So what if RCB didn't make it to the finals?! Once a RCB Fan, always RCB Fan. I have put together a poem for team RCB! Come next season and the cup will be ours.

Zaheer Khan has made his comeback to competitive cricket and how! Zak put in a terrific performance with the ball, as he picked up 4/17 against the Chennai Super Kings in a rain curtailed game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday and helped RCB prolong their quest for the elusive playoff spot in the 2013 IPL.

Pleasing a crowd that braved a 3 hour rain delay, Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan turned in emphatic displays as the Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched a 24 run win over Chennai Super Kings on Saturday night. RCB are tied with Sunrisers Hyderabad on 18 points apiece. Though SRH have a game against Kolkata left their Net Run Rate is at very poor -0.031 to RCB's +0.457. A loss would bring that number down further and RCB could advance to the playoffs ahead on the basis of a better NRR.

Chennai fell short of RCB's huge 107 run target thanks to a great bowling performance by Zaheer Khan.

If there ever was to be a parallel between the English Premier League and the Indian Premier League, then the Royal Challengers Bangalore can definitely be called as the ‘Arsenal of Cricket!’

As the Royal Challengers Bangalore prepare for a must win game against the Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, great things are expected of skipper Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli’s 99 and Jaydev Unadkat’s 5/25 helped the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils by 4 runs in a thrilling finish at the Ferozshah Kotla on Friday night.

Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, Ferozshah Kotla Stadium, Delhi It is make or break time for the Royal Challengers Bangalore who face the Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla on Friday night.

Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, PCA Stadium, Mohali Royal Challengers Bangalore resume their Indian Premier League 6 campaign with a match against the Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on Monday.

Pune Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune The Royal Challengers Bangalore are in dire need of a confidence boost on their IPL 6 campaign and their match against the Pune Warriors in Pune on Thursday will be a welcome game for captain Virat Kohli.

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain and top Indian batsman Virat Kohli has been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna Award for sportspersons by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The Royal Challengers Bangalore played out their second Super Over finish of IPL 2013 and came out on top against the Delhi Daredevils on Tuesday night at Bangalore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets, finishing the match with the Orange Cap, Purple Cap and most sixes in the tournament on Thursday evening at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Picture this… A man walks past a group of pretty young girls… as he passes they start to point, giggle and swoon. Sounds familiar right, something like an Axe ad? Well, you can say the AXE Effect is on because this is a sight you’ll see nearly every day during the IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets on Tuesday evening at Bangalore, Virat Kohli avenging the Super Over loss in Hyderabad on Sunday night with an emphatic 93* to break Hyderabad's back.

Royal Challengers Bangalore were beaten by the Sun Risers Hyderabad on Sunday night after a Super Over finish. Sun Risers’ youngsters helped their team level with RCB’s 130 run total to bring up the 2013 Pepsi IPL's first tied game before their imported pros sealed the game in the Super Over.

Vinay Kumar bowled a superb last over to give Royal Challengers Bangalore a slender 2 run win against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 6 opener at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday night.

He has lead the team on previous occasions when Daniel Vettori was injured. Ahead of his first season as full time skipper, Kohli was more involved, sharing ideas on the kind of players RCB should target at the 2013 IPL player auction. On the eve of their first match, against Mumbai Indians on their home ground, Kohli answered a few questions.

They say behind every successful man there is a woman. Does the saying hold true for our RCB heroes as well??? Watch this to find out!

Daniel Vettori, one of the finest bowlers in RCB, has returned to training after recovering from an injury. With Muttiah Muralitharan in the side he may not be a regular in RCB’s starting XI but he is an integral part of the team, mentoring the youngsters and giving much needed inputs as ex-skipper. There is no doubt that Vettori will be needed at crucial times in the current season to help the team out.

Captain Virat Kholi spoke about his Fitness and his plan of action as the Captain of RCB. Looking forward to all the action ahead in Pepsi IPL6.

Australian all-rounder and T20 veteran Daniel Christian joined the RCB camp yesterday. One of RCB’s newest signings, Dan admits to being an admirer of the team.

He made his name bowling India to a sensational win against Australia in Mumbai in 2004. Kartik Murali, the way he prefers to be addressed now, was one of the better spinners who were a part of the national set up in the 2000s.

India won the Delhi Test inside 3 days on Sunday to complete a 4-0 whitewash of Australia and take hold of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, winning the third Test against Australia at Mohali by 6 wickets to go 3-0 up in the series.

