Despite being the top contender during past nine seasons for the Indian Premier League (IPL) title, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are yet to yield desired results. Royal Challengers Bangalore had their luck many a time before it swayed away from them following up on remarkable performances every passing season which was further punctuated by occasional hiccups at crucial junctures in between.
The Vijay Mallya-owned Bangalore franchise is the crowd-favourite team with star players in the squad, but they are yet to be crowned as IPL champions which is arguably most popular tournament across the cricket globe.
Bangalore had quality players in their squad as Men in Red were runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016, but yet failed to cross the line while availing the services of heavyweights in the form of Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Shane Watson.
As the IPL has completed its ten years, Bangalore might find itself on a merry run while eyeing to clinch their maiden title following the hard-earned performances from their players respectively.
Bangalore has massive task ahead to start their IPL campaign as on paper, it has inducted some good players to start off the mega event. In the inaugural season they finished the second last on the points table.
Here is the SWOT analysis of Royal Challengers Bangalore: