117-749: Regular kit Go Green Initiative kit Royal Challengers Bangalore ( RCB ), officially known as Royal Challengers Bengaluru , are a professional franchise cricket team based in Bangalore , Karnataka , competing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 by United Spirits , the team is named after the company's liquor brand, Royal Challenge . The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore serves as their home ground. Royal Challengers have finished as runners-up on three occasions, in 2009 , 2011 , and 2016 , and have qualified for
234-625: A six into the top tier of the Ryder Stand. A man stood to claim the catch and dropped it – it was Flintoff's father. Over the course of England's record-breaking summer, he hit a half-century in all seven victorious Tests against New Zealand and the West Indies . On returning to the one-day game as an all-rounder in September he fell agonisingly short of a third one-day century, caught on 99 against India , though he went on to hit
351-493: A 2–0 series win in the finals. Flintoff contributed significantly with the ball in both matches, taking three wickets in the first match and allowing only 10 runs off five overs in the second as Australia chased a reduced total in a rain-hit match. With Michael Vaughan returning from injury for the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies , Flintoff was replaced as captain but appointed England 's vice-captain. In
468-572: A 30-ball 67 by Heinrich Klassen . Although there was a valiant effort by RCB, spearheaded by Dinesh Karthik 's 83 off 35 and captain Faf du Plessis 's 62 off 28, RCB still lost by 25 runs. SRH would break RCB's 263 record for the third time and score 266 against the Delhi Capitals after setting an all-time T20 record by scoring 125 runs inside the power-play. The Royal Challengers have a huge and passionate fan base all over India and especially in
585-720: A century and three fifties in the five-Test series against South Africa at home. He continued to play well on the tour of the West Indies in March and April 2004, taking five wickets in the Test in Barbados and scoring a century in Antigua. In early 2004 he was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year . Although injury prevented him from bowling, he was called into the England squad for
702-516: A couple of games with Lancashire, in preparation for the West Indies tour of England but he re-injured his ankle and was ruled out for the first Test which started on 17 May 2007. Having undergone another operation on the troublesome ankle, he missed the whole Test and one-day series against the West Indies, and he was also ruled out for the subsequent Test series with India. Following several games for Lancashire, Flintoff returned for England in
819-795: A draw and regain the Ashes. For his achievements throughout the 2005 Ashes series, he was named as "Man of the Series" by Australian coach, John Buchanan . His achievement also won him the inaugural Compton-Miller Medal . He was also awarded the Freedom of the City of Preston. In October 2005, Flintoff shared the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC player of the year award with Jacques Kallis of South Africa. In December 2005, Flintoff
936-616: A further century in the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 pool match against Sri Lanka two weeks later. At the end of the season he was named as the inaugural winner of the ICC Award for one-day player of the year and the Professional Cricketers' Association player of the year. He also became a father when his fiancée Rachael Wools gave birth on 6 September. They now have a second child who was born during
1053-531: A great influence of an inexperienced side, which included many debutants, such as Alastair Cook , Owais Shah and Monty Panesar . Flintoff amassed four fifties in the series and took 11 wickets, on unfriendly surfaces for seamers. Flintoff continued to captain England during the seven ODIs in India, although he was rested for two matches. Sri Lanka toured in May and England drew the three-Test series 1–1. The series took
1170-634: A half years in the England under-19 cricket team . Flintoff was captain of the England Under-19 team for their "Test" match tour to Pakistan in 1996/7 and at home against Zimbabwe in 1997. He made his Test match debut for England in 1998 against South Africa at Trent Bridge , in a match remembered for its second-innings duel between Mike Atherton and Allan Donald ; in a precursor to their subsequent rivalry, Flintoff and Jacques Kallis exchanged wickets. Nonetheless, his struggle to make
1287-547: A heavy toll on Flintoff physically as journalist David Hopps remarked: By the end of the series, Flintoff was also a crock, succumbing to a further ankle injury that put his role in the winter's Ashes in doubt. Could this be traced back to the opening Test at Lord's when, in his first serious bowl of the season, and somewhat above his fighting weight, he bowled an excessive 68.3 overs and nothing above 85mph? He had gone from shock bowler to stock bowler – under his own captaincy, too. A recurrence of his long-term ankle problem in
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#17327872231821404-635: A new logo ahead of the season. The 2020 IPL season was postponed and eventually held in the UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic . RCB qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2016, finishing fourth on the points table with 14 points. They faced Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator but lost by six wickets. Devdutt Padikkal was the team's leading run-scorer with 473 runs, followed by Virat Kohli with 466 runs and AB de Villiers with 454 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal
1521-412: A night club, only two days before their vital match against Canada . In the early hours of the morning, he reportedly had to be rescued after falling off a pedalo – this quickly became known in the media as the "Fredalo" incident. Flintoff and the others involved were reprimanded and fined, with Flintoff being stripped of the vice-captaincy. In addition, he was suspended for the match against Canada. It
1638-535: A one-day game against Zimbabwe on his home ground of Old Trafford , forming an explosive second-wicket stand with Graeme Hick ; as he collected the Man of the Match award he remarked his performance was "not bad for a fat lad". Although he lost his England place during 2001, he remodelled his bowling action and gained a place on the 2001–02 tour to India . Though he hit possibly his worst international batting form during
