This Day That Year: Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural title in 2008
Rajasthan Royals stunned the World by beating Chennai Super Kings in the finals of the inaugural edition played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on 1 st June 2008. Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne won the toss and decided to field first. CSK openers Parthiv Patel and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan got off to a steady start putting on 39 runs. Yusuf Pathan was bought into the attack in the 6 th over and struck immediately by dismissing Vidyut. At the end of six overs, CSK were 42 for 1. Suresh Raina and Parthiv Patel put on 25 runs for the 2 nd wicket before Yusuf Pathan got his 2 nd wicket to get rid off Patel for 38. Everybody got starts but were not able to convert those into big scores. MS Dhoni showed his class in the death overs as he remained not out on 29 off 17 balls to help CSK post 163 for 5 in 20 overs. Yusuf Pathan was the pick of the bowlers for Rajasthan Royals with 3 for 22 in 4 overs, Shane Watson and Sohail Tanvir took 1 wicket each. Chasing 16...