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. Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh is the first player to be discussed in this article. He was one of the first-choice wicket-keeper batsmen for team India. But since the debut of MS Dhoni, he could not cement his place in the playing eleven. Dinesh participated in the world cup in 2007. He even participated in the Champions Trophy. He has yet to participate in 50 over the world cup. With his brilliant performance for RCB, he was called for the T20 world cup 2022.
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.
3. 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.
4. Mark Boucher
Popular because of having the highest number of test dismissals as a wicketkeeper, Mark has been in the squad that won the ICC trophy for South Africa for the only time to date. He has also been a Kolkata Night Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore member. Presently he is serving as the head coach of the South African Men's Cricket team.
5. Arun Karthik
Our next player, Arun Karthik. He is a specialized wicket-keeper batsman. He was born in Walajapet, Tamil Nadu. He was a leg-break googly bowler in addition to it. For some years, he played for RCB. He has participated in many leagues and also abroad too. He has participated in domestic tournaments for Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Assam.
6. Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa, the backbone of KKR, is a right-handed batsman but has occasionally been into wicket-keeping. His debut in the Indian National team was against England. He took Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL victory in 2014, though, in the inaugural season, he played for Mumbai Indians and later for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
7. Quinton De Kock
Quinton De Kock is a South African wicketkeeper who represented RCB for some years. He is an opening batsman and provides a good start to the team. He has represented some other franchises like Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians. He is going through a rough patch and has not scored many runs. He is a key member of the Proteas team in the world cup 2023. He is the current captain of a team of SA20.
8. KL Rahul
The eighth player is Kannanur Lokesh Rahul. He is a regular member of the Indian cricket team playing eleven. He participates in all three formats of the games. He has scored centuries in all three formats. He has scored runs against SENA countries in their home ground. He is a great player in the white ball format. He opened the innings and batted down the order as the team required. In Indian Premier League, he is one of the important players. He has scored many runs and was also an orange cap holder for many seasons. He is married to the daughter of Sunil Shetty.
9. Kedar Jadhav
One of the faces in Times 20 most desirable men of Maharastra 2017, Kedar Jadhav, is an all-rounder which a higher hand in batting. His bowling style is a right arm off break, and he sometimes takes up the part of a wicketkeeper too. He has played for the 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy.
10. KS Bharat
Kona Bharat is the next player in our highlight. He is a new wicketkeeper in the making. He debuted for the Indian team recently in the Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2023. He did not perform well but debuted well on the international stage. He was benched for a long time and represented in the absence of Rishabh Pant. He is a constant member of RCB.
