BANGLORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS

Current squad
Rahul Dravid 35 India Batsman Icon Player
Jacques Kallis 32 South Africa All Rounder US$ 900,000
Anil Kumble 37 India Bowler US$ 500,000
Cameron White 24 Australia Batsman US$ 500,000
Zaheer Khan 29 India Batsman US$ 450,000
Mark Boucher 31 South Africa Batsman / WK US$ 450,000
Nathan Bracken 30 Australia Bowler US$ 325,000
Dale Steyn 24 South Africa Bowler US$ 325,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 33 West Indies Batsman US$ 200,000
Wasim Jaffer 30 India Bowler US$ 100,000
Vinay Kumar 21 India Batsman None
Jagadeesh Arunkumar 30 India Bowler None
Balachandra Akhil 30 India Batsman None
KP Appanna 19 India Bowler None
Devraj Patil 23 India Batsman None
Sunil Joshi 37 India All Rounder None
Bharat Chipli 25 India Bowler None
 

The name "Bangalore Royal Challengers" will represent the Bangalore team in the Indian Premier League . This team is owned by the Liquor king in India
Dr.Vijay Malaya. Former captain of Indian Cricket team Rahul Dravid is the captain of this team and is also the iconic player for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

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.