Virat Kohli pushed India’s lead to 91 before Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck thrice in the third session to reduce Australia to 75/3 at Stumps on Day 4 of the third Test at Mohali.

India had Australia at 273/7 at Stumps on Day 2 of the Mohali Test after a remarkable fightback to reduce the visitors to 251/7 from the 139/0 they were at earlier in the day.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran rings around the Australian batsmen on Tuesday morning to lead India to a win by an innings and 135 runs on Day 4 of the second Test at Hyderabad. The win puts India 2-0 up in the 4 match Border-Gavaskar Series.

India grabbed a huge 266 run first innings lead before taking 2 Australian wickets in the final session to finish with the upper hand on a hard fought Day 3 of the second Test at Hyderabad.

Michael Clarke made 91 to rescue Australia from a collapse before springing a surprise declaration to end their innings on 237/9d on Day 1 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Cheteshwar Pujara edged a delivery from Nathan Lyon between the wicketkeeper and first slip to bring up India’s winning runs against Australia in the first Test at Chennai on Tuesday.

Virat Kohli hit his second consecutive Test hundred while MS Dhoni hit his first Test double as India batted through Day 3 of the first Test at Chennai against Australia.

On Wednesday came the big announcement of Virat Kohli being appointed as the new RCB captain. After a dream run with the bat in 2012 Kohli’s leadership capabilities were clearly established. He certainly is one of the contenders to the lead the Indian team in the future. Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar also backed him up to be the next skipper of the Indian team.

Virat Kohli has been appointed the new RCB captain. Kohli succeeds the highly respected and successful former RCB captain Daniel Vettori. Kohli’s appointment follows a productive IPL 6 auction in which RCB strengthened their bowling line-up significantly and added capable all-rounders to increase the amount of flexibility in the selection of the playing squad.

India beat England by 5 wickets in the 4th ODI at Mohali to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.

India beat England by 7 wickets at Ranchi in the 3rd ODI to go 2-1 up in the 5 ODI series.

Ravindra Jadeja starred with an allround display as India beat England by 127 runs at Kochi in the second ODI on Tuesday to level the ODI series 1-1.

India fell 9 runs short of England’s total of 325/4 in the first ODI at Rajkot on Friday.

Virat Kohli was named as CEAT’s International Cricketer of the year at the CEAT cricket awards in New Delhi on Friday. Australian captain Michael Clarke, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara and South African opener Hashim Amla were also in contention for the title.

India’s 85 run defeat in the second ODI at Kolkata on Thursday evening meant Pakistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3 ODI series.

A communication from the ICC on Virat Kohli has mentioned that the Indian batsman was clear of major injuries following an injury scare during India's 6 wicket loss to Pakistan at Chennai.

Pakistan beat India by 6 wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday to go 1-0 up in the 3 ODI series.

Eoin Morgan struck a six off the last ball to lead England to a 6 wicket win, squaring the two T20I series 1-1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday night.

Yuvraj Singh put in an allround performance as India beat England by 5 wickets in the first T20I at Pune on Thursday.

England’s batsmen ground out a draw in the 4th Test against India, sealing a 2-1 series win at Nagpur on Monday.

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni wore out the English bowlers on Day 3 of the fourth Test against England at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur on Saturday.

Vinay Kumar was named as the replacement for an injured L Balaji in the national side for the two T20Is against England.

The selectors announced the squad for the two T20Is against England at Kolkata today.

The selectors made major changes to the Test squad for the fourth Test against England at Nagpur, dropping Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh at a meeting on Sunday.

England wrapped up the third Test against India at Kolkata by 7 wickets on Sunday, going 2-1 up in the series.

Russell Adams is back with the latest news on what’s happening at RCB. As always RCBians continued to shine with their impeccable performances on both levels, domestic as well as international. Cheteshwar Pujara easily the man of the moment with 2 consecutive centuries in the ongoing series against England. Recently, Virat Kohli bagged the prestigious Polly Umrigar award; Vijay Zol also won the best U-19 cricketer award.

“What you put in is what you’ll get out” is what they say. This could not be more true than for Cheteshwar Pujara who celebrated again recently but this time with a maiden double test hundred (206*) against England in the 1st Test. He then followed it up with another hundred in the 2nd Test. Well done Puj!

We know you have been waiting since quite some time now. The wait is over! We received a lot of entries; it was quite a daunting task to go through each and everyone’s birthday wish but we would like to thank all of you who participated to make Virat’s 24th birthday a special one.

