2008 DLF Indian Premier League - IPL Awards and Prizes

In a very successful and memorable 2008 DLF Indian Premier League - IPL tournament, lot of awards and prizes were given. It was the biggest tournament in terms of prize money in cricket. Rajasthan Royals the cheapest franchise at US$67 million, won the final of IPL against Chennai Super Kings.


Winner Prize
Rajasthan Royals - Rs. 4.8 Crores

Runnerup Prize
Chennai Super Kings - Rs. 2.4 Crores

Man of the Final
Yusuf Pathan - 56 Runs & 3 Wickets

Man of the Series
Shane Watson - 474 Runs & 17 Wickets

Orange Cap Winner
Shaun Marsh - 616 Runs in 11 Games

Purple Cap Winner
Sohail Tanveer - 22 wickets in 10 Games.

Kingfisher Fair Play Award
Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals are the Kings of 2008 IPL DLF Cup

The fairy tail run of Rajasthan Royals end in a sweet result as they won the inaugural DLF Indian Premier League, beat Chennai Super Kings in the nail biting Final of IPL, on Sunday, 1st June 2008 at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals needed 1 run on the last ball of the match, Tanvir stays in his crease and pulls a short of a length delivery through wide mid-on, What a finish of the match and the 2008 IPL tournament.

Rajasthan Royals required 164 runs in 20 overs and was struggling on 42/3 after 7 overs, but 65 runs 4th wicket partnership between Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan set the stage for the win. Yusuf Pathan made 56 runs off 39 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. Morkel and Murlitharan took 2 wickets each for Chennai.

Earlier Chennai Super Kings set a target of 163 runs by the contribution of Raina and Parthive Patel. Yusuf Pathan tok 3 wickets for 22 runs. What a tornament for Yusuf Pathan!

Rajasthan Royals got Rs. 4.8 Crore as Prize money fo winner, while Chennai Super Kings satisfied with Rs. 2.4 Crore for runner up.

Match Summary:

Chennai Super Kings - 163/5 in 20 Overs.

Rajasthan Royals - 197/7 in 20 Overs.

Toss - Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field first.

Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)

Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Series - Rajasthan Royals won the 2007/08 DLF Indian Premier League.

IPL DLF Cup Final - Rajasthan restricted Chennai to 163 runs

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited Chennai Super kings to bat 1st in the Grand Final match of 2008 IPL DLF Cup, at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, on Sunday, 1st June, 2008.

Yusuf Pathan put brilliant performance by ball took 3 wickets for just 22 runs in 4 overs.

For Chennai Super kings, Parthive Patel and Suresh Raina contributed useful runs with 38 and 43 runs respectively. Dhoni scored quick fire 29 runs in 17 balls with 2 sixes in the end.

IPL DLf Cup Is inning Score:

Chennai Super kings - 163/5 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals needs 164 runs to win the inaugural 2008 DLF Indian Premier League.

IPL DLF Cup Grand Final Live Score - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Kings

The Grand Finale of Indian Premier League - IPL is all set between two strong teams of the 2008 DLF Cup, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, on Sunday, 1st June, 2008 at 8.00 PM IST.

For Rajasthan Royals, 2008 IPL tournament is like a dream, an entire team costing less than two-and-a-half times Dhoni's price, reched the Final in style by winning 11 matches out of 14 league matches and won the semi-final by 105 runs against Delhi. The only worrying factor for Rajasthan Royals is the absence of Graeme Smith, whose batting has been the cornerstone of several Rajasthan innings, has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Chennai Super Kings, struggled after the exclusion of international stars, reached the final under the captaincy of highest paid player of IPL, MS Dhoni. They beat the strong Punjab team by 9 wickets in semis. Dhoni is very lucku in terms of captain, as he won the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, where an unfancied India claimed the title.

Rajasthan Royals Team (Likely)

Niraj Patel, Swapnil Asnodkar, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sohail Tanvir, Shane Warne (capt), Siddharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.

Chennai Super Kings Team (Likely)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Parthiv Patel (W/K), Chamara Kapugedera, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Albie Morkel, S Vidyut, Joginder Sharma, Muttiah Muralitharan, Manpreet Gony, Makhaya Ntini.