Go Royals
In what many people are arguing was a seminal tournament in Cricket history, Australia's Shane Warne led the "Rajasthan Royals" to victory in the first ever Indian Premier League: a shortened 3 hour format of cricket; in a tournament contested among teams much like franchise sports in the US such as American football, the NBA or like the English Premier League.
At 39 years of age, Warne endeared himself yet again not only to the Jaipur team franchise he was the captain & coach of, but to all of India and I am sure cricket lovers around the world. Already, there is talk of this tournament changing Cricket completely but that remains to be seen.
For now, its enough that we celebrate the fact that a retired (and at times much maligned) Australian led a team from the city of Jaipur comprising 7 Indians, 1 South African, 1 Pakistani & 1 other Australian to victory in Mumbai, scoring the winning runs in the final few seconds of the game with a Pakistani fast bowler as his partner. Simply fantastic stuff.
At 39 years of age, Warne endeared himself yet again not only to the Jaipur team franchise he was the captain & coach of, but to all of India and I am sure cricket lovers around the world. Already, there is talk of this tournament changing Cricket completely but that remains to be seen.
For now, its enough that we celebrate the fact that a retired (and at times much maligned) Australian led a team from the city of Jaipur comprising 7 Indians, 1 South African, 1 Pakistani & 1 other Australian to victory in Mumbai, scoring the winning runs in the final few seconds of the game with a Pakistani fast bowler as his partner. Simply fantastic stuff.
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