1755-609: A playoff spot, their superior net run rate qualified them for the semi-finals. In the semi-final, they were defeated by the table-toppers, the Mumbai Indians, by 35 runs. However, the Royal Challengers secured a convincing nine-wicket win over the defending champions, the Deccan Chargers, in the third-place playoff, thus qualifying for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 . Kumble retired at the conclusion of
1872-434: A score of 111/4 in just 10 overs. Mitchell Starc took one wicket for 15 runs in 2 overs. In reply, RCB were at 0–48 at 3.4 overs before Brad Hogg got Chris Gayle out. After that, RCB stuttered and started to collapse as they were reduced to 3–81 in 7.2 overs. When Virat Kohli got out to Andre Russell, the match looked to be over for RCB. However, Mandeep Singh scored 45 off just 18 balls, hitting 3 sixes and 4 fours. In
1989-589: A season and winning the Purple Cap . Glenn Maxwell was the highest run-scorer for the team with 513 runs, the fifth highest in the season. Virat Kohli became the first-ever batsman to score 6,000 runs in the IPL during this season. This season marked AB de Villiers's last in the IPL, as he announced his retirement in November 2021. In the 2022 season, the Royal Challengers underwent significant changes. Faf du Plessis
2106-553: A shoulder injury early in the second innings. England won the game by just two runs and saved their hopes of regaining the Ashes. Flintoff was named 'Man of the Match' and captain Michael Vaughan subsequently dubbed the match "Fred's Test" in honour of his achievement. Flintoff scored a century during England's crucial win at Trent Bridge. He took five wickets on the fourth day of the final Test match, enabling England to go off for bad light and helping them eventually to secure
2223-455: A son, Corey, shortly before the second Test on 9 March. On the field, Flintoff was seen as a great success during the drawn series with India, with a 212-run victory in Mumbai . His contributions with both bat and ball ensured that he was named as the player of the series, with many commentators seeing Flintoff as someone who not only worked better under the responsibility but was also viewed as
2340-559: A specialist batsman, not as an all-rounder. After his previous stint as captain in the Test series against India, Flintoff returned as captain of the England team for the eagerly anticipated 2006-07 Ashes series in Australia. The series turned out to be a humiliating one for Flintoff, leading his side to five straight losses and thus losing the Ashes after having held them for the shortest time in history. In addition, he presided over England's worst ever defeat in an Ashes series, equalling
2457-407: A tough pitch, taking KKR to a competitive total of 165. RCB in reply made 129, as Lakshmipathy Balaji ripped through their line-up with a 4/18 in 4 overs. In the 2015 IPL edition, RCB and KKR took part in a match reduced due to rain. It was reduced to a 10-over match. RCB won the toss and elected to field. For KKR, Andre Russell was the top scorer as he scored 45 off just 17 balls. He took them to
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#17327872231822574-473: A training session. Flintoff also captained England for several of the subsequent 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series One Day International matches. Michael Vaughan's return from knee surgery was cut short by a hamstring injury and he was only able to play two matches, leaving Flintoff in charge for the remaining games. England qualified in the last game of eight group matches for the best-of-three finals against Australia, but reversed their poor form on tour with
2691-551: A win against KKR at Eden Gardens in Kolkata . During the group stage, they won a total of seven out of fourteen matches, finishing in third place on the points table. In the playoffs, they defeated Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator by 71 runs. However, in the second qualifier against the Chennai Super Kings, RCB lost by 3 wickets, knocking them out of the tournament. AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, and Chris Gayle were
2808-481: A winning margin of 144 runs, the highest in IPL history. RCB finished the group stage in second place on the points table with 18 points. In the playoffs, they faced Gujarat Lions in Qualifier 1 at their home ground, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , and won by 4 wickets, advancing to their third final in nine seasons. In the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bangalore, RCB lost by 8 runs, ending the season as runners-up for
2925-548: Is also regulated. Batsmen are allowed to wear gloves while batting. The batsman can be also caught out if the ball touches the glove instead of the bat, provided the hand is in contact with the bat. This is because the glove is considered to be the extension of the bat. The batsmen may also wear protective helmets, usually with a visor, to protect themselves. Helmets are usually employed when facing fast bowlers . While playing spinners, they might not be used (though injuries are still possible ). Fieldsmen cannot use gloves to field
3042-449: Is generally white in Test cricket , as is traditional, but limited-overs cricket players generally have clothing based on team colours, similar to other sports. Andrew Flintoff Andrew Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977), nicknamed Freddie , is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer . Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of
3159-598: Is getting so out of control you wonder whether Steve Waugh has returned to orchestrate a cunning mind-game. ... In any case, does anyone honestly think a player with his fitness record will make it through a five-Test series condensed into less than seven weeks?" Flintoff did offer some hope with the willow in the Twenty20 Cup , however, hitting 93 off 41 balls for Lancashire against Derbyshire in June. On 15 July 2009, Flintoff announced he would retire from Test cricket at
3276-476: Is one of the oldest in the IPL. The inaugural match of IPL was played between both the teams in which KKR won by 140 runs due to a 158* off just 73 balls by Brendon McCullum . In the IPL 2009 , RCB won in both encounters against Knight Riders. During the second time they faced each other, Ross Taylor played a notable innings, scoring 81* runs off 33 balls, contributing significantly to RCB's victory by six wickets. In
