Bangalore Royal Challengers captained by English Captain Pietersen has made a no. of changes in the second season of IPL. After being criticized as test team in IPL 2008, it has bought new players like Pieersen, Ryder and has replaced Pietersen with Dravid as a captain. As the IPL is set to start in South Africa, the inclusion of 5 South African is going to help them a lot with a support from a lot of SA fans.
Changes in 2009:
As stated earlier, Pietersen, the most expensive IPL player has been Included as a captain. Jesse Ryder of New Zealand, a hero in test and ODI series against India is too included.
Squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2009:
International players:
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Roelof van der Merwe and Dillon du Preez (South Africa), Cameroon White and Nathan Bracken (Australia), Kevin Pietersen (England), Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder (New Zealand)
Indian players:
Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami, Suteesh R, Pankaj Singh, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvanesh Kumar, Karan Sharma, Saurav Bandekar, Tinu Yohanan, Bharat Chipli, B Akhil, Devraj Patil, J Arun Kumar, KP Appana, Sunil Joshi, Gauvar Dhiman, Jitendra Patil, Udit Patel, Mithun A. Aravind, S. Kedar Jadhav, Gautam CM, Raju Bhatkal, Rajesh Bishnoi, Ishank Jaggi and Rohit Sabharwal
Team owner: Vijay Mallya
Players to watch: Dale Steyn, Uthappa, Ryder and Pietersen
Finally, Royal Challengers has a very good chance of winning the IPL 2009. Its probably going to be favorite team among the South Africans as their stars, Kallis, Boucher and Steyn are in this team.
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