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royal challengers Bengaluru, formerly known as royal challenger Bengaluru ,commonly known as RCB ,is a professional franchise cricket team based in Bengaluru ,Karnataka ,competing in the Indian premier league .founded in 2008 by united spirits ,currently managed by Prathamesh Mishra ,the team is named after the liquor brand ,royal challenge .the m. Chinnasamy stadium in Bengaluru is their home ground .it is the most popular and followed cricket franchise with more then18 million followers on Instagram.
as of 2025 , the team is captained by Rajat Patidarake and coached by Andy flower .royal challengers have finished as runners -up on three occasions ,in 2009,2011,and 2016,and have qualified for the playoffs in nine seasons .the franchise has competed in the champions league , finishing as running -up in the 2011 season .as of 2024 ,RCB was valued at dollar 117 million ,making them one of the most valuable IPL franchises.
2008-2010 : initial seasons .
main articles ; royal challengers Bengaluru in 2008,2009,and 2010.
in September 2007, the bord of control for cricket in the (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian premier league (IPL) , a twenty20 competition set to begin in 2008 .on 24 January 2008 ,an auction was held in Mumbai for the league s teams , which represented eight different cities in India ,including Bengaluru . the Bengaluru franchise was acquired by Vijay Mallya for US Doller 111.6 million ,making it the second -highest bid, slightly less than reliance industries US Doller 111.9 million bid for the Mumbai Indians.
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ahead of the 2008 player auction , the ipl designated Rahul Dravid as the icon player for the bangalure franchise.this designation ensured that dravid would be paid 15 more than the highest bid player at the auction .the franchise acquired several prominent indian and international players ,including jacques kallis ,anil kumble ,zaheer khan,mark boucher ,dale steyn ,and cameron white .in the second round of the auction ,they also signed ross taylor ,misbah -ul -haq ,and indian under-19 world cup -winning captain virat kohli.the franchise named drivid as the captain of the team and appointed venkatesh prasad as the head coach . the team struggled in the inaugural season, winning only four out of their 14 matches and finishing seventh in the eight -team table .dravid was the sole player to score more than 300 runs in tournament ,and the team even had to bench their most expensive foreigen player ,kallis ,for several matches due to his poor form.
2011-2012: IPL and CLT20 finals .
on 8 january 2011 ,the IPL governing council held the auction for the fourth seasons of the league.franchises had the option of retaining a maximum of four player for a sum of us 4.5 million. however ,rcb retained only virat kohli , leaving their other player s to re - enter the auction pool .during the auction ,bangalore made significant acquisitions, including tillakaratne dilshan,
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