3393-430: The 2011 PDC World Darts Championship event. He returned to commentary during the 2012 World Matchplay , where he called Michael van Gerwen 's nine dart finish against Steve Beaton . He also currently hosts a radio show on BBC Radio Five Live on Monday nights. As of 2011 Flintoff was named as a brand ambassador for big men's fashion brand Jacamo and had his own range produced in 2012. In early 2011 he also became
3510-482: The 2012 edition of IPL , KKR was at the lower half of the IPL table and needed to win the crucial match against RCB. KKR won the toss and chose to bat first. Skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with 93 (51). In reply, RCB lost wickets at regular intervals, as only Chris Gayle managed to put up a fight with a score of 86 (58). The next time they met, Gambhir again was the thorn in RCB's side as he top scored for KKR at
3627-515: The BBC One car show Top Gear in 2019, remaining with the programme until he sustained injuries resulting from an accident during filming in late 2022. Flintoff's father, Colin, was a plumber and factory maintenance worker and the captain of Dutton Forshaw second XI cricket team. Flintoff attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School (subsequently renamed City of Preston High School ). His first trip abroad at age 14
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3744-651: The Deccan Chargers and now with the Sunrisers Hyderabad . The Deccan Chargers won six out of the 11 clashes between the two and the Sunrisers currently lead with 12 games to 11. There is also a notable trend where the Hyderabad franchise has jeopardised RCB's campaigns in some way or the other. In the 2009 and 2016 seasons, they were beaten in the finals by Chargers and Sunrisers respectively. In
3861-501: The Indian General Elections , as after a difficult first few matches he was sent home for surgery following another knee injury. However, speculation over Flintoff's form ahead of the much-awaited 2009 Ashes series died down as he took six wickets in his first match back for Lancashire and left "several county batsmen...nursing bruised ribs and fingers". He also collected a half-century against Hampshire, although he
3978-399: The auction , they acquired notable players such as Brendon McCullum , Chris Woakes , Colin de Grandhomme , Moeen Ali , Quinton de Kock , Umesh Yadav , and Yuzvendra Chahal, among others. In January 2018, Gary Kirsten was appointed as the batting coach, and Ashish Nehra took on the role of bowling coach. In the group stage, RCB finished sixth in the points table, failing to qualify for
4095-631: The 1921 whitewash at the hands of the Warwick Armstrong -led Australian team in the wake of World War I. Flintoff's own play in the 2006–07 series, both bowling and at the crease, was generally deemed disappointing. He made only two scores over 50 in the series, his best bowling figures being 4–99 in the first innings of the First Test in Brisbane, and he failed to take five wickets in a match. Flintoff played in only one first-class game in
4212-523: The 2004 NatWest One Day International (ODI) Series against New Zealand and the West Indies as a specialist batsman, scoring two consecutive centuries in the series and hitting seven sixes in one innings . He matched this haul in the Second Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston in July, hitting a first-class best figure of 167. During this innings, watched by a crowd of 20,000, Flintoff hit
4329-458: The 2014–15 season. Since his retirement, Flintoff has been involved with numerous projects, including designing his own fashion range and becoming the face of clothing brand Jacamo, winning the first series of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and being part of Sky One 's sports-based comedy panel show A League of Their Own . Flintoff became a presenter of
4446-400: The 2017 IPL edition, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore again faced each other twice. In the first match between them, RCB got KKR out for a score of 131 after KKR had made a strong start of 0–48 in 3.3 overs. However, KKR dismissed RCB for 49, the lowest team score in the history of IPL. Nathan Coulter Nile , Colin de Grandhomme and Chris Woakes got three wickets each. In
4563-506: The 2020 season, Sunrisers knocked RCB out of the tournament in the eliminator. In the 2021 season, Sunrisers, who did not qualify for the playoffs, were able to beat RCB, causing them to finish in 3rd place and forcing them to play the eliminator, which they lost to KKR. Their 2022 IPL campaign was also affected by SRH, whom they lost to by 9 wickets after scoring 68 in their first encounter, putting them under pressure because of their negative run rate throughout their otherwise strong campaign. In
4680-410: The 2023 season, RCB acquired Reece Topley , Will Jacks , Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav , Himanshu Sharma , and Manoj Bhadange in the auction. The team won seven of their fourteen matches, finishing sixth in the group stage and failing to qualify for the playoffs. Faf du Plessis was the top run-scorer, while Mohammed Siraj took the most wickets for the team. The Royal Challengers struggled in
4797-639: The 4th, 5th, and 6th highest run-scorers of the season, respectively, while Yuzvendra Chahal was the team's highest wicket-taker and the 3rd highest overall in the season. Amid financial scandals involving owner and chairman Vijay Mallya , Amrit Thomas became the chairman of the Royal Challengers. In the 2016 season, RCB introduced different jerseys for home and away matches. During the player auction , they acquired Shane Watson , Kane Richardson , Stuart Binny , Travis Head , and Samuel Badree , among others. Additionally, KL Rahul and Parvez Rasool joined RCB from Sunrisers Hyderabad . RCB won their first match of
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4914-595: The Champions League, having led the team to the semi-finals of both the IPL and the CLT20 that year. On 8 January 2011, the IPL Governing Council held the auction for the fourth season of the league. Franchises had the option of retaining a maximum of four players for a sum of US$ 4.5 million. However, RCB retained only Virat Kohli, leaving their other players to re-enter the auction pool. During
5031-474: The Chinnaswamy. Last updated: 23 May 2024 Last Updated on 22 May 2024 Cricket clothing and equipment Cricket clothing and equipment is regulated by the laws of cricket . Cricket whites , sometimes called flannels, are loose-fitting clothes that are worn while playing cricket so as not to restrict the player's movement. Use of protective equipment, such as cricket helmets , gloves and pads,
