Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore
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City : Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore had Rahul Dravid as their captain in the first edition, Kevin Pietersen in the first half of the secondedition and then Anil Kumble in one and a half seasons of the same. And yet, none of them feature in Bangalore’s team. What then remains is the likelihood that we may see a totally different captain to lead the team this time with Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori as the front runners. One gets the sense that given that Bangalore is looking to groom the youth, Kohli has a good chance of becoming the skipper.



No. of players bought: 16 (6 Indian, 10 foreign)
Money spent: $8.64m
Big-ticket signing: Saurabh Tiwary ($1.6m)
Bargain buy: Daniel Vettori ($550,000)
Eyebrow-raiser: Saurabh Tiwary - Another beneficiary of the frenzy for Indian batting talent. Shone in IPL 2010, but isn't exactly a big-name star, or a local player who will pull the crowds in.
One that got away: Gambhir (bid $1.8m), Kallis (bid $1m), Ross Taylor (bid $0.95m)


Squad

Batsmen:
Virat Kohli (retained),
Saurabh Tiwary ($1.6m),
Cheteshwar Pujara ($700,000),
Tillakaratne Dilshan ($650,000),
Mohammad Kaif ($130,000),
Luke Pomersbach ($50,000),
Rilee Rossouw ($20,000),
Jonathan Vandiar ($20,000)


Bowlers:
Zaheer Khan ($900,000),
Dirk Nannes ($650,000),
Abhimanyu Mithun ($260,000),
Charl Langeveldt ($140,000),
Nuwan Pradeep ($20,000)

Allrounders:
Daniel Vettori ($550,000),
Johan van der Wath ($50,000)

Wicketkeepers:
AB de Villiers ($1.1m)