Sydney, June 6 (IANS) After his low-key investment in the unfancied Rajasthan Royals fetched him a multimillion-dollar windfall in the Indian Premier League (IPL), business magnate Lachlan Murdoch is eyeing rich stakes in the fast-growing and lucrative Indian media. Murdoch was one of three members of the consortium that owned Rajasthan Royals with Manoj Badale being the chairman and major shareholder.Badale’s company, Emerging Media, leads the consortium, with Murdoch brought on board as its media partner and businessman Suresh Chellaram ….

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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan new pace sensation Sohail Tanvir termed Indian Premier League (ICL) one of the best organised domestic cricket event of the world.
While talking to reporters at Islamabad International Airport, he said that the cricketing world appreciated India for organising such a great cricket event.
“Pakistan will also organise such an event this years in the great interest of the players,” he said.
The left-arm pacer disclosed that he was offered contract by three counties and a few other foreign teams. ….

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By Nandakumar Marar
MUMBAI: Chennai Super Kings captain, M.S. Dhoni, talked about performing as a team all over again, after his team crushed Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets to confirm a final place in the DLF-IPL on Saturday.
“I have always maintained that you can’t go by what you have done. Every match requires a fresh start. You have to start from scratch. We have to do it again in the next game,” he said.
Asked about the serene expression on his ….

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Top 10 Batsmen
As on: 1 June, 2008 02:01:09

Player
Runs
BF
AVG
SR
4s
6s

Shaun Marsh
616
441
68.44
139.68
59
26

Gautam Gambhir
534
379
41.07
140.69
68
8

Sanath Jayasuriya
514
309
42.83
166.34
57
31

Shane Watson
472
311
47.20
151.76
46
19

Graeme Smith
441
362
49.00
121.82
54
8

Adam Gilchrist
436
318
33.53
137.10
51
19

Yusuf Pathan
435
243
31.07
179.01
43
25

Suresh Raina
421
295
38.27
142.71
35
18

MS Dhoni
414
310
41.40
133.54
38
15

Virender Sehwag
406
220
33.83
184.54
46
21

Top 10 bowlers
As on: 1 June, 2008 02:01:09

Player
Wkts
Overs
Runs
SR
ECO
AVG

Sohail Tanvir
22
41.1
266
11.20
6.5
12.09

Shane Warne
19
52.0
404
16.40
7.8
21.26

S Sreesanth
19
51.1
442
16.10
8.6
23.26

Shane Watson
17
54.1
383
19.10
7.1
22.52

Piyush Chawla
17
46.5
389
16.50
8.3
22.88

Albie Morkel
17
48.0
399
16.90
8.3
23.47

Manpreet Gony
17
60.0
443
21.10
7.4
26.05

Yo Mahesh
16
42.1
370
15.80
8.8
23.12

Farveez Maharoof
15
36.0
249
14.40
6.9
16.60

Irfan Pathan
15
53.0
350
21.20
6.6
23.33

Maximum fours
As on: 1 June, 2008 02:01:09

Player
Matches
4s

Gautam Gambhir
14
68

Shaun Marsh
11
59

Sanath Jayasuriya
14
57

Graeme Smith
11
54

Adam Gilchrist
14
51

Virender Sehwag
14
46

Shane Watson
15
46

Yusuf Pathan
16
43

Swapnil Asnodkar
9
43

Parthiv Patel
13
42

Maximum Sixes
As on: 1 June, 2008 02:01:09

Player
Matches
6s

Sanath Jayasuriya
14
31

Shaun Marsh
11
26

Yusuf Pathan
16
25

Virender Sehwag
14
21

Yuvraj Singh
15
19

Adam Gilchrist
14
19

Shane Watson
15
19

Rohit Sharma
13
19

Suresh Raina
16
18

David Hussey
13
17

Maximum Catches
As on: 1 June, 2008 02:01:09

Player
Matches
Catches

Suresh Raina
16
10

YV Takawale
7
10

Robin Uthappa
14
9

Mahesh Rawat
11
9

Mohammad Kaif
16
8

Shikhar Dhawan
14
8

Prasanta Saha
12
8

Yuvraj ….

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The winners of DLF - IPL team - Rajasthan Royals celebrating the win over Chennai Super Kings

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In the final of DLF - Indian Premier League, one can not ask for a better match. It was a real thriller in which both the teams fought till the very last bowl. Rajasthan Royals needed 8 runs in last over and Chennai Super Kings needed to defend it or take 3 wickets. But it was Rajasthan Royals who holded the nerves and won the match and thus won the inaugural  DLF - IPL cup.
Chasing a target of  164 Rajasthan ….

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Today was a final match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the DLF - IPL 2008. This was played at Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, on June 1, 2008. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. Parthiv Patel and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan opened the batting for Chennai Super Kings and took the score to 39 before Chennai Super Kings was out. The score of the team was 117 for the loss of 3 wickets ….

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Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings

Batsmen
Rajasthan Royals (164/7 in 20 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Niraj Patel
b M Gony
2
11
0
0
18.18

Swapnil Asnodkar
c S Raina b A Morkel
28
20
4
0
140.00

Kamran Akmal (wk)
run out (M Ntini)
6
7
1
0
85.71

Shane Watson
b M Muralitharan
28
19
3
0
147.37

Yusuf Pathan
run out (S Raina)
56
39
3
4
143.59

Mohammad Kaif
c MS Dhoni b M Muralitharan
12
9
0
1
133.33

Ravindra Jadeja
c C Kapugedara b A Morkel
0
1
0
0
0.00

Shane Warne (c)
not out
9
9
1
0
100.00

Sohail Tanvir
not out
9
7
0
0
128.57

Siddharth Trivedi
 
 
 
 
 
 

Munaf Patel
 
 
 
 
 
 

Extras:
b - 1, w - 5, nb - 2, lb - 6
14
 

Total: (164 ….

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This is the Final Match of IPL Cricket 2008. The match is between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai team is unchanged. Royals have made two changes, Akmal and Niraj Patel come in for the injured Smith and Mahesh Rawat .
Rajasthan Royals (probables): Niraj Patel, Swapnil Asnodkar, Kamran Akmal(w), Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Warne(c), Siddharth Trivedi, Sohail Tanvir, Munaf Patel
Chennai Super Kings (probables): Parthiv Patel(w), Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(c), Subramaniam Badrinath, ….

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