May 17, 2008
IPL highlights Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers
IPL(Indian Premier League) - 39th twenty-twenty day-night match between Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 17 May 2008.
As we get information we put updates here So stay tunes.........
May 11, 2008
IPL highlights Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils
IPL(Indian Premier League) - 33th twenty-twenty day-night match between Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on night of 11 May 2008.

This match will be played at 8 pm today evening. Rajasthan Royal team is in first place also in strong position right now except the last match. But at this position Delhi dare devil is also enough strong as jaipur team. Here the match is between two tigers both are at same level and have same point till this time. We expect in this match we will see a huge score for both team.
Virendra Sehwag and shoib malik accusing about match on the ground in a fresh mood.Shane warne the captain of Jaipur royal team won the toss and elected to bowl first.
As we will get information we put updates here so stay tunes........
ipl match 33 toss
ipl match 33 delhi highlights
IPL match 33 presentation video
IPL - 33rd Match - Delhi DD v Rajasthan Rs - Delhi Batting highlight video
IPL - 33rd Match - Delhi v Rajasthan - Rajsthan Batting highlight video
IPL: 33rd Match Rajasthan Royals vs Daredevils Watson Runout video
ipl match 33 - 19th over ( 27 runs ) video
May 09, 2008
IPL match result : Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers match
30th match Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Run porgression Graph:
30th match Rajasthan Royals manhattan Graph:
30th match Deccan Chargers manhatten Graph:
| Venue | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Toss | Rajasthan Royals |
| Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets | |
| Rajasthan Royals Innings | Back to Top | |||||
| Batsmen | Rajasthan Royals(141/2 in 16 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR |
| Graeme Smith | c P Ojha & b RP Singh | 40 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 93.02 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c H Gibbs & b P Ojha | 68 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 183.78 |
| Mohammad Kaif | batting | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 121.43 |
| Shane Watson | batting | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250 |
| Niraj Patel | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shane Warne(c) | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sohail Tanvir | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mahesh Rawat(wk) | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Siddharth Trivedi | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Munaf Patel | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | b - 1, lb - 0, w - 10, nb - 0 | 11 | ||||
| Total (141 for 2 in 16 overs) | 141 | Run Rate: 8.81 |
| Fall Of Wickets | 1/109 (Yusuf Pathan, 12.4 ov.), 2/133 (Graeme Smith, 15.3 ov.) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WB | ER |
| Paidikalva Vijaykumar | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rudra Pratap Singh | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Scott Styris | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Pragyan Ojha | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11.75 |
| Shahid Afridi | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sanjay Bangar | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Venugopal Rao | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Deccan Chargers Innings | Back to Top | |||||
| Batsmen | Deccan Chargers(140/8 in 20 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR |
| Adam Gilchrist(c) | c M Rawat & b S Trivedi | 61 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 124.49 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | c M Rawat & b M Patel | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 95 |
| Scott Styris | c S Warne & b Y Pathan | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118.18 |
| Rohit Sharma | runout | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Shahid Afridi | c M Patel & b S Warne | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Sanjay Bangar | c M Rawat & b S Watson | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Dwaraka Ravi Teja | lbw S Warne | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Venugopal Rao | batting | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 209.09 |
| Rudra Pratap Singh | runout | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Pragyan Ojha | batting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Paidikalva Vijaykumar | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | b - 0, lb - 4, w - 1, nb - 1 | 6 | ||||
| Total (140 for 8 in 20 overs) | 140 | Run Rate: 7 |
| Fall Of Wickets | 1/61 (Herschelle Gibbs, 7.6 ov.), 2/88 (Scott Styris, 12.2 ov.), 3/97 (Adam Gilchrist, 13.3 ov.), 4/100 (Shahid Afridi, 14.2 ov.), 5/105 (Rohit Sharma, 15.4 ov.), 6/105 (Sanjay Bangar, 16.2 ov.), 7/126 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 18.3 ov.), 8/130 (Rudra Pratap Singh, 19.1 ov.) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WB | ER |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Shane Watson | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.33 |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Shane Warne(c) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Siddharth Trivedi | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Umpires | Mark Benson (Eng) & Amiesh Saheba (Ind) |
| Third Umpire | Stephen Davis (Aus) |
| Match Referee | S Venkatraghavan (Ind) |
IPL Highlights Rajasthan Royals Vs Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
IPL(Indian Premier League) - 30th twenty-twenty day-night match between Rajasthan Royals Vs Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on night of 9 May 2008.
Shane Warne was in depress while gilly playing an exorbitant inning.
Adam Gilchrist played a huge inning also with huge shot.
Adam Gilchrist Smash a fast 50 scene photo.
Kulkarni was in happy mood after taking wicket of Adam Gilchrist.
Shane Warne greet munaf patel on the ground wallpaper.