5148-409: The IPL. They won their final group match against Southern Redbacks on the last ball and beat New South Wales Blues in the semis. They lost the final to Mumbai Indians. Before the 2012 auction , RCB retained Chris Gayle and secured Andrew McDonald from Delhi Daredevils . In the auction, RCB acquired Vinay Kumar and Muttiah Muralitharan . RCB began the 2012 IPL season without Chris Gayle, who
5265-592: The Series in the ODI home series against South Africa, where England won four-nil: the last match was washed out. He was both the top run-scorer and the top wicket-taker of that series. Still, though, his want of consistency frustrated the pundits. "Flintoff," wrote Peter Roebuck some time later, "is a fine cricketer who has never quite worked out how he takes wickets or scores runs. Torn between hitting and playing, pounding and probing, he has performed below his highest capabilities." On England's tour of India, Flintoff started
5382-495: The Sri Lankan Test Series and the 2008 tour of New Zealand. Flintoff remained "upbeat" about his career, however. Flintoff was back in action for Lancashire early in the 2008 season, but a side strain ruled him out of contention for the home series against New Zealand. After again returning to action in county cricket he was recalled to the England squad for the second Test against South Africa, where he missed
5499-425: The Test series meant Flintoff missed both the ODI series against Sri Lanka and the first Test against Pakistan. It was later announced in July that Flintoff's rehabilitation had not been sufficient to quell the injury and that further surgery would be required. He was thus ruled out for the entire series against Pakistan. Despite injury concerns, Flintoff was later named for the ICC Champions Trophy , where he played as
5616-415: The Test series, frustrating him to the point that he broke down in tears in the dressing room at one stage, he later saw the tour as a turning point in his career, specifically the crucial final one-day match. Entrusted with bowling the final over with India needing 11 to win, he ran out Anil Kumble and bowled Javagal Srinath with successive balls to win the match, taking off his shirt in celebration, which
5733-422: The UAE. Before the season's resumption, the team's head coach, Simon Katich, resigned, and Mike Hesson took over as head coach. RCB qualified for the playoffs by finishing fourth in the points table but failed to lift the trophy once again, losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator. Harshal Patel finished the season with 32 wickets, equalling Dwayne Bravo 's record for the highest number of wickets taken in
5850-457: The auction, Bangalore made significant acquisitions, including Tillakaratne Dilshan , Zaheer Khan , AB de Villiers , Daniel Vettori , Saurabh Tiwary , Dirk Nannes , and Cheteshwar Pujara . Daniel Vettori was named captain for the season. RCB began their campaign with a win over the newly formed Kochi Tuskers Kerala . However, they faced three consecutive defeats against Mumbai Indians , Deccan Chargers , and Chennai Super Kings . Dirk Nannes
5967-401: The auction, they acquired Christopher Barnwell , Daniel Christian , Moises Henriques , Ravi Rampaul , Pankaj Singh , R. P. Singh , and Jaydev Unadkat . Virat Kohli replaced Daniel Vettori as captain and remained in that role until 2021. During the IPL season, RCB finished fifth in the group stage points table with 9 wins from 16 matches, failing to qualify for the playoffs. Chris Gayle
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#17327872231826084-493: The auction. The franchise acquired several prominent Indian and international players, including Jacques Kallis , Anil Kumble , Zaheer Khan , Mark Boucher , Dale Steyn , and Cameron White . In the second round of the auction, they also signed Ross Taylor , Misbah-ul-Haq , and India under-19 World Cup -winning captain Virat Kohli . The franchise named Dravid as the captain of the team and appointed Venkatesh Prasad as
6201-500: The award include Sir Tom Finney and Nick Park . In February 2006 following England captain Michael Vaughan and vice-captain Marcus Trescothick becoming unavailable for the first Test match against India, Flintoff was named captain of the England team and subsequently announced that he would be staying in India for the entire Test series, although he and his wife were expecting their second child. His wife gave birth to
6318-514: The ball but failed to recover his batting form. Against Ireland he took 4–43 and scored 43 runs; against Sri Lanka he took 3–35 but was out for 2 and against Australia he took 1–35 but was out for 4. In the next match against Bangladesh Flintoff took 1–38 in eight overs and scored 23 runs off 21 balls. Ultimately, he failed to influence an ailing English side and had a poor tournament. Michael Vaughan later commented that Flintoff's pedalo antics had adversely affected team morale. Flintoff returned for
6435-474: The ball. If they wilfully use any part of their clothing to field the ball they may be penalised five penalty runs to the opposition. If the fielders are fielding close to the batsman, they are allowed to use helmets and leg guards worn under their clothing. As the wicket-keeper is positioned directly behind the batsman, and therefore has the ball bowled directly at them, they are the only fielder allowed to wear gloves and (external) leg guards. Cricket clothing
6552-498: The bottom of the table, losing ten out of their fourteen matches. In a match against the Kolkata Knight Riders , RCB was all out for just 49 runs, marking the lowest score ever in an IPL match. Virat Kohli was the leading run-scorer for the team with 308 runs in the tournament, while Pawan Negi took the most wickets, claiming 16. Ahead of the 2018 IPL, RCB retained Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Sarfaraz Khan. During
6669-443: The captaincy when Pietersen left for national duty. RCB's performance improved under Kumble, winning six of their last eight matches to finish third in the league table. They defeated Chennai Super Kings in the semi-final but fell short by six runs in the final against Deccan Chargers . In 2010 , the Royal Challengers, under Kumble's captaincy, secured seven wins from 14 matches, accumulating 14 points. Tied with three other teams for
6786-484: The chase under control. Karthik got out after scoring 19 off 15, leaving KKR at 153/5 in 17 overs. Andre Russell, however, took KKR over the line as he scored 48 off 13, hitting Mohammed Siraj for 23 runs in one over. In the next match, RCB struck back as Virat Kohli made his 5th IPL century, scoring 100 runs in 58 balls only. Moeen Ali scored 66 runs in only 28 balls as RCB scored 213 runs. For KKR, Nitish Rana scored 85 off 46 and Andre Russell scored 65 off 25, taking
