IPL: Bangalore Royal Challengers
2/22/2008 10:21:21 AM
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| UB Group's Vijay Mallya's IPL Banglore team |
History was made on Wednesday (February 20) as cricket's biggest names were auctioned today at Hilton Towers, Mumbai. A total of 79 players both Indian and international went under the hammer for the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League. Rahul Dravid (C) (India) Icon Player 2 55 54 127.90 - Jacques Kallis (South Africa) US$ 900,000 (Rs 3.6cr) 7 179 50 106.54 1 US$ 500,000 (Rs 2cr) 2 8 8 114.28 4 Cameron White (Australia) US$ 500,000 (Rs 2cr) 26 878 141 160.80 17 Zaheer Khan (India) US$ 450,000 (Rs 1.8cr) 10 56 26 100.00 9 Mark Boucher (South Africa) US$ 450,000 (Rs 1.8cr) 16 317 57 99.37 - Nathan Bracken (Australia) US$ 325,000 (Rs 1.3cr) 19 14 7 140.00 22 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) US$ 200,000 (Rs 80lac) 7 153 41 98.07 -
One of the eight teams which feature in this extravagent form of the game is BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS
Owner: The team is owned by the liquor baron Vijay Mallya -- Chairman of UB Group. The man himself has named the team after his brand Royal Challenge. The CEO of the team is Charu Sharma and Martin Crowe -- former New Zealand skipper -- is also a part of the team management. Bangalore team was brought for US$ 111.6 million (Rs 446.4 crore). An amount of US$ 4,835,000 was spent to buy players for the team from the auction held on February 20, 2008.
About owner: Vijay Mallya is the Chairman of the United Breweries Group. Known for his lavish parties, Mallya has been a part of numerous sports. He recently launched his F1 team -- Force India. He now makes his way into cricket hoping that his brand builds as lavish as other brands.
Players: The costliest player brought by Mallya was none other than the South African all-rounder Jaques Kallis. Banglore team has also pocketed the likes of veteran Anil Kumble, protea's Mark Boucher, paceman Nathan Bracken.
Current Squad
Player
Price
T20 Statistics
Mat Runs HS SR Wkts
Wasim Jaffer (India)
US$ 150,000 (Rs 60lac)
- - - - -
Dale Steyn (South Africa)
US$ 325,000 (Rs 1.3cr)
14 7 4 87.50 16
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