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Royal Challengers Bangalore
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Personnel
CaptainIndia Anil Kumble
CoachSouth Africa Ray Jennings[1]
OwnerDr. Vijay Mallya [2]
Team information
ColorsTemplate:Cr-IPL/Flags
Founded2008
Home groundM. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Capacity: 40000)
Official websiteRoyal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) [Kannada: ರಾಯಲ್ ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ಸ್, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು] is a franchise, cricket team based in the city of Bangalore. Indian Premier League The team is owned by the buisness magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group.[3] Brijesh Patel is the CEO of the RCB and Anil Kumble is the captain. Rahul Dravid is the team's Icon Player, while Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach[4].

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).[5] 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 Upendra are the brand ambassadors of the team.[6]

2008 IPL Season

The team won 4 matches in this season, losing 10 matches and managed to secure only the last but one position in the points table. 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 few of the matches due to his poor form.[7][8] The string of failures mid-way through the season led to the sacking of the CEO, Charu Sharma who was replaced with Brijesh Patel.[9] 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 fa mistake by not getting involved in the selection of the team.[9] 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.[10]. From 2009 IPL session onwards the team will 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 in the round robin stage on IPL2. In the semi- final they surprisingly beat the Chennai Super Kings who were the most consistent team in the league and crushed their hopes of winning the title. However they lost by 6 runs(final), in a close match to Deccan Chargers.

Etymology

Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge with the team.[11] 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 [12], and the logo consists of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format.

Theme Song

The first theme song of Royal Challengers was Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se sung by Kunal Ganjawala and Sunidhi Chowhan. However Another unofficial fanclub's theme song called Thakkath Geete has been composed in support of the Red & Yellow team, with the help of TV9. However, the team anthem was created in 2009 by Rediffusion Y&R Bangalore and is called Game for More. The music video was directed by Sanjay Shetty and Vishal from Opticus Films, music was directed by Amit Trivedi (DEV.D and Aamir fame) and lyrics were penned by Anshu Sharma a.k.a. anshubaba from Rediffusion Y&R.

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.

Transfers & New Signings

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 Gaurav Dhiman from Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan fast bowler Pankaj Singh from Rajasthan Royals.
The team has signed Eagles fast bowler Dillon du Preez as a replacement for Zaheer Khan.

The team management also suspended the contract of Pakistani player and current vice-captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team, Misbah-ul-Haq where as some other owners have decided to terminate the contracts of Pakistani players.

2nd IPL Auction

Kevin Pietersen made his way into RCB as one of the costliest players in IPL history. 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.

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, Mallaya 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 last the previous year, were led by Rahul Dravid. On March 21, 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.[13] 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 turn around has been superb. The challengers have found great success under Kumble's leadership and definitely are hoping for more in the 3rd Season.

Current squad

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Administration

Fixtures and results

2008 season

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No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 18 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Lost by 140 runs MOM Brendon mccullum 158*
2 20 April Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by five wickets, MoM – Mark Boucher – 39* (19)
3 26 April Rajasthan Royals Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets
4 28 April Chennai Super Kings Bangalore Lost by 13 runs
5 30 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 10 runs
6 3 May Deccan Chargers Bangalore Won by 3 runs, MoM – Praveen Kumar – 3/23 (4 overs)
7 5 May Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Lost by 6 wickets
8 8 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 5 runs
9 12 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 9 Wickets
10 17 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 65 runs
11 19 May Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Shreevats Goswami – 52 (42)
12 21 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 14 runs, MoM – Anil Kumble - 3/14 (4 overs)
13 25 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Vinay Kumar - 3/27 (4 overs)
14 28 May Mumbai Indians Bangalore Lost by 9 wickets

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2009 season

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No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 18 April Rajasthan Royals Cape Town Won by 75 runs, MoM – Rahul Dravid – 66 (48)
2 20 April Chennai Super Kings Port Elizabeth Lost by 92 runs
3 22 April Deccan Chargers Cape Town Lost by 24 runs
4 24 April Kings XI Punjab Durban Lost by 7 wickets
5 26 April Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth Lost by 6 wickets
6 29 April Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Won by 5 Wickets, MoM - Mark Boucher - 25* (13)
7 1 May Kings XI Punjab Durban Won by 8 runs
8 3 May Mumbai Indians Johannesburg Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Jacques Kallis - 69* (59)
9 7 May Rajasthan Royals Centurion Lost by 7 wickets
10 10 May Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Lost by 16 runs
11 12 May Kolkata Knight Riders Centurion Won by 6 Wickets, MoM - Ross Taylor - 81* (33)
12 14 May Chennai Super Kings Durban Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - Ross Taylor - 46 (50)
13 19 May Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - Jacques Kallis - 58 (56)
14 21 May Deccan Chargers Centurion Won by 12 runs, MoM - Manish Pandey - 114* (73)
Semifinal 23 May Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Manish Pandey - 48 (35)
Final 24 May Deccan Chargers Johannesburg Lost by 6 runs MoM - Anil Kumble - 4-0-16-4 (O-M-R-W)

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2010 season

No Date Opponent Venue Result
1 Mar 14 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 7 wickets
2 Mar 16 Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Won by 8 wickets, MoM Jacques Kallis - 89* (55)
3 Mar 18 Rajasthan Royals Bangalore Won by 10 wickets, MoM Jacques Kallis - 44* (34)
4 Mar 20 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 7 wickets, MoM Jacques Kallis - 66* (55)
5 Mar 23 Chennai Super Kings Bangalore
6 Mar 25 Delhi Daredevils Bangalore
7 Mar 31 Chennai Super Kings Chennai
8 Apr 02 Kings XI Punjab Mohali
9 Apr 04 Delhi Daredevils Delhi
10 Apr 08 Deccan Chargers Bangalore
11 Apr 10 Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore
12 Apr 12 Deccan Chargers Nagpur
13 Apr 14 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur
14 Apr 17 Mumbai Indians Bangalore

References

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  3. ^ G. Krishnan (2008-02-20). "Bangalore team named 'Royal Challengers'". HindustanTimes. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  4. ^ DLF - IPL - Indian Premier League - Bangalore Royal Challengers Details
  5. ^ "Everything you wanted to know about the Indian Premier League". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  6. ^ "Mukesh, Mallya top bidders for IPL". The Hindu. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  7. ^ "Most Runs, Indian Premier League, 2007/08". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  8. ^ "Bangalore's wretched summer continues". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  9. ^ a b "Biggest mistake was to abstain from selection - Mallya". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  10. ^ "A Test team in Twenty20 clothes". 28 April 2008.
  11. ^ Shruti Sabharwal (2008-01-25). "No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge to be Bangalore IPL team sponsor". Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  12. ^ Indian Premier League - Where cricket meets entertainment : Cricket COLUMNS : CricketZone.Com
  13. ^ http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/KP_replaces_Dravid_as_Challengers_skipper/articleshow/4297609.cms
  14. ^ Cricket Team Profiles - Yahoo! India Cricket Puneet Raj Kumar is new Royal Challengers ambassador
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