Rajasthan Royals

Representing the 'Desert State of India', Rajasthan Royals makes up one of the eight franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Winner of the first season of IPL i.e. IPL 2008, the team is captained as well as coached by Shane Warne. With this, it has become the only team in the Indian Premier League to have a foreign captain and coach. There is also no 'Icon Player' in the team. Rajasthan Royals was auctioned off for US $67 million, to Emerging Media, with Lachlan Murdoch, Sir Aditya S Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram being other investors.

Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra later bought 11.7% stake in Rajasthan Royals, by paying around US $15.4 million. The team made up the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier and initially, was not at all favored as a winner. However, it proved the speculators wrong and ended the preliminary round with an impressive 11 wins and only 3 losses. Rajasthan Royals won the semi-final, after defeating Delhi Daredevils, and clinched the finals as well, beating Chennai Super Kings.

The players of Rajasthan Royals won individual awards as well. Yusuf Pathan was made 'Man of the Match' - for final match, Sohail Tanvir won the Purple Cap - as leading wicket taker and Shane Watson became 'Man of the Series'. The team finished first in the 2008 season, with 22 points and a net run rate of +0.632. Its colors are blue and gold and it has Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur) as the home ground. Rajasthan Royals has a mascot - a lion named Moochu Singh and its anthem is 'Halla Bol', sung by Ila Arun.

Logo
The logo of Rajasthan Royals comprises of a two lions blowing the war horn and flanking the RR insignia, along with the team's name.

2009 Player Changes

Kamran Khan (In - Purchased)
Rob Quiney (In)
Shane Harwood (In)
Lee Carseldine (In)
Sohail Tanveer (Out)
Kamran Akmal (Out)

Rajasthan Royals Players

Batsmen

Robert Quiney (Australia)
Niraj Patel (India)
Taruwar Kohli (India)
Raiphi Vincent Gomez (India)
Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) - Out
Mohammad Kaif (India)
Younis Khan (Pakistan)
Anup Revandkar (India)
Parag More (India)

Wicket Keepers

Naman Ojha (India)
Mahesh Rawat (India)

All Rounders

Lee Carseldine (Australia)
Tyron Henderson (England)
Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Yusuf Pathan (India)
Swapnil Asnodkar (India)
Ravindra Jadeja (India)
Dimitri Mascarenhas (England)
Shane Watson (Australia)

Bowlers

Shane Warne (Australia) - Captain
Munaf Patel (India)
Pankaj Singh (India)
Aditya Angle (India)
Sumit Khatri (India)
Morne Morkel (South Africa)
Mahesh Rawat (India)
Dinesh Salunkhe (India)
Jaydev Shah (India)
Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)
Siddharth Trivedi (India)

Support Staffs/Coaches

Assistant Head Coach: Harish Joshi
High Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist: John Gloster
Performance Analyst: Mohsin Sheikh
Director Of Coaching: Darren Berry

Support Staffs/Coaches

Owner(s): Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra
CEO: Manoj Badale
Manager (Operations): Shamsher Singh