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Revision as of 10:15, 5 February 2012
| File:Royal Challengers Bangalore Logo.svg | |
| Personnel | |
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| Captain |  Daniel Vettori |
| Coach |  Ray Jennings |
| Owner | Dr.Vijay Mallya |
| Chief executive | Brijesh Patel |
| Manager | Avinash Vaidya |
| Adviser | Anil Kumble |
| Team information | |
| Colors |  |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Home ground | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) |
| Official website | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Kannada: ರಾಯಲ್ ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ಸ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is a cricket team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League and currently lead by Daniel Vettori. The team is owned by Dr. Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group[1] and coached by Ray Jennings.
Franchise history
Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament being organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[2] For the inaugural tournament held in Apr–Jun 2008, the BCCI had finalised a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries' bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team. Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood film stars Ramya and Puneeth Rajkumar are the brand ambassadors of the team.[3]
2008 IPL Season
The team won 4 matches in this season, losing 10 matches and coming in 2nd last. Only one of their batsman, Rahul Dravid managed to score more than 300 runs in the tournament and they had to even bench their costliest foreign player, Jacques Kallis, for a few of the matches due to his poor form.[4][5] The string of failures mid-way through the season led to the sacking of the CEO, Charu Sharma who was replaced with Brijesh Patel.[6] Even coach Venkatesh Prasad was about to be sacked, but he saved his job by publicly apologising for the team's failure. Vijay Mallya went on to publicly criticise Dravid and Sharma for the failures by saying that they had not selected the right team. He regretted that he had made a mistake by not getting involved in the selection of the team.[6] They were the only team in the IPL to try out 11 opening combinations in 14 games. Eventually the chief cricketing officer, Martin Crowe resigned.[7] It was decided that from 2009 IPL session onwards the team would be coached by former South Africa Coach Ray Jennings.
2009 IPL Season
The team started with a win against defending champions Rajasthan Royals but quickly went on to lose a few games afterwards under the captaincy of Kevin Pietersen. However, he had to leave for national duty and captaincy was taken over by former Indian Test captain Anil Kumble. The team fortunes reversed and they beat Deccan Chargers to secure a 3rd place after the round robin stage in IPL2. In the semi final they beat the Chennai Super Kings convincingly who were led by M.S.Dhoni and crushed their hopes of winning the title. However they lost the final by 6 runs, in a close match to Deccan Chargers. Also Manish Pandey became the first Indian to score a century in IPL when he made 114*(73) against Deccan Chargers in their last match in the league phase.
2010 IPL Season
Challengers had a mixed round of success in the third edition of the IPL. The team slumped to a defeat in their first match against the Knight Riders but came back strongly to win the next four games which started off with the highest successful run chase in IPL 2010 and the second highest successful run chase in IPL history against Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore. This win was followed by comprehensive wins against the Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings. Kallis and Uthappa were in tremendous form with the bat while Kumble was miserly with the ball, Steyn fast and accurate and Vinay Kumar wily picking wickets at the right time. However the team lost the next two games and after a roller coaster ride managed to sneak into the semis for the second consecutive season by virtue of their healthy net run rate beating Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders both of whom had equal number of wins and losses as the Bangalore outfit. In the semifinal the Challengers put on a shoddy display after beginning well to concede 77 runs during the last 5 overs of the Mumbai innings and did not bat well to lose the match by 35 runs. The team had the final laugh after they beat the defending champions Deccan Chargers against whom they lost the previous year's final, by beating them all end's up by 9 wickets to finish third for the season and thereby book a slot in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
2011 IPL Season
Challengers were defeated by Chennai Super Kings in the final of IPL season four. Right from start, RCB had a formidable team led by Daniel Vettori. The team got a boost by inclusion of Chris Gayle who was instrumental in many of the RCB wins since his arrival. RCB defeated Mumbai Indians in the playoffs to reach the final. It lost to CSK by 58 runs in the final.[8]
Livery
Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge with the team.[9] The latter was chosen, hence the name. The jersey colours of the team are red and golden yellow, the same as the Karnataka state flag,[10] and the logo consists of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format.
