Underdogs take on top dogs in Ahmedabad
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Monday, March 15
Start time 2000 (1430GMT)
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The two teams playing the first ever IPL match in Ahmedabad present a bit of a contrast. The Rajasthan Royals, even though they were champions in 2008, are perennial underdogs and seem comfortable playing that role. They’re the team most fans love to support after their own. They possess the tournament’s fastest bowler and perhaps its most destructive batsman but, a few overseas players apart, also a bunch of boys who aren’t individually threatening. Their captain, formerly the world’s greatest legspinner, is now a glamorous poker player, an expert at staying in fashion and the team’s chief inspiration. He spearheads Rajasthan’s PR on Twitter, engaging in entertaining and sometimes frivolous banter with his mates, and he’s fashioned a team in his own image, one that in his own words “plays to entertain”. Read more
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