Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) is a cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team is currently led by Virat Kohli and coached by South African Ray Jennings. The team is owned by Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. The director of the team is Sidhartha Mallya. RCB plays its home matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The RCB team usually looks promising on paper but has managed to reach the playoffs/semi-finals only in 3 of the 6 IPLs so far. They hold the joint record for most consecutive victories in the IPL having won 7 matches on the trot in the 2011 edition. The team has also qualified and played in all the seasons of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament except 2012 and 2013.
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