Who was the winner of IPL Season 1 – If you are one of those wants to know that which team won the first season of Indian Premier League then it is something which will help you in this regard as here in this article we have shared the detail information about IPL Season 1 winner name, image and prize money detail instead of this you can see what number of team participated in season 1 of IPL.
Indian Premier League which is well abbreviated as IPL was established in 2007 by the BCCI and IPL first season was schedule from 18th April 2008 which was hosted in India. As it was first season of Indian Premier League (IPL) and it was full of excitement and there were total 8 teams participated in it and their names are as follows;
- Rajasthan Royals
- Kings XI Punjab
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi Daredevils
- Mumbai Indians
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Deccan Chargers
The competition started with a double round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played a home match and an away match against every other team. These matches were followed by two semi-finals and a final.
The final match of IPL was played on 1st June 2008 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) & Chennai Super Kings (CSK) the match went down to last ball where Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings to win the title of first IPL.
Yusuf Pathan from Rajasthan Royal becomes the player of the match while Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Below are the detail score summary and other important facts.
IPL 2008 Winner Team – Rajasthan Royals Picture / Image / Photo
IPL 2008 Season 1 Final Match Score Board
| Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) | ||||||
| Player Name | Out By | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| PA Patel | c Kamran Akmal b Pathan | 38 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 115.2 |
| S Vidyut | c Jadeja b Pathan | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 114.3 |
| SK Raina | c Jadeja b Watson | 43 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 143.3 |
| JA Morkel | c Kamran Akmal b Pathan | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 123.1 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 29 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 170.6 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Asnodkar b Sohail Tanvir | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| S Badrinath | not out | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 300 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 3, nb 1) | 7 | ||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 163 | (8.15 runs per over) | |||
Did not bat – MS Gony, L Balaji, M Muralitharan, M Ntini
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Vidyut, 5.2 ov), 2-64 (Patel, 8.6 ov), 3-95 (Morkel, 12.4 ov), 4-128 (Raina, 16.2 ov), 5-148 (Kapugedera, 19.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SR Watson | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| MM Patel | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| YK Pathan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| SK Trivedi | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| SK Warne | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.5 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 164 runs from 20 overs) | ||||||
| Player | Out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| NK Patel | b Gony | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| SA Asnodkar | c Raina b Morkel | 28 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 140 |
| Kamran Akmal† | run out (Ntini) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| SR Watson | b Muralitharan | 28 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 147.4 |
| YK Pathan | run out (Raina) | 56 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 143.6 |
| M Kaif | c Dhoni b Muralitharan | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 133.3 |
| RA Jadeja | c Kapugedera b Morkel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne* | not out | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Sohail Tanvir | not out | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 128.6 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 2) | 14 | ||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 164 | (8.20 runs per over) | |||
Did not bat: SK Trivedi, MM Patel
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (NK Patel, 3.1 ov), 2-41 (Asnodkar, 6.1 ov), 3-42 (Kamran Akmal, 6.4 ov), 4-107 (Watson, 14.1 ov), 5-139 (Kaif, 16.6 ov), 6-139 (Jadeja, 17.1 ov), 7-143 (Pathan, 17.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| M Ntini | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| MS Gony | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| JA Morkel | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| L Balaji | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 9.75 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
IPL 2008 Season 1 Important & Unknow Facts of Match
Toss – Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field
Series – Rajasthan Royals won the 2007/08 Indian Premier League
Player of the match – YK Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
Player of the series – SR Watson (Rajasthan Royals)
Batsman of the series – SE Marsh
Bowler of the series – Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals)
Umpires – BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire – DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee – J Srinath
Reserve umpire – MR Singh
If you want to see the IPL winner list of all seasons can read our recently publish article “IPL Winners List All Seasons” or see IPL Winner Year or season wise by clicking on below mentioned links:
IPL 2008 Season 1 Winner
IPL 2009 Season 2 Winner
IPL 2010 Season 3 Winner
IPL 2011 Season 4 Winner
IPL 2012 Season 5 Winner
IPL 2013 Season 6 Winner
IPL 2014 Season 7 Winner
IPL 2015 Season 8 Winner
IPL 2016 Season 9 Winner
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