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Rajasthan Royals - Team Introduction

Rajasthan Royals

Captain:Shane Warne
Coach:Shane Warne
Owner:Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra
C.E.O.:Manoj Badale
Colors:Blue & Gold
Team Logo:Logo includes two lions, a symbol of royalty - RR, war horns and the team's name, all in golden color, on a blue colored Royal Medallion.
Home Ground:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur



Rajasthan Royals is the cricket team representing the pink city of Jaipur in the Indian Premier League tournaments. The team is led by ace spinner Shane Warne of Australia who is also the team's coach. Interestingly, the Rajasthan Royals who won the title in IPL's inaugural 2008 season, did not have a brand ambassador and were the only team with a foreign captain and coach. Leicestershire spinner Jeremy Snape is the team's high-performance coach and psychologist.

The Rajasthan Royals franchise of IPL is owned by Emerging Media group with investors - Lachlan Murdoch, Sir. Aditya Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram. Bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra paid about US $15.4 million for an 11.7% stake in the team's ownership.

The team has an interesting mascot lion - Moochu Singh while 'Halla Bol', sung by Ila Arun, is the team's anthem. Rajasthan Royals also has a promotional video that they aired on national networks before and during the first edition of the IPL which is directed by Indrajit Nattoji of Blink Pictures.

Rajasthan Royals' team logo has a lion to reflect the King, might, raw energy and the power of the royals. It also includes the war horn which denotes the war cry. The RR is a symbol of the crown and the ultimate sign of royalty while the Royal Medallion is the symbol of the clan's pride.

Rajasthan Royals In 2008 IPL Season

Indian Premier League Teams

There are eight teams contesting in IPL Twenty20 tournament currently, owned by their respective IPL franchises distributed evenly throughout India. In January 2008, the eight IPL franchises were awarded to the highest bidders that involved big wigs of industries ranging from aviation to entertainment.

According to the latest rules framed, each IPL team is to be constituted meeting certain guidelines such as:
  • Minimum squad strength- 16 players plus one physio and a coach
  • Foreign players allowed in each squad - 10 (Maximum 4 in the playing XI)
  • Minimum number of local players to be included in each team - 8
  • Minimum number of players from the BCCI under-22 pool to be included in each team - 2