Owner: UB Group

Captain:Kevin Pietersen/Jacques Kallis (Second half)

Franchise fee: $111.6 million

2008 Performance: Seventh

Most expensive players: Kevin Pietersen - USD $ 1.55 million; Rahul Dravid - $1,035,000

Business tycoon Dr. Vijay Mallya owns the Bangalore Royal Challengers, named after one of Mallya's top brands. The team from the Garden City will be led by former England captain Kevin Pietersen who replaces last year's captain Rahul Dravid. A formidable line-up, the squad has great talent with the likes of Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor; former Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble along with Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan, West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn, Aussies Nathan Bracken and Cameron White. Youth will be represented by the U-19 Cricket World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli, Shreevats Goswami and Arun Kumar among others.

Brijesh Patel is designated as the CEO of the team while former South Africa coach, Ray Jennings will coach the team. Red and golden yellow are the team colours. With their talent, determination and buoyancy, the fans will expect an improved performance from the team in the second edition of the IPL.

Full squad:

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