The theme song of the team for the 2008 season was Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se. The team anthem, Game for More was created for the 2009 season. The music was composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Anshu Sharma for RediffusionY&R, Bangalore. This continues to be the anthem for the team through the matches till date.
Players
1st IPL Auction
The players in the team (except for Rahul Dravid, who was the Icon Player), were selected in an auction conducted by BCCI on 20 February 2008. South Africa's Jacques Kallis at $900,000 became the costliest player to be selected to play for the Royal Challengers. This meant that Rahul Dravid, being the Icon Player would be paid $1,035,000 (15% more than the highest bid player in the team). Other players selected included the then Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with his team-mates Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africa's Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper) and Dale Steyn. The team also included Pakistan cricket team's vice captain Misbah-ul-Haq although he wasn't in the playing 11 for most part of the tournament.
2nd IPL Auction
Kevin Pietersen made his way into RCB as one of the costliest players in IPL . Kevin Pietersen was valued at $1.55m over a base price of $1.35m. Also Jesse Ryder from New Zealand was acquired in the auction at $160,000. On the last day of the 2008–2009 transfer window, Zaheer Khan was swapped with Robin Uthappa of Mumbai Indians, with no money exchanged. The team also acquired Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey from Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan fast bowler Pankaj Singh from Rajasthan Royals. The team also signed Eagles fast bowler Dillon du Preez as a replacement for Zaheer Khan.
3rd IPL Auction
Challengers were among the least active during the 2010 auction by signing English-Irish batsman Eoin Morgan for $220,000 as the only acquisition.
4th IPL Auction
On January 8, 2011, IPL Governing Council held the auction for the season 4 of the league. The franchises had the option of retaining a maximum of four players for a sum of $4.5mn. Royal Challengers however retained only one of their player in Virat Kohli leaving the rest of the players back in the auction pool. When other IPL franchises let go the non-performers from each of their teams, RCB lost the top performers from the previous season by releasing them back to auction pool. On day one of the auction for the season four Bangalore bought Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan for $650,000, their former player and Mumbai Indians spearhead Zaheer Khan for $900,000, South Africa's ace middle order batsman AB de Villiers for $1.1mn, current New Zealand skipper and former Delhi Daredevils player Daniel Vettori for $550,000, India's young talent who played with Mumbai Indians until last season Saurabh Tiwary for a whopping $1.6mn; Australia's Dirk Nannes for $650,000 who played for DD and India's young talent Cheteshwar Pujara for $700,000. West Indian batsman Chris Gayle was brought in as a replacement to cause havoc among oppositions. Former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori will lead the side for the fourth season of the Indian premier league.
Pre-Season Transfer Window for IPL 2012
In the pre-season transfer window Royal Challengers Bangalore transferred Australian allrounder Andrew McDonald[11] to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Daredevils. RCB paid US$100,000 as transferred fees. Royal Challengers Bangalore also retained Chris Gayle for the next two IPL seasons.
Captaincy
Vijay Mallya, the owner of Bangalore Royal Challengers, has kept the captaincy options open. Minutes after picking up Kevin Pietersen at USD 1.55 million, Mallya said he was happy with the price he got him at. "The captaincy options are open. The team management will take a decision on it." The Royal Challengers, who finished second to last the previous year, were led by Rahul Dravid. On 21 March 2009 Vijay Mallya announced that Kevin Pietersen was replacing Rahul Dravid as the team captain for the 2009 season. The reason given was Dravid's absence in the league due to family related reasons.[12] However many suspect that the change in captaincy is the result of the poor performance of the team in the first season of the Indian Premier League. On the 30th April 2009, Anil Kumble was named the captain of the team for the remaining games of the IPL Season 2, due to Kevin Pietersen's absence to play for England against the West Indies. Since then performance of Bangalore Royal Challengers has been instrumental and the turnaround has been superb. The challengers found great success under Kumble's leadership.
Current Squad
Template:Royal Challengers Bangalore Roster
Old Squad
- Rahul Dravid
- Anil Kumble
- Wasim Jaffer
- Cameron White
- Kevin Pietersen
- Jacques Kallis
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Praveen Kumar
- Abdur Razzak
- Dale Steyn
- Mark Boucher
- Ross Taylor
Champions League Twenty20
The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League. The Royal Challengers are the only IPL team to have played in both the editions of the Champions League tournament.
