. The Rajsthan Royals were locked in a intense match against the Deccan Chargers, and it went down right to the finish. Needing 215 to win, the Rajasthan Royals did well to chase, but needed 17 runs of the last over to win. And as Warne [...]

The Delhi DareDevils convincingly routed the Rajasthan Royals in the opening match for both teams at Delhi yesterday. The Rajasthan Royals had no answer to a very disciplined bowling attack, with the ever dependable McGrath taking 1 wicket for 21. I didn’t really expect the aging McGrath, who’s 38 years old, to do any fireworks. [...]

The “royal” cricketers representing the pink city have a team which looks very confusing at first. For starters, it lacks clear match winners that have been proved in the Twenty20 format. The only sort of star appeal comes with the presence of Shane Warne acting as bowler, batsmen and coach! This kind of multi role [...]