Bangalore Royal Challengers - Vijay Malya - Captained by Rahul Dravid.....

BANGLORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad for IPL 2012

Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the 2012 Indian Premier League season, which begins on 4 April and ends on 27 May 2012.

Head Coach Ray Jennings Assistant Coach Sanath Kumar Captain Daniel Vettori Vice-Captain Virat Kohli Mentor Anil Kumble Batting Coach Mark O’Donnell Bowling Coach Venkatesh Prasad Physiotherapist Evan Speechly CEO Brijesh Patel Manager Avinash Vaidya Masseur Ramesh Mane Team Analyst Prasanna Agoram Head Strength & Conditioning Coach S Basu Venue M. Chinnaswamy Stadium IPL Best 2009, 2011 Finalist Owner Royal Challengers Sports Private Ltd

AB de Villiers Abhimanyu Mithun Abrar Kazi Arun Karthik Asad Pathan Charles Langeveldt Chris Gayle Daniel Vettori (captain) Dirk Nannes Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad Johan van der Wath Luke Pomersbach Mayank Agarwal Mohammad Kaif Raju Bhatkal Saurabh Tiwary Sreenath Aravind Tilakaratne Dilshan Vinay Kumar Virat Kohli Zaheer Khan

Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either 'No. 1 McDowell's' or 'Royal Challenge' with the team.[8]Ultimately, 'Royal Challenge' was chosen, and hence the team was given the name 'Bangalore Royal Challengers'. The jersey colours of the team are red and golden yellow, the same as the Karnataka state flag, and the logo consists of the RC emblem with 'Bangalore Royal Challengers' in standard format.
Previously the team was bought by the kingfisher group chairman Dr.Vijay Malaya for an astonishing amount of $111.6 million, which stood the second highest amount after the Mumbai team.

Malaya wanted to associate his top liquor brands McDowell’s or Royal challenge with his team but at last he selected the brand Royal Challenge for that.

Dipika Padukone and Katrina Kaif, top Bollywood actresses will be Brand Ambassadors for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

The Bangalore Royal Challengers have quit a few top players in their List. South African All-rounder Jacques Kallis was the costliest player in the team who was successfully bid for $900,000. Other players include Indian test team captain Anil Kumble along with Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Sivanarayan Chandra Paul, Mark Boucher…

Vekatesh Prasad, the bowling coach of the Indian Cricket Team will be the coach for this team.

Charu Sharma will be the CEO and Vijay Malaya will be the president of this team. Former New Zealand captain and cousin of Hollywood actor Russell Crowe will be the Advisor for this team.

The players in the team (except for Rahul Dravid, who was the Icon Player), were selected in an auction conducted by BCCI on 20 February 2008. South Africa's Jacques Kallis at $900,000 became the costliest player to be selected to play for the Royal Challengers. This meant that Rahul Dravid, being the Icon Player would be paid $1,035,000 (15% more than the highest bid player in the team). Other players selected included the Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with his team-mates Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White, South Africa's Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper) and Dale Steyn.