Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Vijay Mallya-owned Royal Challengers Bangalore make their second Airtel Champions League Twenty20 appearance by virtue of finishing third in the third season of the Indian Premier League. The Anil Kumble-led outfit figured in the inaugural CLT20 too thanks to their runners-up position in IPL 2009. From being chided as a 'Test team' in coloured clothing in the inaugural season of the IPL, it has been some transformation for the Bangalore-based franchise who have made it to two consecutive CLT20 competitions. Former South African coach Ray Jennings coaches a side with a strong South African flavour - a fact that will no doubt assist RCB in CLT20's African sojourn. With the rock solid Anil Kumble as captain and several other proven Twenty20 performers in their squad, the Royal Challengers Bangalore surely start as one of the favourites to clinch the title this season.

Bowlers
Anil Kumble, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Nayan Doshi, Dale Steyn

Batsmen
Rahul Dravid, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli, Ross Taylor

All rounders
Dillon du Preez, Balachandra Akhil, Jacques Kallis, Cameron White

Wicket keeper
Robin Uthappa


Support staff
Raymond Jennings, Sanath Kandoor, Evan Speechley, Ramesh Mane, Prasanna Agoram, Brijesh Patel, Basu Shanker, Avinash Vaidhya