Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Royal Challengers Bangalore is a cricket team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. The team belongs to the large brewer Vijay Mallya and his company UB Group. Brijesh Patel is the manager. The former South African coach Ray Jennings is the coach of the team.
History
The Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament organized by the Indian Cricket Association and supported by the International Cricket Council. In advance of the first season of the Indian Association had submitted a list of eight cities where franchises should arise. On February 20, 2008, an auction was held, in consequence of which Vijay Mallya for 111.6 million U.S. dollars secured the rights to the team in Bangalore. The two Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, as well as the South Indian film stars Ramya and Upendra are the brand ambassador of the team.
2008 IPL season
The team won only four games this season and finished the year in second to last place in the table. Financially, a loss of approximately $ 8.5 million was generated. Only one batsman ( hitter ) came during the season to more than 300 runs. In addition to that the most expensive foreign shopping Jacques Kallis totally disappointed and has since not been prepared, even for a few games. The series of defeats made sure that was dismissed as CEO Charu Sharma during the season and replaced by Brijesh Patell. Even coach Venkatesh Prasad was about to be discharged, but was able to save his job because he publicly apologized for the poor performance of his team. Owner Vijay Mallya also criticized Charu Sharma and Rahul Dravid for a missed purchasing policy and regretted not having taken care of the compilation of the squad personally.
Stadium
The Challengers play their home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the heart of Bangalore. It was originally named after the owner of Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, but was later renamed after the Indian cricket official Mangalam Chinnaswamy. The foundation stone was laid in 1969 and construction began in 1970., The first first-class cricket matches were held in the 1971/72 season instead and 1974 followed by the first Test match. The stadium was formerly a capacity of 55,000 spectators, but summarizes these days nurmehr 40,000. It is to be expanded now to a capacity of 70,000 spectators. Inside the stadium, the Miss World event will also find other sporting and cultural events, such as 1997. For area of the stadium also includes the National Cricket Academy.