Bangalore Royal Challengers (From Asian Image)
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Bangalore Royal Challengers
11:40am Tuesday 21st April 2009 in
Owner: Vijay Mallya
Coach: Ray Jennings
Captain: Kevin Pietersen
Star player: Rahul Dravid
Most expensive player: Kevin Pietersen - $1.55million
Last year: Seventh
Odds: 7-1
Big let downs last year, the Bangalore Royal Challengers won only four games in the inaugural IPL season and ended up second from bottom.
Owner Vijay Mallya has splashed the cash in order to prevent a repeat of last year's misfortunes, with England talisman Kevin Pietersen brought in as captain.
The South African-born star will only be available for six matches, but BRC have plenty of other quality in their ranks, namely Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Jesse Ryder.
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