Rajasthan Royals' Mohd Kaif and Shane Watson greet each other after their win in the IPL T20 match against Deccan Chargers in Jaipur on Friday.Shane Warne's team was totally outplayed last night just when they were riding high on consecutive wins at the half-way stage of the Twenty20 tournament, which they began with the tag of underdogs after their opening match loss. At present, with 5-2 record, they share the top spot with Kings XI Punjab and are well placed in the race for the semifinals but lag behind on run rate.

Here a great match today once again today. Rajasthan Royal won the toss and elected to bowl first. This idea of shane warne looks a very strange in first 7 over while Adam Gilchrist was played a very excellent game. And after Gilchrist's wicket taken by trivedi the team work of royal player put limit to the Hyderabad deccan charger's inning score. No other player of deccan team played well.
Now at this stage it's a really very easy play for Rajasthan Royal team. Let's see what happen.....
ya here it's an excellent game played by Rajasthan Royal specially Yusuf Pathan Again prove he is the best all around the IPL team. He scored 68 runs in 37 balls only with 9 fours and 2sixes and he became man of the match second time for his team.
A century stand between openers Yusuf Pathan and Graeme Smith helped Rajasthan Royals notch up a convincing eight wicket victory over Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League match on Friday.

Royals' Yusuf Pathan receives the 'Man of the Match' award from Rajasthan governor SK Singh ater the IPL T20 match against Deccan Chargers in Jaipur on Friday.
Yusuf Pathan Again played an amazing and very fast game against Hyderabad Deccan charger team.As we will get information we put updates here so stay tunes........
IPL 30th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Toss
IPL 30th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Ila Arun with lekha washington.
IPL - 30th Match - Rajasthan Rs v Deccan Cs - Deccan Batting
IPL - 30th Match - Rajasthan v Deccan - Rajasthan Batting
IPL - 30th Match - Rajasthan Rs v Deccan Cs - Presentation
IPL 30th Match- Adam Gilchrist smach excellent 50
IPL 30th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers all Parts
May 04, 2008
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Match Highlights.
In this match M.S.Dhoni the captain of chennai super kings won the toss and elected to bat first. In first inning shoil tanvit took 2 wickets in first over and gave his team a superb start.
Very bad batting of chennai super kings lead them to 109 runs in 19 overs.
In the second inning jaipur royal played well and easily completed their taget and won the match by 8 wickets. Here Shohel tanvir is man of the match and also highest wicket taker in IPl match in a 4 over only really it's amazing performance by him.
Match result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
So enjoy this videos given below.......
IPL: 24th Match Rajasthan v Chennai - Short Highlights: P2/2
IPL: 24th Match Rajasthan v Chennai - Short Highlights: P1/2
Sourav Tanvir 6 - 14 an excellent bowling.
IPL 24th Match Rajasthan vs Chennai 1st Inning Highlights
IPL - 24th Match - Rajasthan v Chennai - Tanvir Interview
Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings IPl match result
| Venue | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Toss | Chennai Super Kings (Elected to bat) |
| Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets | |
| Rajasthan Royals Innings | Back to Top | |||||
| Batsmen | Rajasthan Royals(110/2 in 14.2 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR |
| Graeme Smith | batting | 35 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 79.55 |
| Swapnil Asnodkar | c M Ntini & b V Sivaramakrishnan | 32 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 106.67 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c S Raina & b M Muralitharan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
| Shane Watson | batting | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| Mohammad Kaif | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shane Warne(c) | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sohail Tanvir | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mahesh Rawat(wk) | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Siddharth Trivedi | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Munaf Patel | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | b - 0, lb - 6, w - 14, nb - 1 | 21 | ||||
| Total (110 for 2 in 14.2 overs) | 110 | Run Rate: 7.68 |
| Fall Of Wickets | 1/78 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 10.1 ov.), 2/92 (Yusuf Pathan, 11.6 ov.) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WB | ER |
| Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 |
| Manpreet Gony | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Albie Morkel | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Suresh Raina | 1.2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.52 |
| Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Chennai Super Kings Innings | Back to Top | |||||
| Batsmen | Chennai Super Kings(109/10 in 19 ovs) | Runs | Balls | 4's | 6's | SR |
| Parthiv Patel | lbw S Tanvir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Fleming | lbw S Tanvir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan | c S Warne & b S Tanvir | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Suresh Raina | c S Tanvir & b M Patel | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Subramaniam Badrinath | c & b S Watson | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 107.14 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni(c) | c G Smith & b S Warne | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Albie Morkel | b S Tanvir | 42 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 127.27 |
| Joginder Sharma | c S Tanvir & b M Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manpreet Gony | batting | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | b S Tanvir | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makhaya Ntini | b S Tanvir | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.67 |
| Extras | b - 4, lb - 1, w - 2, nb - 0 | 7 | ||||
| Total (109 for 10 in 19 overs) | 109 | Run Rate: 5.74 |
| Fall Of Wickets | 1/0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.1 ov.), 2/1 (Stephen Fleming, 0.5 ov.), 3/11 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 2.5 ov.), 4/38 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 5.5 ov.), 5/44 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7.5 ov.), 6/88 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov.), 7/91 (Joginder Sharma, 14.5 ov.), 8/96 (Albie Morkel, 16.1 ov.), 9/96 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 16.4 ov.), 10/109 (Makhaya Ntini, 18.6 ov.) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WB | ER |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.75 |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Siddharth Trivedi | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Shane Warne(c) | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.67 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Umpires | Asad Rauf (Pak) & AV Jayaprakash (Ind) |
| Third Umpire | Aleem Dar (Pak) |
| Match Referee | Farokh Engineer (Ind) |
May 01, 2008
Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL match Highlights
IPL - 18th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Full Highlights
IPL 18th 20-20 match between Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 2007/08 season Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 1 May 2008.Rajasthan v Kolkata Riders - Short Highlights
Awesome Catch by Smith but Not Out
Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders - Laxmi Shukla Runout!
Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders - Siddharth bowled SAHA
Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders - Siddharth bowled Hussey
April 26, 2008
IPL -12th Match Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Highlights
IPL - 12th 20-20 day-night match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals was Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on 26 April 2008.
So Final Scorecard:
Bangalore Royal Challengers 135 for 8 (Taylor 44, Watson 2-20)
Rajasthan Royals 138 for 3 (Watson 61*, Smith 49, Z Khan 1-24)
Player of the match SR Watson (Rajasthan Royals)
Result Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
IPL: 12th Match - Bangalore Vs Rajasthan - Short Highlights
Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore RC - Royals Innings Highlights
Royal Challengers Wickets Vs Rajasthan Royals
April 25, 2008
Deccan charger Vs Royal challanger highlight video.
IPL MATCH : Deccan charger Vs Royal challanger highlight videos.
Short highlights video of Hyderabad Deccan charger Vs Jaipur Royal challanger highlight video.
From this match the strongest team deccan chrager have been put at last level as compared to other team. I mean it's haven't won any matches out of 3. so it's contains very very low points.
Hyderabad deccan charger 1st inning highlight video.
Jaipur Royal challanger 2nd inning highlight video.
The last over when jaipur needs 17 runs and what an amazing performance was given by shane warne. really it's very intresting so enjoy it.
IPL match jaipur vs hyderabad result
IPL - 9th match Jaipur Royal chalanger vs Hyderabad Deccan Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad on 24 April day-night.
Here in this match symonds play an interesting and thrilling game in first inning and lead his team to 214 runs. In second inning of Jaipur royal team vaas get kamran Akmal's wicket early but after him yousuf pathan play a vital role for his team and play a fantastic game ( score 61 runs in 28 balls with 4-fours and 6-sixes). Pathan gave a nice start to his team as per requirement and at last over also jaipur team captain Shane warne made run 17 in 5 ball and jaipur team won the match by 3 wicket and also one ball remainning in their inning.
Match Result: Jaipur beat Hyderabad by 3 wickets
Man of the match: Yusuf Pathan
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| Total: 214 for 5 in 20.0 overs Run Rate: 10.7 Extras : 6 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 1, lb - 0, Penalty - 0) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets:1/22 (Adam Gilchrist 2.2 ov.), 2/32 (Shahid Afridi 3 ov.), 3/75 (VVS Laxman 8.3 ov.), 4/186 (Rohit Sharma 18 ov.), 5/214 (Arjun Yadav 20 ov.) | ||||||
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| Fall of wickets:1/14 (Kamran Akmal 2.1 ov.), 2/112 (Yusuf Pathan 9.3 ov.), 3/126 (Shane Watson 12 ov.), 4/186 (Mohammad Kaif 17.1 ov.), 5/187 (Graeme Smith 17.2 ov.), 6/194 (Ravindra Jadeja 18.3 ov.), 7/195 (Dinesh Salunke 18.5 ov.) | ||||||
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April 18, 2008
IPL TEAM Jaipur (Rajasthan) Royal
The team was brought by Emerging Media group for USD 67 million. The team was criticised for not having spent very less during the first round of bidding. Lets see how the team lines up.
Greame Smith - He is one of the best Batsmen in the current era. He has played some good innings which tells a lot about him as a player and also as a leader. He has inspired South Africa to some huge victories, specially the World Record Chase against Australia. He is a very good opening batsman and a good fielder. His Off-Spinners can be exploited too. He was brought for USD 475,000 by the Jaipur team.
