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Oracle · Site Admin Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 51 1133 Runs

Franchise/Team Information:

Team Name -- Bangalore Royal Challengers
Owned By -- UB Group
Ownership Cost -- $111.6 million
Captain -- Rahul Dravid
Coach -- Martin Crowe
Home Ground -- M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Players bought in the Auction:

Player -- Country -- Price Paid

Rahul Dravid -- India -- $1,035,000
Jaqies Kallis -- South Africa -- $900,000
Anil Kumble -- India -- $500,000
Cameron White -- Australia -- $500,000
Zaheer Khan -- India -- $450,000
Mark Boucher -- South Africa -- $450,000
Nathan Bracken -- Australia -- $325,000
Dale Steyn -- South Africa -- $325,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul -- West Indies -- $200,000
Wasim Jaffer -- India -- $150,000

Further Additions:

Misbah-ul Haq (Pakistan) - $125,000
Ross Taylor (New Zealand) - $100,000
Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh) - $50,000

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS - FULL SQUAD

Abdur Razzak
Anil Kumble
Balachandra Akhil
Bharat Chipli
Cameron White
Dale Steyn
Devraj Patil
Jacques Kallis
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
KP Appanna
Mark Boucher (w)
Misbah-Ul-Haq
Ashley Noffke
Praveen Kumar
Rahul Dravid (c)
Ross Taylor
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shreevats Goswami
Sunil Joshi
Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli
Wasim Jaffer
Zaheer Khan

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POSTED ON 17/04/08

THE LIVE SCORE PAGE ALSO HAS A BUTTON FOR THE FULL SQUAD

Lokesh Aggarwal · Master Blaster Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 111 1096 Runs

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sanju123 · All Rounder Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 59 380 Runs

The best thing about this team is their very disciplined Captain.Further,if you know,their coach is expected to do very well.Martin Crowe himself, used to be a very spirited player.

vttop · All Rounder Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 99 271 Runs

I was watching Dale Steyn ball today and they were showing some of his menacing deliveries against the batsmen . At his pace , he is sure to bother the batsmen with his bouncers even on placid pitches. Although Kumble hasn't yet played any T20 matches, I daresay , given his guile , he would not fair badly either. By the way, did any of you watch White play during the Australian domestic cricket ?

sanjay · All Rounder Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 78 293 Runs

wow the team is so good.If the captain is rahul dravid and players are like anil kumble and misbah ul haq, then what is lacking? of course nothing.good luck to captain dravid

Lalit Burma · Master Blaster Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 2467 Runs

Sounding like Test Team is playing Twenty 20 match ... Rahul, Kumble, Jaffer, Chanderpual ... all test specialist players come together to prove that they are not only for test matches ... not only that Rahul and Jaffer are so calm players that they will never suit for such a aggressive form of cricket ...

But as I said earlier its cricket ... anything can happen ...

But on the paper ... this team is less impressive

descorpio · Top Scorer Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 165 756 Runs

From my personal view, am sure that the Bangalore team has disappointed me. I do not know what Rahul dravid and Kumble has got to do in T20 match. And kallis was not even in the squad of SA team for T20. I thought Mallaiya would bring more charm to the team. But he disappointed.

crilove · Top Scorer Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 154 1104 Runs

111.6 million $ for this team ... UB group really invested their money on the wrong players ... these players are selected for Test Matches only not even for One Day and you are expecting them to play for Twenty 20 ... tell me guys how many sixes Dravid hit in his entire cricket career ... you can count those sixes on your fingers ... and Wasim Jaffer ... he is just similar to VVS Laxman who are in Cricket world because of Test Matches only ...

I do not know ... but combination of this team is really worst ...

Coverdrive · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:

I expect these guys to be solid. Watch for Bracken, he's a one-day specialist left-handed bowler who swings the ball into the right hander from around the wicket.

varungupta · Top Scorer Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 335 2013 Runs

well for me it is the 2nd best team after Delhi daredevils
Royal challengers has a mix of some truly committed players like Rahul, Kallis, Boucher & Chanderpaul
so othes plz beware!!!!

gasbo · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

Goodness me, this is difficult. I'm working my way toward a team to barrack for Nathan Bracken is a great bowler and Anil Kumble has just recently, as India's captain, given we Aussies a good thrashing in a One Day series. He's a great player and hard to go past Confused

descorpio · Top Scorer Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 165 756 Runs

I think that the further additions of Misbah, Taylor would be an added advantage for the team. Both are great players and misbah was the one who took away the match in the T20 from us. But atlast thanks to his stupid shot selection at the last moment. So he is notable player in the team.

dudevishwa · Player Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 6 37 Runs

I totally oppose crilove....
yea guys RC just rocks... tis team is full of talented players who can handle the situation at any time... lot of brainy guys and rockin players.... A very sensible captain and calm coach.....
Bangalore Royal Challengers r lik Dark Horses.... ppl never know the strength and capability of tis team......

cricklove · Team Player Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 26 644 Runs

well today is a special day in history of world cricket
& i m hopeful this day will be marked by a win from Royal Challengers!!!
to me this team seems to have just the right balance!
what do u say guys?

ramesh · Top Scorer Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 103 241 Runs

such a great team and what a performance in the tournament...... simlpy sadening......... we didnt expect such things from this team