6903-409: The city of Bangalore. The fans, known to be loyal and vocal in their support, often turn up in large numbers for RCB's home matches, turning the stadium into what is called a "sea of red". They are well known for their chants of "R-C-B, R-C-B" and chants of "A-B-D, A-B-D" for their maestro batsman AB de Villiers , and the co-ordinated Mexican wave at the Chinnaswamy. The stadium organisers also provide
7020-411: The crest was enlarged and the shield was omitted in the new design. In 2020, a new logo was unveiled featuring a bigger lion and the crown returning from the previous logo. The RC emblem was omitted for this crest. The jersey colours of the team in 2008 were red and golden yellow, the same as the unofficial Kannada flag , with player names printed in white and numbers printed in black in the rear. Yellow
7137-546: The end of the 2009 Ashes Series . He said that "Since 2005 I have just been plagued with injury so I've got the opportunity now to finish on a high by helping England to win the Ashes and it will give me great pleasure if I can play my last Test at the Oval and we can win the Ashes – it doesn't get any bigger than that." He was man of the match in England's victory at Lords in the Second Test Match, taking 5 wickets in
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#17327872231827254-412: The expansion of the league to include two new teams, making it a 10-team competition. RCB managed to advance past the eliminator stage for the first time in two seasons but ultimately fell short of winning the title, losing to Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2. du Plessis finished the season as the team's highest run-scorer with 468 runs, while Hasaranga was the leading wicket-taker with 26 wickets. Ahead of
7371-514: The face of Morrisons supermarkets. Flintoff also produced a documentary entitled Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport , about his and other sports stars' suffering of clinical depression. This was first aired on BBC1 on Wednesday, 11 January 2012. Flintoff was a judge on the ITV talent show Let's Get Gold in 2012. In 2014, Flintoff made a cameo appearance in Sky TV series, Trollied . In
7488-429: The fifth and sixth ODIs before taking 3–45 in the seventh, helping England to win the series four-three with a seven-wicket victory. Flintoff's ankle injury recurred during the end of the 2007 season. Although he played in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 , he did not accompany the England squad to Sri Lanka, while a fourth operation made it highly unlikely that he would play again before the summer of 2008 and would miss both
7605-635: The final of the competition, dismissing Ian Bell with the ball and hitting two sixes in the penultimate over as Lancashire fell just short against Birmingham Bears . After this season he was signed by the Brisbane Heat in the Australian Big Bash League for the 2014–15 season. Flintoff disappointed on the field, ending the season with a high score of 46, with only one other score in double figures (15), along with three wickets at an average of 45.33. In September 2024, Flintoff
7722-588: The first half of the season, losing seven of their first eight games. However, they managed to qualify for the playoffs by winning their next six matches. In the Eliminator against Rajasthan Royals, RCB lost the match by four wickets, failing once again to lift the trophy. Virat Kohli won the Orange Cap, scoring 741 runs, while Yash Dayal became the team's highest wicket-taker with 15 wickets. Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either McDowell's No.1 or Royal Challenge with
7839-407: The first of seven ODIs against India on 21 August 2007. He bowled seven overs and ended with figures of one for twelve in England's 104-run victory. He hit an eventful nine runs during the second ODI; however, while fielding, he injured his knee and sat out England's 42-run victory in the third ODI. He returned for the fourth ODI on 30 August. Flintoff missed England's two narrow defeats to India in
7956-423: The following one day series, Flintoff was an important player for England, leading Pietersen to describe him as "a superstar". Flintoff scored 78 in both the first and the third matches – he was not required to bat in the second – as well as 31 not out off 12 balls in the fourth, whilst taking three wickets in the same match. This led many pundits to speculate that Flintoff might just be back to his best. He won Man of
8073-619: The franchise signed Kevin Pietersen for a record US$ 1.55 million, making him the most expensive player alongside Andrew Flintoff ( Chennai Super Kings ). They also traded Zaheer Khan for Robin Uthappa with the Mumbai Indians and brought in local batsman Manish Pandey . Due to general elections in India, the tournament was held in South Africa. Pietersen was named captain, but after a string of initial losses, Anil Kumble took over
8190-409: The game down to the wire. However, RCB won the match by 10 runs, with Virat Kohli being Man of the Match. The rivalry is also called "Kaveri derby", "Southern derby" and "South Indian derby". The Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers in the final of the 2011 IPL, the only meeting between the two teams at an IPL final. Another notable rivalry involving RCB is with the Hyderabad franchises, first with
8307-522: The grade at county level continued, he found form only intermittently, though often explosively when he did so. In 2000, he hit 135 not out in the quarterfinals of the Natwest Trophy against Surrey , which David Gower described as "the most awesome innings we are ever going to see on a cricket field". In the same year England's management made clear they were unhappy with his fitness and weight, Flintoff responded to his critics with 42 not out in
8424-524: The head coach of the team, and Mike Hesson was appointed as the director of cricket operations. Ahead of the 2020 IPL auction , RCB released several players, including Colin de Grandhomme , Dale Steyn , Heinrich Klaasen , Nathan Coulter-Nile , Akshdeep Nath , Marcus Stoinis , Shimron Hetmyer , and Tim Southee . During the auction, RCB added Aaron Finch , Chris Morris , Joshua Philippe , Kane Richardson , Pavan Deshpande , Dale Steyn, Shahbaz Ahmed , and Isuru Udana to their squad. They also released
