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$111.6 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.
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.
- Name - Age - Country - Position
Batsmen
- Rahul Dravid (Captain/Icon Player) - 35 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 33 - West Indies - Left-handed Batsman
- Wasim Jaffer - 30 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Misbah-ul-Haq - 33 - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman
- Ross Taylor - 24 - New Zealand - Right-handed Batsman
- Arun Kumar J. - 33 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Appanna K. P. - 19 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Bharat Chipli - 25 - India - Right-handed Batsman
Wicket Keepers
- Mark Boucher - 31 - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket keeper
- Shreevats Goswami - 18 - India - Left-hand Batsman / Wicket keeper
- Devraj Patil - 23 - India - Right-handed Batsman / Wicket keeper
Allrounders
- Jacques Kallis - 32 - South Africa - Right-arm fast-medium
- Cameron White - 24 - Australia - Right-handed Leg-break googly
- Sunil Joshi - 37 - India - Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox spin
- Akhil B. - 30 - India - Right-arm medium-fast
- Virat Kohli - 19 - India - Right-arm medium
Bowlers
- Anil Kumble - 37 - India - Right-arm leg-break googly
- Zaheer Khan - 29 - India - Left-arm medium-fast
- Nathan Bracken - 30 - Australia - Left-arm fast-medium
- Dale Steyn - 24 - South Africa - Right-arm fast
- Praveen Kumar - 21 - India - Right-arm medium-fast
- Abdur Razzak - 25 - Bangladesh - Slow left-arm orthodox
- Vinay Kumar R. - 24 - India - Right-arm medium-fast
Administration and coaching staff
Front Office:
- Owner- Vijay Mallya
- CEO - Charu Sharma
- Adviser - Martin Crowe
Coaches:
- Head Coach - Venkatesh Prasad
- Assistant Head Coach - TBA
- Physiotherapist - TBA
IPL Teams - Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team.
Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL.
The team logo has the Sudarshan Chakra with the team’s name engraved in it. The team’s colour will be blue. The choice of the name “Indians” for a regional competition is widely regarded as a blunder.
The mascot is still unknown.
Players
Sachin Tendulkar is the designated icon player and also captain for Mumbai Indians. During the player auction Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two of the heroes of Indian Twenty-20 world cup side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya was also another prized catch, along with South African legend Shaun Pollock. The team also added the Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga.
Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (from Baroda)
- Name - Age - Country - Position
Batsmen
- Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) - 35 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Robin Uthappa - 22 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Loots Botsman - 30 - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman
- Ashley Prince - 30 - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman
- Manish Pandey - 18 - India - Right-handed Batsman
- Saurabh Tiwari - 18 - India - Left-handed Batsman
Wicket Keepers
- Yogesh Takawale - 23 - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper
- Pinal Shah - 20 - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper
All Rounders
- Sanath Jayasuriya - 37 - Sri Lanka - Slow left-arm orthodox spin
- Shaun Pollock - 35 - South Africa - Right-arm medium-fast
- Ajinkya Rahane - 19 - India - Right-arm medium
Bowlers
- Harbhajan Singh - 27 - India - Right-arm off-break
- Lasith Malinga - 24 - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast
- Dilhara Fernando - 29 - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast-medium
- Abhishek Nayar - 24 - India - Right-arm medium-fast
- Ashish Nehra - 28 - India - Left-arm fast-medium
Administration and Coaching staffFront Office:
- Owner - Reliance Industries Limited
- CEO - R Balachandran
- President - Mukesh Ambani
Coaches:
- Head Coach - Lalchand Rajput
- Assistant Head Coach - TBA
- Physiotherapist - TBA
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