Given the amount of alcohol sales that went into building the team, it is ironical that Bangalore had the most watered down team for the 20-20 format. Full of veterans of the domestic game such as Sunil Joshi and coached by express pace bowler Venkatesh Prasad the team looked hopelessly out of sorts from the very beginning of the tournament. The notable exceptions were Rahul Dravid (in brilliant form as usual. No sarcasm here) and Jacques Kallis (of "Who the F$#@ is Kallis" fame, see previous post) who soldiered on in a dignified manner for the entire duration of the tourney. Sorely missing strike bowler Anil Kumble to a sore shoulder and Wasim Jaffer who's batting is definitely not a sight for sore eyes, Bangalore could never really muster enough strength to beat legendary tennis player Thomas Muster let alone any of the other IPL teams. The presence of the cheerleaders of the Washington Redskins however, was enough to guarantee 100% attendance for their matches thus proving owner Vijay Mallya's foresight into the actual interest behind the hype of the IPL.
Team : -
Rahul Dravid
Balachandra Akhil
Dale Steyn
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Misbah-ul-Haq
Ross Taylor
Sunil Joshi
Wasim Jaffer
Abdur Razzak
Bharat Chipli
Devraj Patil
KP Appanna
Nathan Bracken
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Vinay Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Anil Kumble
Cameron White
Jacques Kallis
Mark Boucher (wk)
Praveen Kumar
Shreevats Goswami (wk)
Virat Kohli
Ashley Noffke
Venkatesh Prasad *(Coach)
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