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 Steyne. 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. 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.
4. Jacques Kallis
The last player is an all-rounder from South Africa. 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.
5. 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.
6. Tilakaratne Dilshan
Dilshan is a great hailing from Sri Lanka who represented in the Indian Premier League. He later joined the coaching profession. He, as a batter, had little intention in the shortest format of the game. His role was to give anchorage to the team and build partnerships. He is good at test format and 50-over matches. He is on the list of run-scorers comprising all formats of the games.
7. Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Patel is one of the wicket-keeper batsmen from Gujarat. He has played for RCB for many years. He has many records for Gujarat in domestic tournaments. He has scored many consecutive centuries in first-class. This made him get selected for the national side. He has played many matches against Associate Nations like Kenya for India A. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman who represented all formats.
8. Devdutt Padikkal
Devdutt Padikkal is a young Indian cricketer, a left-handed opening batsman who occasionally bowls right-arm off-spin. Padikkal started playing cricket young, and coaches and selectors soon spotted his talent. He has been a part of the Under 16 team of Karnataka, marking his fine batting skills in the Vijay Merchant Trophy, a magnificent performance in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) being a part of Bellary Tuskers. Later, he joined The Royal Challengers Bangalore team in IPL in 2019. He was also named the 'Best Under-23 Cricketer' at the BCCI awards ceremony in January 2020.
9. Glenn Maxwell
Glenn is one of the attacking batsmen hailing from Australia. He initially played all formats of the game but, later on, focused on the white-ball career. He is a hard-hitting batsman. He is a specialized player against spin. But his intention was the same with every team. He also possesses leadership qualities, as sometimes he captains a team for some overs in a match. He is an off-spinner and is improving himself in bowling.
10. Manish Pandey
He was widely remembered as the first Indian batsman to hit a breathtaking century in IPL; Manish Pandey, a young cricket player from India born in the picturesque hill town of Nainital. In the inaugural season of IPL, he was selected for Mumbai Indians. However, he later went to RCB and was picked up by KKR and, finally, in 2018, into Sunrisers Hyderabad. The year 2015 marked Pandey's debut in international cricket. With a grueling batting power, he is known to excel under pressure.
