Royal Challengers Bangalore
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| League: | Indian Premier League |
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| Captain: | Virat Kohli |
| Coach: | Daniel Vettori |
| City: | Bangalore, Karnataka |
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| Owner: | United Spirits |
| Founded: | 2008 |
| Home ground: |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Capacity: 50,000) |
| Indian Premier League wins: | 0 |
| CLT20 wins | 0 |
| Official website: | www.royalchallengers.com |
 Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016
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The Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). One of the original eight teams in the IPL, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL, losing all of them (in 2009 to the Deccan Chargers, in 2011 to the Chennai Super Kings and in 2016 to the Sunrisers Hyderabad). The team also finished runners-up in the 2011 CLT20.
The home ground of the Royal Challengers is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The team is currently captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). For the inaugural tournament held in April–June 2008, the BCCI had finalised a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Bangalore, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Bangalore team was owned by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Reliance Industries Ltd.'s bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai Indians team. Though the franchise failed to justify the price tag at first, they soon rose to popular attention by roping in huge names like Virat Kohli, Dale Steyn, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and others.
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