2008 season
The Royal Challengers did not qualify for the Champions League during the 2008 Season. However the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks but qualifying teams from India, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were compensated with the losses incurred.
2009 season
On account of emerging as the runners-up of the 2009 season of the Indian Premier League, the team participated in the inaugural edition of the T20 Champions League, along with two other Indian teams; the winners of IPL 2009, Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils, who were the table toppers at the end of the league stage.
They had a limited amount of success during the tournament being placed in Group C for their first round. They lost to Cape Cobras in their first match but came back strongly to comprehensively beat Otago, to enter the second round. The results from the pairings during the first round were carried forward to the league stage hence the Royal Challengers eventually crashed out from the second round after finishing with 2 points from 3 matches which included a loss to the Victorian Bushrangers, a victory over the Delhi DareDevils and the loss against the Cape Cobras carried forward from the first round.
2010 Season
The Royal Challengers having beaten Deccan Chargers at the third-place play-off qualified for the 2010 Twenty20 Champions League along with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The Challengers along with Victoria Bushrangers and Wayamba Elevens were the only sides to make it to the tournament twice.
After successful victories at the warm-up games the Royal Challengers started off their campaign on a winning note after defeating Guyana. However they were humbled in their next game against the South Australian Redbacks. They also lost their next game against IPL rivals Mumbai Indians despite a mighty effort from Rahul Dravid. However the Challengers made it to the semi-finals after beating the Highveld Lions, thanks to a superior NRR compared to the Highveld Lions and Mumbai Indians.
The Royal Challengers played their rain-hit semi-final against the Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings who had topped Group A. The injury hit Challengers eventually lost the match by 52 runs (D/L method). With good spells from their bowlers and a magnificent innings from Suresh Raina the Super Kings successfully managed to defend their total to put the Bangalore team out of the tournament.
Fixtures and results
Overall results in the IPL
| Played | Wins | Losses | No Result | % Win | Summary | |
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| 2008 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | 7th of 8th |
| 2009 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | Runner-up |
| 2010 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | 3rd place |
| 2011* | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 64.28% | Runner-up |
| Total | 62 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 50.00% |
2008 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorecard Link |
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| 1 | 18 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 140 runs | (Scorecard) |
| 2 | 20 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Mark Boucher 39* (19) |
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| 3 | 26 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 7 wickets | (Scorecard) |
| 4 | 28 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 13 runs | (Scorecard) |
| 5 | 30 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Lost by 10 runs | (Scorecard) |
| 6 | 3 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 3 runs, MoM –  Praveen Kumar 3/23 (4 overs) |
(Scorecard) |
| 7 | 5 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 6 wickets | (Scorecard) |
| 8 | 8 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Lost by 5 runs | (Scorecard) |
| 9 | 12 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mohali | Lost by 9 Wickets | (Scorecard) |
| 10 | 17 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Lost by 65 runs | (Scorecard) |
| 11 | 19 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Shreevats Goswami 52 (42) |
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| 12 | 21 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Won by 14 runs, MoM – Anil Kumble 3/14 (4 overs) |
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| 13 | 25 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Hyderabad | Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/27 (4 overs) |
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| 14 | 28 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 9 wickets | (Scorecard) |
2009 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorecard Link |
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| 1 | 18 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Cape Town | Won by 75 runs, MoM – Rahul Dravid 66 (48) |
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| 2 | 20 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Lost by 92 runs | Scorecard |
| 3 | 22 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Cape Town | Lost by 24 runs | Scorecard |
| 4 | 24 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard |
| 5 | 26 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Lost by 6 wickets | Scorecard |
| 6 | 29 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – Mark Boucher 25* (13) |
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| 7 | 1 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Won by 8 runs | Scorecard |
| 8 | 3 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Johannesburg | Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 69* (59) and 0/23 (4 overs) |
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| 9 | 7 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Centurion | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard |
| 10 | 10 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Lost by 16 runs | Scorecard |
| 11 | 12 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Centurion | Won by 6 Wickets, MoM – Ross Taylor 81* (33) |
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| 12 | 14 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Won by 7 Wickets, MoM – Ross Taylor 46 (50) |
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| 13 | 19 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Johannesburg | Won by 7 Wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 58 (56) and 1/17 (4 overs) |
