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Royal Challengers Bangalore - Vision and Mission

Make cricket a lifestyle sport raising the entertainment bar for the game. WIN IT - the single minded goal for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Dr Vijay Mallya, the franchise owner and the brand ambassador for the team, is an avid sports enthusiast himself. Dr Mallya has taken personal interest in ensuring that the cricket lovers have a memorable time with a great game and outstanding teams.

Indian Premier League - Cricket history in the making

Indian Premier League (IPL) is a cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). 8 unique teams from across the country will be participating in the second edition of the IPL to be held in South Africa. The team franchises were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB Group, proudly walked away with the Bangalore team for US$111.6 million.

IPL is a globally talked about sporting event which exhibits the highest quality of gamesmanship. The mission is to popularise this format and propel it to provide unique, wholesome entertainment to the entire family.

The Royal Challengers Bid

For the first time in the history of cricket, players were put on auction in 2008. Each of the 8 teams went on a bidding spree to buy players from the star-studded players' roster in the auction conducted by the BCCI on 20 February 2008. The action was hot and bidding frenzied as the team members (except for Rahul Dravid, who is the 'Icon Player') were successfully bid for in the auction. Among the players collected were Indian legend Anil Kumble, Australians Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africans Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn. Added to the squad a little later were latest Indian bowling sensation Praveen Kumar, Wasim Jaffer, Ross Taylor, India's world cup winning U-19 captain Virat Kohli and a host of extremely talented players from Karnataka.


PLAYERS ...

01	Kevin Pietersen
02	Mark Boucher
03	Rahul Dravid
04	Anil Kumble
05	Jacques Kallis
06	Robin Uthappa
07	Nathan Bracken
08	Cameron White
09	Dale Willem Steyn
10	Jesse Ryder
11	Ross Taylor
12	Wasim Jaffer
13	Virat Kohli
14	Praveen Kumar
15	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
16	Balachandra Akhil
17	K P Appanna
18	S Aravind
19	J Arunkumar
20	S Bandekar
21	R Bhatkal
22	R Bishnoi
23	Bharat Chipli
24	Gaurav Dhiman
25	Dillon du Preez
26	M Gautam
27	Shreevats Goswami
28	K Jadhav
29	I Jaggi
30	Sunil Joshi
31	Karan Sharma
32	Abhmanyu Mithun
33	Manish Pandey
34	Pankaj Singh
35	Udit Patel
36	Devraj Patil
37	Jitendra Patil
38	RK Sabharwal
39	Roelof van der Merwe
40	Vinay Kumar
41	Tinu Yohannan