8541-399: The head coach. The team struggled in the inaugural season , winning only four out of their 14 matches and finishing seventh in the eight-team table. Dravid was the sole player to score more than 300 runs in the tournament, and the team even had to bench their most expensive foreign player, Kallis, for several matches due to his poor form. Midway through the season, the string of failures led to
8658-543: The highest total score conceded in an innings (287, against Sunrisers Hyderabad ). In September 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a Twenty20 competition set to begin in 2008. On 24 January 2008, an auction was held in Mumbai for the league's teams, which represented eight different cities in India, including Bangalore. The Bangalore franchise
8775-407: The home team fans with cheer kits, RCB flags and noisemakers among other items. Royal Challengers Bangalore have formed a fan-following group named as Bold Army. During the 2014 IPL , the Royal Challengers became the first team to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to fans at their home ground. 50 access points were set up using fibre-optic cables to provide the connectivity to fans on match days at
8892-416: The jersey were used, one for home matches and the other for away ones. The kit design remained the same until 2019. The home and away concept was scrapped from 2020 and a darker shade of blue replaced black. A design similar to the previous "home" version of the jersey was adopted for 2020 and 2021. A completely redesigned jersey with the deep blue as a dominant shade with gold accents was used in 2022 while red
9009-431: The kits for the team from 2016 to 2019. Wrogn manufactured the kits in 2020 while Puma became the official kit manufacturer since 2020. Katrina Kaif was the brand ambassador for the team in 2008. Deepika Padukone , Ramya , Puneeth Rajkumar , Shiva Rajkumar , Upendra and Ganesh have been the ambassadors for the team in the later seasons. The rivalry between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore
9126-526: The last 17 Tests prior. He took his 200th Test wicket in the Third Test, trapping Neil McKenzie lbw for 72. Flintoff bowled consistently against the South Africans, but South African coach Mickey Arthur felt that he was too defensive. His batting also began to show promise as he consistently made starts, before being moved back up to bat at six when Kevin Pietersen took over as captain. In
9243-485: The latest chapter of the rivalry between the two in IPL 2024, like the Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad were the first to break the 263-run record set by RCB, which seemed insurmountable at the time as a result of Chris Gayle's 175. In a more humiliating turn, SRH again broke RCB's record against RCB themselves on their home ground, scoring 287 runs, thanks to a 39-ball century by Travis Head and
9360-459: The lead up to the series. He was initially undone by Australia's excellent seam bowling but his batting improved throughout the series as he got more match practice. A persistent ankle injury prevented Flintoff from bowling long spells at full pace and Australia's batsmen took advantage of this. According to Nasser Hussain during the tour he also had three or four warnings for inappropriate behaviour and binge drinking, including arriving hung over for
9477-504: The logo except for the replacement of colour yellow with gold from 2009. This logo also had a dotted white circle around the RC emblem. The team also uses an alternate logo for the Game for Green matches where the green plants surround the logo and the text Game for Green is placed below the logo. The logo was redesigned in 2016 with the inclusion of black as a secondary colour. The lion emblem in
9594-421: The most wickets, claiming 16. Before the 2015 auction , RCB secured Manvinder Bisla from Kolkata Knight Riders and Iqbal Abdulla from Rajasthan Royals , as well as Mandeep Singh from Kings XI Punjab during the transfer window. In the auction, they bought Daren Sammy , Sean Abbott , Subramaniam Badrinath , Sarfaraz Khan , and Dinesh Karthik , among others. Royal Challengers started their season with
9711-583: The next match, Sunil Narine scored what was then the fastest fifty in IPL (50 off 15 balls – which is now the second-fastest). KKR made the highest score made in powerplay in any IPL match , and easily chased down the target offered by RCB. The 2019 IPL saw Virat Kohli scoring 84 off 49 and AB de Villiers scoring 63 off 32, taking RCB to a total of 205/3. KKR had a strong start, scoring 28/0 in 1.3 overs before losing wickets at regular intervals and having their run rate reduced. They were 139/4 in 15.5 overs. However, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell brought back
9828-425: The opening match of the tournament against New Zealand , Flintoff was out first ball in England's innings and, although conceding only 17 runs in eight overs, he failed to take a wicket. He did, however, take a one-handed catch at slip to dismiss Ross Taylor for a duck. On the evening of England's defeat Flintoff, along with some other players and coaches from the England squad, indulged in some late night drinking in
9945-549: The playoffs in nine seasons. The franchise has also competed in the Champions League Twenty20 , finishing as runners-up in the 2011 season . RCB is valued at $ 69.8 million, making them one of the most valuable IPL franchises. As of 2024, the team is captained by Faf du Plessis and coached by Andy Flower . Royal Challengers Bangalore also hold two important IPL records, for the lowest total score made in an innings (49, against Kolkata Knight Riders ) and for
10062-503: The playoffs. Virat Kohli was the team's leading run-scorer, while Umesh Yadav took the most wickets. In August 2018, Gary Kirsten was appointed as the head coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, replacing Daniel Vettori. During the 2019 IPL auction , the team acquired Shivam Dube , Shimron Hetmyer , Heinrich Klaasen , and Devdutt Padikkal , along with other key players. During the season, Dale Steyn joined
10179-474: The sacking of CEO Charu Sharma , who was replaced by Brijesh Patel . Mallya publicly criticised Dravid and Sharma for their selection of players at the auction, stating that his "biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection of the team." Eventually, the chief cricketing officer of the franchise, Martin Crowe , resigned and Prasad was replaced by Ray Jennings as the head coach. At the 2009 player auction ,
