Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2008 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. The team finished seventh during the league stage and did not qualify for the play-offs.
Squad Rahul Dravid was the captain and icon player.Cricinfo - Bangalore Royal Challengers SquadCricinfo - Franchises raise 'player poaching' issue No.NameAgeNationalityBatting styleBowling styleSigning price Batsmen05 Virat Kohli 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium06 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 33 Left-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 200,00007 Wasim Jaffer 30 Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 150,00014 J. Arunkumar 33 Right-handed Right-arm off-break 19 Rahul Dravid 35 Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 1,035,00021 Ross Taylor 24 Right-handed Right-arm off breakUS$ 100,00022 Misbah-ul-Haq 33 Right-handed Right-arm leg breakUS$ 125,00027 Bharat Chipli 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders 3 Jacques Kallis 32 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 900,00018 Cameron White 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 500,00029 Ashley Noffke 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fastUS$ 62,50077 Balachandra Akhil 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Wicket-keepers 9 Mark Boucher 31 Right-handed US$ 450,00036 Shreevats Goswami 18 Left-handed 66 Devraj Patil 23 Right-handed Bowlers02 Dale Steyn 24 Right-handed Right-arm fast US$ 325,00008 Praveen KumarCricinfo - Praveen Kumar for the Bangalore Challengers 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 10 Anil Kumble 37 Right-handed Right-arm leg-break googly US$ 500,00013 Nathan Bracken 30 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium US$ 325,00023 Vinay Kumar 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast24 Sunil Joshi 38 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin34 Zaheer Khan 29 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast US$ 450,00041 Abdur Razzak 25 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spinUS$ 120,000 K. P. Appanna 19 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Neravanda Aiyappa 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Standings Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the league stage of IPL 2008.
Results No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 18 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Lost by 140 runs (Scorecard) 2 20 April Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Mark Boucher 39* (19) (Scorecard) 3 26 April Rajasthan Royals Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets (Scorecard) 4 28 April Chennai Super Kings Bangalore Lost by 13 runs (Scorecard) 5 30 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 10 runs (Scorecard) 6 3 May Deccan Chargers Bangalore Won by 3 runs, MoM – Praveen Kumar 3/23 (4 overs) (Scorecard) 7 5 May Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Lost by 6 wickets (Scorecard) 8 8 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 5 runs (Scorecard) 9 12 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 9 wickets (Scorecard) 10 17 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 65 runs (Scorecard) 11 19 May Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Shreevats Goswami 52 (42) (Scorecard) 12 21 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 14 runs, MoM – Anil Kumble 3/14 (4 overs) (Scorecard) 13 25 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/27 (4 overs) (Scorecard) 14 28 May Mumbai Indians Bangalore Lost by 9 wickets (Scorecard) Overall record: 4–10. Failed to advance.
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