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| 14 | 21 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Centurion | Won by 12 runs, MoM – Manish Pandey 114* (73) |
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| Semifinal | 23 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Johannesburg | Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Manish Pandey 48 (35) |
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| Final | 24 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Johannesburg | Lost by 6 runs, MoM – Anil Kumble 4/16 (4 overs) |
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2010 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorecard Link |
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| 1 | 14 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard |
| 2 | 16 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 89* (55) and 1/39 (4 overs) |
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| 3 | 18 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 44* (34) and 2/20 (4 overs) |
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| 4 | 20 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 66* (55) and 1/35 (4 overs) |
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| 5 | 23 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 36 runs, MoM – Robin Uthappa 68* (38) |
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| 6 | 25 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 17 runs | Scorecard |
| 7 | 31 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 5 wickets | Scorecard |
| 8 | 2 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mohali | Won by 6 wickets, MoM –  Kevin Pietersen 66* (44) and 0/8 (1 over) |
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| 9 | 4 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Lost by 37 runs | Scorecard |
| 10 | 8 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard |
| 11 | 10 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/23 (3 overs) |
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| 12 | 12 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Nagpur | Lost by 13 runs | Scorecard |
| 13 | 14 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Kevin Pietersen 62 (29) |
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| 14 | 17 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 57 runs | Scorecard |
| Semifinal | 21 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Lost by 35 runs | |
| 3/4 Playoff | 24 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Anil Kumble 4/16 (4 overs) |
2011 Season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorecard Link |
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| 1 | 9 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Kochi | Won by 6 wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 54* (40) |
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| 2 | 12 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Lost by 9 wickets | Scorecard |
| 3 | 14 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Hyderabad | Lost by 33 runs | Scorecard |
| 4 | 16 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 21 runs | Scorecard |
| 5 | 19 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | No Result | |
| 6 | 22 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Won by 9 wickets, MoM –  Chris Gayle 102* (55) and 0/9 (2 overs) |
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| 7 | 26 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 56 (38) |
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| 8 | 29 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 26 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 67 (42) |
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| 9 | 6 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 85 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 107 (49) and 3/21 (4 overs) |
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| 10 | 8 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 44 (16) and 1/26 (4 overs) |
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| 11 | 11 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Sreenath Aravind 3/34 (4 overs) |
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| 12 | 14 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 4 wickets (D/L), MoM – Chris Gayle 38 (12) and 0/11 (1 over) |
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| 13 | 17 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Dharmasala | Lost by 111 runs | Scorecard |
| 14 | 22 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 75* (50) and 0/27 (3 overs) |
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| 1st Qualifying Final | 24 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 6 wickets | Scorecard |
| 2nd Qualifying Final | 27 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Won by 43 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 89* (47) and 0/11 (3 overs) |
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| Final | 28 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 58 runs | Scorecard |
References
- ^ G. Krishnan (2008-02-20). "Bangalore team named 'Royal Challengers'". Hindustan Times. p. 3. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Everything you wanted to know about the Indian Premier League". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ "Mukesh, Mallya top bidders for IPL". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ "Most Runs, Indian Premier League, 2007/08". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ^ "Bangalore's wretched summer continues". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ^ a b "Biggest mistake was to abstain from selection – Mallya". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ "A Test team in Twenty20 clothes". 28 April 2008.
- ^ http://sports.ndtv.com/ipl/teams-players?teamid=1111&client=NG15a2V5
- ^ Shruti Sabharwal (2008-01-25). "No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge to be Bangalore IPL team sponsor". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ Indian Premier League – Where cricket meets entertainment : Cricket COLUMNS : CricketZone.Com
- ^ Andrew McDonald transfers to Royal Challengers Bangalore
- ^ "Indian Premier League 2011". The Times Of India.
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