A cricket final that had everything. The very last ball required to decide the winner, a crowd
on the edge of their seats and two teams determined to win. This form of cricket is exciting
and very popular and has everything for the sports fans. Big sixes, run outs, great bowling and great fielding. The entertainment provided at the venues stirred the crowds and had them fully involved in every game, no matter which side was on the field.
The final started with fireworks and finished that way, a fabulous night.
The royals have proved that they knew what they were doing when it came to buying talented cricketers. Shane Warne and Shane Watson proved to be exceptional buys, not to mention the young talent that has emerged because of IPL 2020. Cast as walkovers and chastised by officials for not spending enough on players, look who’s smiling now. GO ROYALS !!
What happens next season ? With talk of more and more money to spend, will teams be able to retain their players?
Once again congratulations to the Rajasthan Royals and Shane Warne, great win.

Now that the inaugural IPL series is over and the victorious Rajasthan Royals, led by their Captain and Coach, Shane Warne, are still celebrating. The least expensive team in the series ( $3 million) showed all others how to play the game. A great victory.
What next ? There is a lot of talk around about who will be starting 2020 teams and who will be playing where, but it seems that nothing is settled. The West Indies, backed by billionaire,Allen Stanford, is well on it’s way to get 2020 up and running. It has been reported that he has proposed a competition between West Indies and a side from Great Britain.
Is the future 2020WI or 2020GB ? Whatever happens this form of cricket is here to stay. With great cricketers like Shane Warne leading the way, it looks like a long and profitable future.

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“We can play even better” Shane Warne stated this after booking a place in the final of the IPL.
After an absolutely brilliant display by all rounder Shane Watson the Rajasthan Royals went on to easily
defeat the Delhi Daredevils by 105 runs. You also must give huge credit to the captaincy of Shane Warne, who has taken,
what most people thought at the start of the tournament would be easy beats, into the finals. He has shown great
leadership, as well as his own contributions, with the bat and ball.
Now it all comes down to the final on 6th June at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. The ground has
a capacity of 55,000 people all seated. It is the home ground of the Mumbai Indians.
I feel that after the way the Royals have played over the past couple of months that they will be very hard to beat.
Most experts believe the Rajasthan Royals will be too good on the day.

The Royals have had a very successful start to the IPL Twenty20 competition. Leading from the front Shane Warne has set a high standard for his team. After a first up loss to Delhi DareDevils the team has had 4 wins in a row against the Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Charges, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders they now seem to be well set up to make it into the finals. With Shane Watson doing very well with the bat.

A questionable decision in the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals had the Royals captain, Shane Warne, showing his disapproval of the decision to give “not out” to a catch.

The video replay certainly looked as if it was a fair catch. Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly was the batsman let off by the decision. What goes around comes around seemed to apply when Ganguly was caught soon after off the bowling of Warne for 51 runs.

The Royals went on to win the match by 45 runs, with Shane Watson taking 2 for 22.