Bangalore Royal Challengers is the team that is going to
represent the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural
Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor
magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group. Charu Sharma is the CEO of the
team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Martin Crowe,
the former New Zealand captain, has also been signed as a member of the
management team. Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian fast bowler and the present
bowling coach of India has been declared the coach for the team.
Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6million for
it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh
Ambani’s Reliance Industries’ bid of $111.9million for the Mumbai
team.
Indian actresses Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif were signed as the brand
ambassadors of the franchise.
Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either
‘No. 1 McDowell’s’ or ‘Royal Challenge’ with the team. Ultimately, ‘Royal
Challenge’ was chosen, and hence the team was given the name ‘Bangalore Royal
Challengers’. The jersey colours of the team are red and golden yellow, and the
logo consists of the RC emblem with ‘Bangalore Royal Challengers’ in standard
format.
Players
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 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.
Batsmen
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Rahul Dravid (Captain/Icon Player) - India - Right-handed
Batsman
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul - West Indies - Left-handed Batsman
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Wasim Jaffer - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Misbah-ul-Haq - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman
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Ross Taylor - New Zealand - Right-handed Batsman
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Arun Kumar J. - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Appanna K. P. - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Bharat Chipli - India - Right-handed Batsman
Wicket Keepers
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Mark Boucher - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket
keeper
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Shreevats Goswami - India - Left-hand Batsman / Wicket keeper
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Devraj Patil - India - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket keeper
Allrounders
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Jacques Kallis - South Africa - Right-arm fast-medium
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Cameron White - Australia - Right-handed Leg-break googly
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Sunil Joshi - India - Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
spin
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Akhil B. - India - Right-arm medium-fast
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Virat Kohli - India - Right-arm medium
Bowlers
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Anil Kumble - India -Right-armleg-break googly
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Zaheer Khan - India - Left-arm medium-fast
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Nathan Bracken - Australia - Left-arm fast-medium
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Dale Steyn - South Africa - Right-arm fast
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Praveen Kumar - India - Right-arm medium-fast
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Abdur Razzak - Bangladesh - Slow left-arm orthodox
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Vinay Kumar R. - India - Right-arm medium-fast
Administration and coaching
staff
Front Office:
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Owner- Vijay Mallya
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CEO - Charu Sharma
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Adviser - Martin Crowe
Coaches:
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