Yusuf Pathan - He is an unknown quantity in International arena. He made his debut in the T20 World Cup Finals against Pakistan. He’s a renowned Big-Hitter in the Domestic circuit and can be very handy with his offies. He was brought by the Jaipur team for USD 475,000.
Shane Warne - The name itself brings jitters in the batsmens’ stomach. He is, without doubt, the best leg spinner that the game has seen. He has proved himself on all the grounds that he has played on. He is a very good leader and has loads of experience which can prove quite handy. He is also pretty good with the bat and is also expected to coach his IPL team. Nice Ploy I would say. He was brought by Jaipur team for USD 450,000.
Munaf Patel - He has never been a constant number in the Indian ranks. He is good with the ball but is poor on the field and with the bat. That is his major drawback. But he can sometimes win matches single handedly with the ball. He is inconsistent and that can be a cause of concern. He was brought by Jaipur team for USD 275,000.
Younis Khan - He is one of the most agile batsman I’ve seen. He can shift gears as and when he requires and can play some long innings too. He is a good finisher and also very good in manufacturing shot. He is very good player of reverse-sweep. He too has lots of experience and that can help the cause. He was brought by Jaipur team for USD 225,000.
Justin Langer - He is one of the best Test Batsmen that the game has come across. He is very consistent and again has loads of experience. He has played lots of T20 for his state team. He can be devastating at the top and provides that comfort for the middle order. He was brought by Jaipur team for USD 200,000.
Kamran Akmal - He is the Pakistani Wicket-Keeper. His skills as a Keeper has always been a point for argument and I’m surprised that this team doesn’t have a back up. He is very good with the bat and is quite capable of playing the big shots. Once he gets going, its difficult to stop him. But the question is “Will he?”. He was brought by the Jaipur team for USD 150,000.
Mohammed Kaif - He has been named as the Icon for his team. He was a good Batsman and a prolific fielder for India. But he was dropped due to his poor show with the bat. He can strike form easily and when he does that, he’s dangerous. He has the knack of pacing his innings beautifully. He is being paid USD 675,000 by the Jaipur team.
The team lacks something but is full of experience. The Bowling looks very week and will remain a major worry. They should have gone in for more Bowlers and also a back up for Kamran Akmal as well. I’m totally unhappy with the way the team has shaped up. The total value of the team stands at USD 69,925,000.
Two cities that I thought deserve IPL teams and didn't get are Ahmedabad and Kanpur. The latter is one of the five "traditional centers" and has been hosting test cricket for almost 60 years now. UP has also been doing well in the Ranji and has quite a few people in the Indian squad - the catchment would've been so much better. The only problem with the Green Park is that there are no floodlights. One hopes that they are installed in due course and this city is allotted an IPL team.
The catchment areas for each team were announced recently. And it turns out that three out of four teams in the Jaipur catchment area are from Gujarat! So what prevented Emerging Media to bid for Ahmedabad then? The Motera is floodlit, and more importantly two of the four semifinalists in this year's Ranji were from Gujarat, thus providing a real catchment (though one other state has been tagged on to each winning ground as catchment area, it isn't too natural. Dhoni will never feel at "home" in Kolkata.). Also, from my perception, Ahmedabad has a much better cricket "culture" compared to Jaipur.
It would've been more understandable if the group that owns Jaipur had some kind of a connection with Rajasthan. However, there doesn't seem to be any - the group is almsot wholly foreign - which makes matters of their choice even more perplexing. Were they put off by Ahmedabad because both Ambani brothers were bidding there? In any case, since the highest 8 bidders got teams (removing duplicate ownership), it is clear that what Emerging Media paid for Jaipur was more than what ADAG offered for Ahmedabad. Why didn't they have enough sense to bid for Ahmedabad also?
All in all it seems to be a decision that completely misses out of the situation on the ground. I'm sure Emerging media would've been advised by some bankers/consultants who have absolutely no clue about the cricket situation in India, who would've used factors such as population, proximity to Delhi, etc. to pick Jaipur as the better winner. As mentioned earlier, I'm sure that one game where Jaipur got record revenues (due to good revenue management practices) would've also helped.
Two points before I close. Firstl, does anyone have data regarding the failed bids for the IPL teams? What Anilbhai etc. bid? If anyone does, please share it with me.
Second, the players' auction is scheduled for Feb 20. Players have been split into classes (fast bowlers, spin bowlers, keepers, etc.) and their names will be drawn in random order, and the bidders should bid for the guy whose name just got picked. Wonder if it's the most efficient process.
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IPL Bangalore team (Royal Challengers) schedule
IPL Jaipur team Schedule
IPL Team Mumbai Indians Schedule
IPL Team Review - Delhi Daredevils schedule
IPL- kolkata team schedule
IPL Hyderabad-Deccan Team schedule.
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