Royal Challengers Bangalore, or RCB as it is also called, is a cricket franchisee in the Indian Premier League, which is based in the Indian city of Bengaluru. Presently, team RCB is led by Virat Kohli and coached by South African Ray Jennings. The team is owned by Dr. Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. RCB plays all its home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, one of the oldest and popular cricket stadiums in India.

Indian Premier League is a domestic tournament held in India and organized by the apex cricketing body of the country - Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In the open auction conducted by BCCI, in 2008, the bid was won by Dr Vijay Mallya, who bought the Bangalore franchisee. It was the second highest bid, right after Mukesh Ambani`s Reliance Industries for the Mumbai franchisee (Mumbai Indians). Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood film stars Ramya and Puneeth Rajkumar are the brand ambassadors of the team

Team Logo for Royal Challengers Bangalore
The team owner, Vijay Mallya, was keen to link one of his top selling liquor brands, either Royal Challenge or McDowell`s with the team. The former was chosen, hence the name of the team - Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The colours of the jersey are golden yellow and red, the same as the flag of Indian state, Karnataka. The logo consists of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format.

For the 2008 season the team song was Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se. The team anthem, Game for More was created for the 2009 season. The music was composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Anshu Sharma for RediffusionY and R, Bangalore. This continues to be the anthem for the team through the matches till date.

Players of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Batsmen for RCB
Saurabh Tiwary
Mohammad Kaif
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ab De Villiers
Virat Kohli
T M Dilshan
Luke Pomersbach
Chris Gayle
Mayank Agarwal
Asad Pathan
Rilee Rossouw
Raajoo Bhatkal
CM Gautam
Vijay Zol

Bowlers for RCB
Charl Langeveldt
Abhimanyu Mithun
Vinay Kumar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Zaheer Khan
Abrar Kazi
Dirk Nannes
Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad
Harshal Patel
Karun Nair
K P Appanna
Ronit More

All-Rounder for RCB
Virat Kohli (Captain)
Sreenath Aravind
Arun Karthik
Ryan Ninnan
Andrew Mc Donald
S Thiyagarajan

Coach and Support Staffs for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ray Jennings (Head Coach)
Brijesh Patel (CEO)
Avinash Vaidya (Manager)
Evan Speechly (Physiotherapist)
Ramesh Mane (Masseur)
Prasanna Agoram (Team Analyst)
Basu S (Head strength and Conditioning Coach)
Sanath Kumar (Assistant Coach)