Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the populous franchises of the Indian Premier League. Virat led RCB for many years. Unfortunately, RCB could not afford to win a single trophy in 15 years of this cricket league. RCB has a wide fan base all over the country. This franchise made many renowned players all over the world. This includes AB De Villiers, Chris Gayle, and Dale Steyn. The organizers and franchise have stayed in making the franchise big. They have many supporters for the team. The home ground of the RCB is Chinnaswamy Stadium, located in Bangalore. RCB played finals in the year 2016 for the first and only time.
1. Virat Kohli
Virat is one of the Indian cricket players who is popular all over the world. He is the finest batsman and always plays orthodox cricketing shots. He has many records and many records of cricket which are yet to be broken by him. He has led the country as well as the franchise for many years. He has a daughter with her. His daughter’s name was Vamika, and he has recently collaborated with his wife and named an organization SEVA. He endorses many brands in India as well as outside. He is a dog lover and runs many NGOs which help new budding talent in sports. But unfortunately, he could not bring a trophy to either side.
2. AB de Villiers
AB De Villiers is one of the South African players who participated in the Indian Premier League. He is often regarded as a 360 player. He has played many switch hits and reverse sweeps all over the park. He loves to hit both pacers and spinners. He is a family man who often visits him for matches. He is very unfortunate in terms of winning trophies. Be it many ICC tournaments or IPL trophies. He is very emotional as a player. He has played with a strike rate of 387 against Pune Warriors India. He has scored 31 runs in 8 balls. This was scored in Bengaluru.
3. Harshal Patel
Staying back in India for his love for the game, even when his family had planned to move to the USA, Harshal Patel is known for his stupendous impact from Ranji matches. Five wickets even on the non-favorable pitch against Delhi, an eight-wicket haul against defending champions Rajasthan, Harshal Patel has always been impactful. From Royal Challengers Bangalore to Delhi Capitals and again back and maintaining one of the best bowling figures in IPL, Patel has also been instrumental in fetching a name for himself. He also bagged a spot in the Indian squad for the T20 series against Ireland in 2020.
4. Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle is one of the Caribbean players who has participated in many leagues. He is a proper shortest-format player who plays aggressively. He hits six all over the park. He was good at the slip position. All leagues invite him to participate in their leagues. The crowds enjoy his presence on the ground and cheer for him in the match.
5. Dale Styne
One of Wisden's Cricketer of the Year, 2013 and also included in the ICC Test Team of the Decade at the end of 2020, Dale Steyne is a leading fast bowler from South Africa. His initial endeavors into the game could have been more promising, and he had also been to England when he started his career. His form was best in test matches, where he demolished his opponents.
6. Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan has been a wonderful captain of the Delhi Capitals, though he has played for other teams too. Zaheer has multiple laurels, including hat tricks and amazing captaincy. He was conferred with Arjuna Award by the President of India in 2011. He was lately appointed as the bowling coach for the national cricket team in 2017.
7. Praveen Kumar
With eighty-four internationals and 112 wickets across all the formats, Praveen Kumar is a now-retired seamer with a fascinating way of swinging the ball both ways. Only 6 test matches couldn't stop him from having an impactful performance as he took up 15 wickets in 3 tests that also made his way for the Lord's Honours board. His best performances included stellar wickets in the Ranji trophy and the Vijay Hazare trophy.
8. Mandeep Singh
Consistency matters and Mandeep Singh is one of the finest examples. With a top-notch consistent performance in Ranji, he was also the highest run scorer in Vijay Hazare Trophy. With a 'Rising Star of the Tournament award' in their bag in the 2012 edition of IPL, he has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. However, he is striving to maintain his form.
9. Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid is a 50-year former Indian player. He is the forerunner of Ravi Shastri in this business. He is a successful mind for the under-19 guys and helped them to clinch victory many times. He is now working with the senior team to achieve the bigger targets. He is calm and has a great mind for handling complicated situations in a match. Jokingly, we now see his pumped-up nature after the match gets over. He is into ads even and doing things that are not obvious to his natural sense. But he is slaying that too. Indian team is going to play world cup this year under his guidance.
10. Jacques Kallis
The last player is an all-rounder from South Africa. He is one of the finest in his field. He is considered to be great and has been the inspiration for many new as well as current cricketers. He is one of the members of the prime all-rounder slots who represented and participated in the Indian Premier League. He played for RCB in the initial seasons of the edition. He later indulged in mentorship and coaching.
