The Indian Premier League started in 2008. It was established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a national governing body for cricket in India. There were 8 teams played with a double round-robin league stage.
In a match that went down to the last ball, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final to win the title, with Yusuf Pathan named the player of the match in the Finals and Shane Watson adjudged the player of the tournament. Sohail Tanvir won the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while Shaun Marsh won the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Shreevats Goswami was awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play was won by the CSK.
Let’s have complete information about the Squad of all eight teams of 2008. Stay tuned on 96in.
2008 Indian Premier League
- Dates: 18 April 2008 – 1 June 2008
- Administrator(s): Board of Control for Cricket in India
- Cricket format: Twenty20
- Tournament format(s): Double round-robin and knockout
- Host(s): India
- Champions: Rajasthan Royals (1st title)
- Runners-up: Chennai Super Kings
- Participants: 8
- Matches: 59
- Player of the series: Shane Watson (RR)
- Most runs: Shaun Marsh (KXIP) (616)
- Most wickets: Sohail Tanvir (RR) (22)
Most Runs in IPL 2008
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
| Shaun Marsh | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 11 | 616 | 115 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 14 | 534 | 86 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 14 | 514 | 114* |
| Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 15 | 472 | 76* |
| Graeme Smith | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 11 | 441 | 91 |
Most Wickets in IPL 2008
| Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | BBI |
| Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 22 | 6/14 |
| Shane Warne | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 19 | 3/19 |
| Sreesanth | Kings XI Punjab | 15 | 19 | 3/29 |
| Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 17 | 3/10 |
| Piyush Chawla | Kings XI Punjab | 15 | 17 | 3/25 |
Below are the complete list of IPL 2008 teams.
Chennai Super Kings
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| MS Dhoni (C) | Ravichandran Ashwin | Shadab Jakati |
| Parthiv Patel | Albie Morkel | Sudeep Tyagi |
| Abhinav Mukund | Jacob Oram | Lakshmipathy Balaji |
| Srikkanth Anirudha | Joginder Sharma | Manpreet Gony |
| Matthew Kayden | Vidyut Sivarama Krishnan | Multiah Muralitharan |
| Subramaniam Badrinath | Makhaya Ntini | |
| Suresh Raina | Palani Amarnath | |
| Michael Hussey | Napoleon Einstein | |
| Arun Karthik | Viraj Kadbe | |
| Stephen Fleming | Suresh Kumar | |
| Chamara Kapugedera |
Delhi Daredevils
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Virendra Sehwag (C) | Yogesh Nagar | Pradeep Sangwan |
| Dinesh Karthik | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Amit Mishra |
| Ab De Villiers | Daniel Vettori | Breet Geeves |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Rajat Bhatia | Glen McGrath |
| Gautam Gambhir | Farveez Maharoof | Mohammad Asif |
| Manoj Tiwary | Mithun Manhas | |
| Tejashwi Yadav | Yo Manhas | |
| Shoaib Malik | ||
| Mayank Tehlan |
Kolkata Knight Riders
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Brendon Mccullum | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Ajantha Mendis |
| Wriddhiman Saha | Chris Gayle | Ishant Sharma |
| Debabrata Das | David Hussey | Ashok Dinda |
| Aakash Chopra | Iqbal Abdulla | Murali Karthik |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Mohammad Hafeez | Siddhartha Kaul |
| Brad Hodge | Laxmi Shukla | Ajit Agarkar |
| Ricky Ponting | Shoaib Akhtar | |
| Sourav Ganguly | Umar Gul | |
| Salman Butt | Ranadeb Bose | |
| Jatenda Taibu | Saurasish Lahiri | |
| Rohan Banerjee | ||
| Yashpal Singh |
Mumbai Indians
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Sachin Tendulkar (C) | Abhishek Nayar | Lasith Malinga |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Dwayne Bravo | Dhawal Kulkarni |
| Ankeet Chavan | Dwayne Smith | Ashish Nehra |
| Siddharth Chitnis | Harbhajan Singh | Dilhara Fernado |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Swapnil Singh | Harbhajan Singh |
| Manish Pandey | Gaurav Dhiman | Andre Nel |
| Robin Uthappa | Sanath Jayasuriya | Rajesh Pawar |
| Loots Bosman | Shaun Pollock | Swapnil Singh |
| Ashwell Prince | Luke Ronchi | Musavir Khole |
| Pinal Shah | Rohan Raje | |
| Dominic Thornely | Yogesh Takawale | |
| Vikrant Yeligati |
Kings XI Punjab
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Yuvraj Singh | Brett Lee |
| Nitin Saini | Rishi Dhawan | Ramesh Powar |
| Sunny Sohal | Irfan Pathan | Sreesanth |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Piyush Chawla | Kyle Mills |
| Luke Pomersbach | James Hopes | Ajitesh Argal |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Pankaj Dharmani | |
| Shaun Marsh | Gangadeep Singh | |
| Karan Goel | Sahil Kukreja | |
| Uday Kaul | Wilkin Mota | |
| Simon Katich | Vikram Singh | |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan |
Bangalore Royal Challengers
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Rahul Dravid (C) | Jacques Kallis | Praveen Kumar |
| Shreevats Goswami | Sunil Joshi | KP Appanna |
| Ross Taylor | Ashley Noffke | Zaheer Khan |
| Bharat Chipli | Vinay Kumar | |
| Virat Kohli | Dale Steyn | |
| Cameron White | Abdur Razzak | |
| Mark Boucher | Balachandra Akhil | |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Anil Kumble | |
| Wasim Jaffer | Nathan Bracken | |
| Misbah-Ul-Haq | Nervanda Aiyappa | |
| Jagadeesh Arunkumar | ||
| Devraj Patil |
Rajasthan Royals
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| Mahesh Rawat | Ravindra Jadeja | Pankaj Singh |
| Graeme Smith | Gajendra Singh | Siddharth Trivedi |
| Mohammad Kaif | Yusuf Pathan | Munaf Patel |
| Swapnil Asnodkar | Shane Watson | Morne Morkel |
| Kamran Akmal | Dimitri Mascarenhas | Shane Warne |
| Taruwar Kohli | Niraj Patel | Dinesh Salunkhe |
| Darren Lehmann | Sohail Tanvir | |
| Jaydev Shah | Aditya Angle | |
| Younis Khan | Sumit Khatri | |
| Justin Langer | Parag More | |
| Anup Revandkar | ||
Deccan Chargers
| Batters | All-Rounders | Bowlers |
| VVS Laxman | Shahid Afridi | Pragyan Ojha |
| Herschelle Gibbs | Scott Styris | RP Singh |
| Adam Gilch Rist | Andrew Symonds | Chaminda Vaas |
| Dwaraka Ravi Teja | Numan Zoysa | |
| Rohit Sharma | Sanjay Bangar | |
| Chamara Silva | Halhadar Das | |
| Venugopal Rao | Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna | |
| Arjun Yadav | PM Sarvesh Kumar | |
| Paidikalva Vijaykumar |
FAQs
How many teams were in IPL 2008?
eight franchises
The ownership of the teams was decided through an auction of the franchises held on 24 January 2008. The reserve prices of the eight franchises amounted to $400 million, but the total raised through the auction was $723.59 million.
Who won the 2008 IPL team?
Rajasthan Royals
2008 Indian Premier League / Champion.
What are the old names of IPL teams?
Squads
Bangalore Royal Challengers Squad (April 15, 2008)
Chennai Super Kings Squad (May 8, 2008)
Deccan Chargers Squad (March 28, 2008)
Delhi Daredevils Squad (May 8, 2008)
Kings XI Punjab Squad (May 1, 2008)
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad (May 13, 2008)
Mumbai Indians Squad (May 20, 2008)
Which 2 teams played in the 2008 IPL final?
The 2008 Indian Premier League final was the day/night Twenty20 cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings on 1 June 2008, played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai to crown the winner of the 2008 Indian Premier League, the premier Twenty20 competition in India.