Rajasthan Royals
| राजस्थान रॉयल्स | |
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| City: | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
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| Colours: |  |
| Owner: |
Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Ltd: |
| Founded: | 2008 |
| Dissolved: | 2015-2017 (suspended for 2 years) |
| Home ground: |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur (Capacity: 23,185) |
| Secondary home ground(s) |
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad (Capacity: 54,000) Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Capacity: 20,000) |
| Indian Premier League wins: | 1 (2008) |
| CLT20 wins | 0 |
| Official website: | www |
Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Ltd:
The Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) is a cricket team in the Indian Premier League from the city of Jaipur, suspended till the 2017 season. Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the Royals are owned by Manoj Badale. The team played its home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and also had secondary home grounds at the Sardar Patel Stadium at Ahmedabad and the Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai.
The Royals are sometimes considered the Moneyball team of the IPL. The Royals are known to unearth obscure exciting talent. The team won the inaugural edition of the IPL under the captaincy of Shane Warne, despite being written off as a title contender by the media and fans. The Royals were also the runners-up of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 under Rahul Dravid's captaincy.
On 14 July 2015 the verdict reached by a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court suspended Rajasthan Royals plus fellow Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings for two years over a corruption and match fixing scandal, meaning they could not participate in both the 2016 and 2017 IPL tournaments.
Shane Watson is the only player to lead most runs, most wickets, highest score, highest batting average, most sixes, for a team in T20. Also the only player to win man of the tournament in IPL twice.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced in September 2007 the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition to be started in 2008. In January 2008, the BCCI unveiled the owners of eight city-based franchises. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. The Jaipur franchise was sold to the Emerging Media for $67 million, making it the least expensive team in the league.
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