Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 : Bangalore Royal Challengers Team Player Lists
Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is an Indian Premier League team, based in the city of Bangalore. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. Brijesh Patel is the CEO of the RCB and Kevin Pieterson is the captain. Rahul Dravid is the team’s Icon Player, while Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach.
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). 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.
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.
- Kevin Pietersen
- Rahul Dravid
- Jacques Kallis
- Anil Kumble
- Mark Boucher
- Robin Uthappa
- Dale Steyn
- Wasim Jaffer
- Nathan Bracken
- Virat Kohli
- Ross Taylor
- Praveen Kumar
- Jesse Ryder
- Sunil Joshi
- Cameron White
- Shreevats Goswami
- Dillon du Preezui
- Pankaj Singh
- Roelof van der Merwe
- Vinay Kumar
You can find Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 Schedule – click here.
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