Friday, March 12th, 2010

IPL T20 Team Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore, like Deccan Chargers, had ended up at the bottom of the table in the inaugural edition of IPL. Both teams ended up meeting in the final of IPL 2009 in South Africa. Anil Kumble-led RCB with great heart, but was unable to win the title. Kumble’s most impressive virtues as a cricketer – grit and determination – came to the fore in South Africa. The side lost four of their first five matches in IPL 2009, but made a startling comeback to make it to the semi-finals.

The team qualified for the CLT20 but could not qualify for the knock-out stage. The team has undergone a sea-change in terms of personnel and support staff from Season 2008 with new coach Ray Jennings making a huge impact. Former captain Kevin Pietersen’s participation is still debatable owing to an extended injury break. Their only buy at the 2010 auction was Englishman Eoin Morgan, but they also have in their ranks India’s under-19 captain Ashok Menaria while Nathan Bracken has been bought out.

Bowlers Batsmen All Rounders Wicket Keeper(s) Support Staff
A Kumble

KP Apanna

D du Preez

A Mithun

Praveen Kumar

DW Steyn

R Vinay Kumar

R Dravid

V Kohli

MK Pandey

LRPL Taylor

RV Uthappa

Eoin Morgan

B Akhil

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

JH Kallis

KP Pietersen

RE van der Merwe

CL White

Steven Smith

S Sriram

MV Boucher

SP Goswami

Ray Jennings

Brijesh Patel

Sanath Kumar

Evan Speechley

Ramesh Mane

Category: IPL T20

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