Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Bangalore Challengers surprised everyone during this year’s IPL in South Africa with an amazing run of fortune that saw them bounce back from the brink, on the back of 6 wins from their last 8 league fixtures, and storm into the finals.
Though they lost the finals to Deccan Chargers, the defeat could be attributed more to luck rather than ability.
This Anil Kumble led squad looks strong on paper with the likes of Rahul Dravid, Ross Taylor, Mark Boucher, Robin Uthappa, and Jaques Kallis gracing it’s batting line-up
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On the bowling front, ‘Steyn’-gun leads the attack with Praveen Kumar, besides Kumble to provide the breakthroughs.
Playing league matches on home conditions could just provide the Vijay Mallya outfit enough spark needed to go all the way.
Head Coach Ray Jennings
Manager Marshall Rosen
Assistant Coach: Evan Speechly
Franchisee UB Group (Vijay Mallya)
Physio: Evan Speechly
Franchise cost: USD 111.6 million
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| Balachandra Akhil |
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| Vinay Kumar |
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| Robin Uthappa |
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| Virat Kohli |
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| Manish Pandey |
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| Anil Kumble |
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| Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
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| Jesse Ryder |
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| Ross Taylor |
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| Roelof van der Merwe |
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| Praveen Kumar |
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| Mark Boucher |
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| Jacques Kallis |
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| Dale Steyn |
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| Rahul Dravid |
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| Rajesh Bishnoi |
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