Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Owners: UB Group
- Franchisee Fee: $ 111.6 million
- Captain: Kevin Pietersen
- Coach: Ray Jennings
- Position in 2008: 7th
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Brief Introduction:
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 Pietersen is the captain. Rahul Dravid is the team’s Icon Player, while Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach.
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