Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers BangaloreA Franchise owned by the UB Group and who are captained by Indian batting legend, Rahul Dravid, who is also the team's Icon player. Dravid assumed the captaincy from England's Kevin Pietersen, but it is not sure at this stage who will captain the team in the 2010 IPL They are currently ranked 7 from 8 in the IPL Rankings

Performances

The team faired poorly in the 2008 IPL finishing seventh, winning just four games and losing ten. In 2009 after a poor start under Pietersen, the team recovered well after Dravid assumed the captaincy. They ended winning eight of their fourteen matches and finished third in the table, qualifying for the knock out stages. In the semi final they met the Deccan Chargers and lost by just six runs in a great match.

Squad

  • Rahul Dravid - Captain
  • Kevin Pietersen
  • Jacques Kallis
  • Anil Kumble
  • Cameron White
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Mark Boucher
  • Nathan Bracken
  • Dale Steyn
  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  • Waqim Jaffer
  • Vinay Kumar
  • Ross Taylor
  • Balachandra Akhli
  • Abdul Razzak
  • Sunil Joshi
  • Bharat Chipli