10296-524: The same year, he also appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Deal or No Deal . On 15 February 2015, Flintoff entered the first Australian series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , held in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Entering on Day 17 of the series, he was crowned "King of the Jungle" after winning the series on 15 March 2015 after spending 29 days in the jungle. He
10413-473: The season against Sunrisers, with AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli scoring 82 and 75 runs, respectively. However, they struggled in the next six matches, securing only one win against Rising Pune Supergiant , which made it challenging to qualify for the playoffs. However, RCB qualified for the playoffs, losing only one match in their next seven games. They set a record by defeating the Gujarat Lions with
10530-728: The second innings after a fine display of fast bowling and achieving the rare feat of making both Lord's Honours Boards. On 23 August 2009, England defeated Australia at The Oval to seal a 2–1 series win, with Flintoff notably running out the Australian captain Ricky Ponting , ensuring Flintoff ended his England career on a high. On 16 September 2010, Flintoff retired from all forms of professional cricket, having consulted medical advisers. He continued to play recreationally for Penwortham Cricket Club alongside his brother Chris Flintoff. Flintoff came out of retirement in May 2014, returning to Lancashire to play Twenty20 only. He featured in
10647-541: The series in India in 2006. Flintoff briefly returned home from the tour to see his son for the first time. Following the Test series in South Africa in December 2004 and January 2005, Flintoff flew home for surgery on his left ankle, leading to worries he might not regain fitness in time for The Ashes . In fact, following a rehabilitation programme of swimming and hill-walking, he recovered ahead of schedule and
10764-499: The series to Australia titled "Freddie Fries Down Under" AKA "Freddie Down Under" with challenges along the way. Along with close friend and former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage and journalist and former table tennis professional Matthew Syed , Flintoff hosts a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast called Flintoff, Savage & The Ping Pong Guy in which hot sporting topics are discussed. The podcast won two categories at
10881-621: The series well. In the first warm-up match against the Mumbai Cricket Association, he scored exactly 100. It was his first century for England since the Fourth Test of the 2005 Ashes . His batting did not follow with similar successes in India and the West Indies, but his bowling remained strong, with a dozen wickets in the Caribbean at under 30 apiece, followed by a hat-trick in the final ODI series, becoming only
10998-407: The sport's leading all-rounders , a fast bowler , middle-order batsman and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the top international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket . Following his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England and was England's "Man of the Series" in the 2005 Ashes . He later served as both captain and vice-captain of
11115-475: The team to rehabilitate ahead of the Champions Trophy , prompting the management to replace him with Tymal Mills . The season for RCB was impacted by injuries, with skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers missing the initial matches. This led to Shane Watson stepping in as the interim captain. Batsmen KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan were also ruled out for the season due to prolonged injuries. RCB finished at
11232-420: The team, replacing the injured Nathan Coulter-Nile . Steyn played only two games before being ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury. In the group stage, RCB played 14 games, winning five, and finished at the bottom of the table. Virat Kohli was once again the highest run-scorer for the team, while Yuzvendra Chahal was the highest wicket-taker. In August 2019, Simon Katich replaced Gary Kirsten as
11349-483: The team. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series and from other forms of the game in 2010. He then had one professional boxing fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision. In 2014, Flintoff came out of retirement to play Twenty20 cricket for Lancashire, before being signed by Brisbane Heat to play in the Australian Big Bash League for
11466-412: The team. The latter was chosen, hence the name. The logo initially consisted of the RC emblem in yellow on a circular red base with the black text "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format surrounding the circular logo. The RC crown emblem with the roaring lion placed on the top of the logo was derived from the original Royal Challenge logo. No significant changes took place in the design of
11583-499: The third English bowler ever to do so. In February 2009, the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Premier League bought Flintoff for US$ 1,550,000; US$ 600,000 above his base price of US$ 950,000. This made him the highest-ever-paid IPL player at the time, alongside compatriot Kevin Pietersen , surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni 's US$ 1,500,000. But Flintoff did not find success at the tournament, held in South Africa due to
11700-510: The third time in IPL history. Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Watson were the second and third highest wicket-takers of the tournament, while Virat Kohli won the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs in the tournament, amassing 973 runs—the highest ever in IPL history. In the 2017 player auctions , the Royal Challengers acquired Tymal Mills , Aniket Choudhary , Pawan Negi , Praveen Dubey , and Billy Stanlake . Mitchell Starc parted ways with
11817-595: Was able to return to action for Lancashire in April. In the Second Test against Australia at Edgbaston in August 2005, he broke Ian Botham's 1981 record of six sixes in an Ashes Test Match with five in the first innings and a further four in the second innings; he scored 141 runs in total. In the same game he took a total of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets of Langer and Ponting in his first over in Australia's run-chase. He managed all this despite
11934-469: Was acquired by Vijay Mallya for US$ 111.6 million, making it the second-highest bid, slightly less than Reliance Industries ' US$ 111.9 million bid for the Mumbai Indians . Ahead of the 2008 player auction , the IPL designated Rahul Dravid as the icon player for the Bangalore franchise. This designation ensured that Dravid would be paid 15% more than the highest bid player at
