Business tycoon Dr. Vijay Mallya owns the Bangalore Royal Challengers, named after one of Mallya's top brands. The team from the Garden City will be led by one of its favourite sons Rahul Dravid who is also its Icon Player. A formidable line-up, the squad has great talent with the likes of Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White. Youth will be represented by the U-19 Cricket World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli, Shreevats Goswami and Arun Kumar among others.
Charu Sharma is designated as the CEO of the team while former Kiwi captain Martin Crowe has also been roped in to be part of the team management. Former India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad has been sought to coach the team. Red and golden yellow are the team colours. The Royal Challengers will be expected to shine in the IPL with their talent, determination and buoyancy.
Recently in auction for season 2 IPL players bangalore Royal challengers purchased Kevin Peiterson who became the most expensive player of the tournament.
Royal Challengers Team/ Squad :
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Abhmanyu Mithun
Anil Kumble
Balachandra Akhil
Bharat Chipli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Cameron White
Dale Steyn
Devraj Patil
Dillon du Preez
Gaurav Dhiman
Ishank Jaggi
Jacques Kallis
Jagadeesh Arun Kumar
Jesse Ryder
Jitendra Patil
Karan Sharma
Kedar Jadhav
Kotarangada Appanna
Manish Pandey
Mark Boucher
Muralidharen Gautam
Nathan Bracken
Pankaj Singh
Praveen Kumar
R. Suteesh
Rahul Dravid
Rajesh Bishnoi
Raju Bhatkal
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe
Rohit Sabharwal
Ross Taylor
Saurabh Bandekar
Sreesanth Aravind
Srivastava Goswami
Sunil Joshi
Tinu Yohannan
Udit Patel
Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli
Wasim Jaffer
Ray Jennings (SA) (Coach)
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