| No | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 April | Kolkata Knight Riders | Bangalore | Lost by 140 runs |
| 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 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore
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| Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
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| Coach: | Venkatesh Prasad[1] | ||
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| Captain: | Rahul Dravid | ||
| Colors: | Red and Golden Yellow[2]  |
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| Founded: | 2008 | ||
| Home Ground: | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: | 55,000 | ||
| Owner: | UB Group | ||
| CEO: | Brijesh Patel | ||
| Official Website: | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||
Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing 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, through his flagship firm UB Group.[3] Brijesh Patel 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, is the CCO (Chief Cricketing Officer) of the management team.[4]
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[edit] Franchise history
Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament being organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI - the governing body for cricket in India), and backed by the International Cricket Council.[5] For the inaugural tournament to be 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]
[edit] 2008 IPL Season
The team won only 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 a 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.
[edit] Etymology
Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge with the team.[10] 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 [11], and the logo consists of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format.
[edit] Theme Song
A theme song called "Thakkath Geete" has been composed in support of the Red & Yellow team, with the help of TV9.
[edit] 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 $1,035,000 (15% more than the highest bid player in the team). Other players selected included the Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with his team-mates Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africa's Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper) and Dale Steyn.
[edit] Current squad
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 19 | Rahul Dravid (Captain) ♠ | 35 |  India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break / Wicket keeper | US$ 1,035,000 (Icon Player) ♠ |
| 06 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 33 |  West Indies |
Left-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 200,000 |
| 07 | Wasim Jaffer | 30 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | US$ 150,000 |
| 22 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 33 |  Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | US$ 125,000 |
| 21 | Ross Taylor | 24 |  New Zealand |
Right-handed | Right-arm off break | US$ 100,000 |
| 14 | Jagadeesh Arunkumar | 33 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Goa - Ranji Trophy Player[12] |
| K.P. Appanna | 19 | India |
Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Under-22 Player [13] | |
| 27 | Bharat Chipli | 25 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player[14] |
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 9 | Mark Boucher | 31 |  South Africa |
Right-handed | Wicket keeper | US$ 450,000 |
| 36 | Shreevats Goswami | 18 | India |
Left-handed | Wicket keeper | India - Under-19 Team Player |
| 08 | Praveen Kumar | 21 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Under-22 Player[15] |
| 66 | Devraj Patil | 23 | India |
Right-handed | Wicket keeper | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player[13] |
| 3 | Jacques Kallis | 32 | South Africa |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | US$ 900,000 |
| 18 | Cameron White | 24 |  Australia |
Right-handed | Leg-break googly | US$ 500,000 |
| 77 | Balachandra Akhil | 30 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player[12] |
| 05 | Virat Kohli | 19 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | India - Under-19 Team Player |
| 29 | Ashley Noffke | 30 | Australia |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | US$ 62,500 |
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting Style | Bowling/Fielding | Bidding/Sign-in Price |
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| 10 | Anil Kumble | 37 | India |
Right-handed | Leg-break googly | US$ 500,000 |
| 34 | Zaheer Khan | 29 | India |
Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | US$ 450,000 |
| 13 | Nathan Bracken | 30 | Australia |
Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | US$ 325,000 |
| 02 | Dale Steyn | 24 | South Africa |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast | US$ 325,000 |
| 24 | Sunil Joshi | 38 | India |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player [13] |
| 41 | Abdur Razzak | 25 |  Bangladesh |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | US$ 120,000 |
| 23 | Ranganath Vinay Kumar | 24 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player[12] |
| N.S.C. Aiyappa | 28 | India |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karnataka - Ranji Trophy Player[12] |
[edit] Administration and coaching staff
Front Office:
- Owner - UB Group
- CEO - Brijesh Patel
- CCO - Martin Crowe
- Ambassadors -Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Ramya, Upendra [16]
Coaches:
- Head Coach- Venkatesh Prasad
- Assistant Head Coach- Vijay Bharadwaj
- Physiotherapist- TBA
[edit] Fixtures and results
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008 Season
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ DLF - IPL - Indian Premier League - Bangalore Royal Challengers Details
- ^ Royal Challengers have it all worked out. http://cricket.indiatimes.com (2008-04-09). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ G. Krishnan (2008-02-20). Bangalore team named 'Royal Challengers'. HindustanTimes. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Chris Barclay (2008-02-22). Martin Crowe gets in on Indian Twenty20 action. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Everything you wanted to know about the Indian Premier League. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Mukesh, Mallya top bidders for IPL. The Hindu (2008-01-25). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Most Runs, Indian Premier League, 2007/08. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ Bangalore's wretched summer continues. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ a b Biggest mistake was to abstain from selection - Mallya. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Shruti Sabharwal (2008-01-25). No. 1 McDowell's or Royal Challenge to be Bangalore IPL team sponsor. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Indian Premier League - Where cricket meets entertainment : Cricket COLUMNS : CricketZone.Com
- ^ a b c d Good all-round combination, says Dravid. The Hindu (2008-02-23). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ a b c Cricinfo - Franchises raise 'player poaching' issue
- ^ Cricinfo - Bangalore Royal Challengers Squad
- ^ Cricinfo - Praveen Kumar for the Bangalore Challengers
- ^ Cricket Team Profiles - Yahoo! India Cricket
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