12051-607: Was also a commentator for Network Ten's Big Bash League coverage and appeared as a regular panellist on their current affairs show The Project . In 2014, Flintoff started the Sky One TV series Flintoff: Lord of the Fries , touring around the UK exploring the places, people and food with co-host Rob Penn . The series was aired from 2015, the second series (2016) was titled "Freddie Fries again". In December 2016, Flintoff and Penn took
12168-399: Was announced as the new captain following Virat Kohli's decision to step down from the role after the 2021 season. Additionally, Sanjay Bangar was appointed as the new head coach. During the auction , RCB acquired several key players, including Wanindu Hasaranga , Harshal Patel , Finn Allen , Mahipal Lomror , Dinesh Karthik , Josh Hazlewood , and Jason Behrendorff . The season also saw
12285-527: Was announced as the new head coach of the England Lions cricket team for upcoming tours to South Africa, Australia and home matches against India A cricket team and Zimbabwe. In March 2010, Flintoff became a team captain on the Sky One television sports panel show A League of Their Own , hosted by James Corden . In December 2010, Flintoff became a guest commentator during a number of matches in
12402-455: Was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2005, the first cricketer since Botham in 1981. In the New Year's Honours List for 2006, Flintoff was appointed an MBE for his role in the successful Ashes side. In January 2006, Flintoff was presented with the Freedom of the City award for Preston , Lancashire. The award was presented to Flintoff by the mayor of Preston. Other recipients of
12519-410: Was mimicked by Sourav Ganguly in a later match. In 2002, Flintoff scored his maiden Test century against New Zealand. By 2003, a newer, fitter Flintoff started to justify the comparisons with Botham . Up to the end of 2002, he had averaged just 19 with the bat and 47 with the ball; from 2003 to the end of the 2005 Ashes series, the corresponding figures were 43 and 28. In the summer of 2003 he scored
12636-432: Was recovering from an injury. AB de Villiers and Muttiah Muralitharan contributed to a winning start against Delhi Daredevils. RCB won eight out of their sixteen games but failed to qualify for the playoffs. Gayle was the highest run-scorer of the tournament with 733 runs, including a century. Before the 2013 auction , RCB released Mohammad Kaif , Charl Langeveldt , Dirk Nannes , Luke Pomersbach , and Rilee Rossouw . At
12753-581: Was replaced by Chris Gayle because of an injury. Gayle's inclusion led RCB to a seven-match winning streak. In their final league match, RCB defeated defending champions Chennai Super Kings, securing the top position in the points table. They lost the final, again facing the Super Kings, by 58 runs. Chris Gayle was named Man of the Tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 semi-finals after finishing runner-up in
12870-438: Was replaced with gold in the future seasons. Starting from 2010, blue was introduced on the apparel as a tertiary colour. The jersey design saw tweaks every season, major being the one for 2014 where blue dominated over gold. From 2014, the player names and numbers were printed in gold. As of 2015, more yellowish shade of gold was used on the jerseys. Black replaced blue as the tertiary colour in 2016. Also from 2016, two versions of
12987-487: Was revealed by England coach Duncan Fletcher that Flintoff had had a number of previous warnings about his behaviour. Flintoff has since issued a public apology and later also clarified that he didn't actually "fall off" a pedalo but rather failed in an attempt to board one. Flintoff returned to the England team for the last group match against Kenya , taking two wickets. In the Super 8 matches, Flintoff often excelled with
13104-471: Was seen predominantly on the trousers. RCB also have a tradition of replacing red with green on the kits for the "Game for Green" matches which occur once a season. In 2020, as a tribute to the COVID-19 frontline workers, a match was played by RCB with sky-blue colour replacing red on the kits. Reebok manufactured kits for the team from 2008 to 2014 and Adidas supplied the kits in 2015. Zeven manufactured
13221-426: Was still yet to register a century in either domestic cricket or any form of the international game since that Trent Bridge instalment of the last home Ashes in 2005, which year also accounted for his most recent Test five-for. "It's always been an Australian trait to over-rate players who have done well against them (just ask VVS Laxman )," wrote Lawrence Booth . "But in the case of Andrew Flintoff, this phenomenon
13338-484: Was the highest wicket-taker, taking 21 wickets, followed by Chris Morris and Mohammad Siraj, who each took 11 wickets. During the 2021 IPL auction , RCB acquired Glenn Maxwell , Mohammed Azharuddeen , Sachin Baby , Kyle Jamieson , Srikar Bharat , Rajat Patidar , Dan Christian , and Suyash Prabhudessai . The season was suspended midway due to a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases among players and resumed in September in
13455-443: Was the most expensive player at ₹ 14 crore (equivalent to ₹ 22 crore or US$ 2.7 million in 2023), among others. Daniel Vettori replaced Ray Jennings as the head coach of the team. The first phase of the IPL was held in the UAE and the second phase in India. RCB finished 7th in the points table and did not qualify for the playoffs. De Villiers was the highest run-scorer for the team with 395 runs, while Varun Aaron took
13572-496: Was the second highest run scorer of the tournament, behind Michael Hussey of the Chennai Super Kings, while Vinay Kumar was the team's highest wicket-taker with 23 wickets. Before the 2014 auction , RCB retained AB de Villiers , Chris Gayle , and Virat Kohli from previous seasons. The players bought in the 2014 auction included Albie Morkel , Mitchell Starc , Parthiv Patel , Ashok Dinda , Nic Maddinson , Varun Aaron , Yuzvendra Chahal , Vijay Zol , and Yuvraj Singh , who
13689-501: Was to Argentina . During his school days he acquired the nickname "Freddie" due to his surname resembling that of the cartoon character Fred Flintstone . At City of Preston High School, he passed nine GCSEs, but he did not want to stay in education and left school at 16. As a boy, he played cricket for the Lancashire Schools under-11s and under-15s teams and he was also a keen chess player. He then played for two and
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