The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise IPL T20 cricket team on behalf of the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
One of the strong IPL teams, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL T20 tournament but never won the tournament.
The RCB was also the runners-up in the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
The home ground of the RCB is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Virat Kohli is the team captain and Daniel Vettori is the head coach.
royal challengers bangalore IPL Live Streaming: The Royal Challengers Bangalore owned by the liquor magnate and the owner of Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, owner of the UB Group.
Rahul Dravid, former Indian captain and also an “Icon Player”, leads the RCB in 2008. Ray Jennings was the head coach of the team, while Venkatesh Prasad was the bowling coach.
Virat Kohli was the man of the tournament of the last season who scores 973 runs on IPL 2016 which is the record for all kinds of T20 tournaments as the highest run scorer in a season.
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Match 1 – 5th April, 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8:00pm IST Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
Match 5 – 8th April, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils 8:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 8 – 10th April, 2017 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8:00pm IST Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore |
Match 12 – 14th April, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians 4:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 17 – 16th April, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rising Pune Supergiant 8:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 20 – 18th April, 2017 Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8:00pm IST Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
Match 27 – 23rd April, 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8:00pm IST Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Match 29 – 25th April, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 8:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 31 – 27th April, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Lions 8:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 34 – 29th April. 2017 Rising Pune Supergiant vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 4:00pm IST Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune |
Match 38 – 1st May, 2017 Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 4:00pm IST Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Match 43 – 5th May, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab 8:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 46 – 7th May, 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders 4:00pm IST M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 55 – 14th May, 2017 Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab 4:00pm IST Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune |
Current Squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore
The squad cost of the Royal Challengers Bangalore is 60 crore Indian Rupees and the squad is:
- Virat Kohli (c)
- Chris Gayle
- AB de Villiers
- Adam Milne
- Mandeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Mitchell Starc
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Harshal Patel
- Shane Watson
- Samuel Badree
- Travis Head
- Stuart Binny
- Kane Richardson
- Praveen Dubey
- Vikramjeet Malik
- Sachin Baby
- Vikas Tokas
- Akshay Karnewar
- Iqbal Abdullah.
Franchise History
Vijay Mallya paid $ 111.6 million for Royal Challengers Bangalore that was the second highest after only to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, paid $111.9 million for the Mumbai Indians in 2008.
Bollywood superstar actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, along with Ramya and Upendra, are brand ambassadors of the team.
In the last season of the Indian Premier League, RCB won only five matches in first seven games but ended as the runner-up. The team captain Virat Kohli was the player of the tournament for his outstanding performance. The theme song of RCB is “Thakkath Geete”.
Administration and Support Staff
Owner: Vijay Mallya (United Spirits Limited – Diageo)
VP of commercial operations and cricket academy: Russell Adams
Head of cricket operations: Brijesh Patel
Team director: Siddharth Mallya
Cricket operations and team manager: Avinash Vaidya
Head coach: Daniel Vettori
Assistant coach: Bharat Arun
Bowling coach: Allan Donald
Batting and fielding coach: Trent Woodhill
Strength and conditioning coach: Shankar Basu
Physiotherapist: Evan Speechly
Massage therapist: Arun Kanade
Masseur: Ramesh Mane
Year wise Team Performance of RCB
Year – Position
2008: Seventh
2009: Runner-up
2010: Third
2011: Runner-up
2012: Fifth
2013: Fifth
2014: Seventh
2015: Fourth
2016: Runner-up
FAQ’s
Q: When was founded the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: 2008
Q: What is the squad cost of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: INR 60 crore
Q: Who is the owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: Vijay Mallya (United Spirits Limited – Diageo)
Q: Who is the current coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: Daniel Vettori
Q: Who is the current captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: Virat Kohli
Q: What is the home ground of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Q: What is the best performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: Three times runners-up of IPL 2009, IPL 2014 & IPL 2016.
Q: What are the team strengths of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: A batting line-up that’s well worth the ticket price to an RCB match.
Q: What are the team weaknesses of the Royal Challengers Bangalore?
A: RCB’s bowling underwhelming despite having several fast bowlers. They also do not have a single player from Karnataka.
