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RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Owners:
Manoj Badale
Suresh & Kavita Chellaram
How is your equation with the owners of the other teams? Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra

Well most of them were already friends of mine and the ones that weren’t soon became. There is great camaraderie Lachlan Murdoch
between the owners till the match begins ;) but like they say all is fair in Love and Cricket.
Captain & Coach: Shane Warne

The South African crowds took quite a shine to you. What was your reaction to your fan following in South Africa? Players (in alphabetical order):
It was very fl attering but the true stars of the game were the players. I was just happy that our team managed to

receive such a high fan following in South Africa. I guess having the captain of the South African team helped Swapnil Asnodkar
Lee Carseldine
Siddharth Chitnis
How high do you think your heart rate went during that super over against KKR in Cape Town? Paras Dogra
Oh My God! It’s diffi cult to put into words. Personally that was one of the best matches of IPL 2009, I didn’t realize Raphi Vincint Gomez
that it wasn’t just a business we had got into but a way of dying young haha. The Royals had a knack of making our Shane Harwood
hearts skip a beat. We became famous for creating records, be it the lowest, highest or just winning on the last ball. Tyron Henderson
Mohammed Kaif

Manoj told me he was holding Suresh’s hand during that super over. Hopefully, it was only you holding Raj’s hand! Kamran Khan
I don’t know who was holding Raj’s hands as mine were joined in prayer! I think I must have remembered all the gods Ashraf Makda
Srideep Mangela
that day and on the match we played against the Mumbai Indians. Dimitri Mascarenhas

Morne Morkel
The Indian media tried to play up a rivalry between you and Priety, what was your reaction to that? Naman Ojha

Oh, there certainly is but just on the fi eld, Preity and I joke about that. She is great fun and trust me there is no Munaf Patel
rivalry. The Indian media need fodder for entertainment and I guess we provided that. Niraj Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Robert Quiney
You had a few superstitions in the owners box while the game was on? Mahesh Rawat
Oh, yes, so many starting from wearing two watches on one wrist to not letting people move once a wicket was Anup Revandkar
taken! I also wore the same t-shirt three times till we lost the third game. Dinesh Salunkhe
Amit Singh

Do you get involved in the cricketing operations of the Royals or do you stick to extending the marketing reach and Graeme Smith
glam quotient of the brand? Shaun Tait
Siddharth Trivedi
Defi nitely not, I want my team to win. I am still learning all the nitty gritty of the business and I am not ashamed to Paul Valthaty
admit that I don’t know enough to handle the operations. We have implicit faith in our chairman and our management Shane Watson

Support Staff:

Which non Royals cricketer do you admire? Darren Berry Jeremy Snape
It has to be Sachin Tendulkar, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist. John Gloster Monty Desai

Were you upset that your fi rst IPL was not in India and how much are you looking forward to season 3 back home?
I was upset but what couldn’t be cured had to be endured. Finally we are coming home to the land where cricket
belongs! Words can’t describe how excited I am as this will be my fi rst season in the country.

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who do a wonderful job. Manoj tries to look glamorous but fails so I have to work very hard on that front. “