Apr 18, 2009

Rajasthan Royals IPL Team Profile in Cricket T-20


STRENGTHS:

The leadership and genius of Shane Warne. The batting looks great with Graeme Smith, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja and Tyron Henderson. The bowling is well-balanced too with Munaf Patel, Siddharth Trivedi, Morne Morkel and Warne himself.

WEAKNESSES:

Without Pakistani left-arm-seamer Sohail Tanvir’s talents, the bowling looks depleted. Shane Watson too will be available only as a batsman thereby diminishing his role as an all-rounder.

OPPORTUNITIES:

For players like fast bowler Shaun Tait to prove that he is up for the challenge. Kamran Khan, who is already becoming a rage, could be fasttracked to superstardom.

THREATS:

The curse of expectations from the franchisee. They will demand magic from Warney again. And the rather ‘removal’ of players like Kaif. It could make the rest of the team insecure and curb their freeflowing style.

Owners: Emerging Media group (Lachlan Murdoch, A.R Jha and Suresh Chellaram), Shilpa Shetty (Bollywood star), Raj Kundra (Businessman)

Coach/captain: Shane Warne (AUS)

Foreign players: S Warne (AUS), D Mascarenhas (ENG), G Smith (RSA), L Carseldine (AUS), M Morkel (RSA), R Quiney (AUS), S Harwood (AUS), S Watson (AUS), T Henderson (RSA).

India stars: R Jadeja, Y Pathan.

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