The IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore had a mixed season last time as they played some good cricket in the league phase but failed to make it to the play-offs which left many of their fans upset and disappointed.
RCB is one of the few IPL teams which have been a part of the tournament since the inaugural edition of 2008 but they are still waiting to lift the trophy for the first time. What makes it more surprising is the fact that RCB has been one of the strongest teams of the league in almost all the seasons and some of the really big names of the cricket world like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, etc. have played for the team.
Virat Kohli has been playing for RCB since the inaugural edition and in 2013, he was appointed as the skipper of the team. He led the team till 2021 and then he quit captaincy citing the issue of workload management after which Faf du Plessis was appointed as the skipper of the Bangalore franchise.
RCB has played three finals but failed in winning any of them and recently the management made a big change as they have appointed the former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower as the new head coach of the team.
The official Twitter handle of RCB tweeted, โWe are beyond thrilled to welcome ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ winning coach ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ as the ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต of RCB Menโs team. Andyโs experience of coaching IPL & T20 teams around the world, and leading his teams to titles at the PSL, ILT20, The Hundred and Abu Dhabi T10 will help in developing a championship winning mindset and take RCBโs #PlayBold philosophy forward.โ
We are beyond thrilled to welcome ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ winning coach ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ as the ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต of RCB Menโs team. ๐คฉ๐
Andyโs experience of coaching IPL & T20 teams around the world, and leading his teams to titlesโฆ pic.twitter.com/WsMYGCkcYT
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) August 4, 2023
RCB parted ways with Sanjay Bangar and Mike Hesson and also thanked them in a tweet.
Here is what they tweeted, โWe thank ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง and ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ for their commendable work during the stints as ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต of RCBโ.
We thank ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง and ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ for their commendable work during the stints as ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต of RCB. ๐#PlayBold #เฒจเฒฎเณเฒฎRCB @CoachHesson pic.twitter.com/Np2fLuRdC0
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) August 4, 2023
Andy Flower was the head coach of the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants for two seasons – 2022 and 2023 and in both the seasons, LSG went to the play-offs but got ousted in the eliminator; Justin Langer will be replacing Andy Flower in the Lucknow team. If we talk about the other assignments of Andy Flower, then he has served as the head coach of various teams including Multan Sultans and Gulf Giants.
Do you think that RCB will be able to win their first IPL trophy under the guidance of Andy Flower? Let us know your views in this regard.