Royal Challengers Bangalore players Vijay Zol and Virat Kohli were among the winners at the BCCI awards held in Mumbai on Wednesday.

India comfortably chased a target of 77 to win the first Test against England at Ahmedabad by 9 wickets on Monday, going 1-0 up in the 4 match series.

Virender Sehwag’s run-a-ball 117 and Cheteshwar Pujara’s composed 98* helped India post a respectable 323/4 on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Here is the list of RCB players who have been retained.

Virat Kohli will receive the prestigious Polly Umrigar award at the BCCI’s annual awards ceremony in Mumbai on November 21st.

Virat Kohli was the only Indian who could find a place in ICC’s T20 Team of the Tournament; Suresh Raina was included as the 12th man. Kolhi managed to impress with his consistent performances, his highest score of 78* came against Pakistan. RCBian Chris Gayle too made it to the team. Gayle played a vital role in West Indies’ World Twenty20 campaign. He made 222 runs in 7 matches, his highest score in the tournament was 75*.

The Champions League T20 starts in South Africa this week! I would be lying if I said I was not hurting while writing this newsletter. You will recall that RCB missed out on qualifying for this event by the narrowest of margins. I am sure it hurts you, our loyal fans, just as much as it hurts me. However we took many lessons from IPL5 and look forward to the new season with renewed energy and exciting plans.

India beat South Africa by 1 run in a tense thriller at Colombo on Tuesday night but lost out a semi final slot to Pakistan on NRR.

Virat Kohli rushed India home to an 8 wicket win against Pakistan in their Group 2 Super 8 clash in the ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday.

Virat Kohli has had a dream run of sorts in all the three formats of the game. He has had a prolific season scoring 1733 runs in just 31 matches which include 8 centuries and 6 half-centuries. Undoubtedly he was the panel’s choice for ICC’s ODI Cricketer of the year award. After the departure of Dravid team India was on the lookout for a solid number 3 batsman, he has managed to fill his boots pretty convincingly. From a young U-19 player he has become team India’s blue eyed boy by grabbing early opportunities provided.

India beat England by 90 runs in their 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Group A clash at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday night.

Team India left behind ,Afghanistan,in their very first match,of ICC World T20 2012,by a 23 run victory over them at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Virat Kohli hit 50 to set up India's 23 run win in their 2012 ICC World Twenty20 match against Afghanistan at Colombo on Wednesday.

Pakistan chased down a huge target of 186 to beat India by 5 wickets in their World Twenty20 warm up game at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.

Virat Kohli was declared the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards function in Colombo on Saturday.

Virat Kohli smashed his second consecutive fifty in T20Is but in vain as New Zealand won the second T20I against India at Chennai by 1 run on Tuesday.

The ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is upon us. Even better…it is on our doorstep…hosted by Sri Lanka. On behalf of the RCB owners, management and staff, we express our best wishes to all RCB players who are representing their countries at this major global event. We also wish our fans a safe journey and a memorable experience if you are planning on going.

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni successfully guided Team India’s chase of 261 to help them win the second Test of the series against New Zealand at Bangalore on Monday.

Virat Kohli struck his second Test hundred, his first in India on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.

Virat Kohli's 93* served as the base of India’s recovery against New Zealand on Day 2 of the second Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha reduced New Zealand to 106/5 in reply to India’s first innings total of 438 at Stumps on Day 2 of the first Test at Hyderabad.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Cheteshwar Pujara hit his maiden Test century and Virat Kohli chipped in with a half century to put India on top at Stumps on Day 1 of the first Test against New Zealand at Hyderabad.

Just like you, we cannot wait for India’s home season to kick off! Russell Adams writes about the exciting month gone by with exploits from Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and especially from the two fastest men at the London Olympics: Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake who expressed their interest in playing T20 cricket.

On behalf of the RCB owners, management and staff, we express our heartfelt RCB passion in wishing all RCB fans well in their Independence Day celebrations. And with August marking international women’s month, we also take this opportunity to wish our many female fans a very special Women’s month.

Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan are among players nominated for various categories at the 2012 LG ICC Awards.

Powered by fine performances from Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan and Ashok Dinda, India beat Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the solitary T20I at Pallekele on Tuesday.

Yohan Blake, the world's second fastest man happens to be a cricketer who once played as a right arm fast bowler for the Kingston Cricket Club in Jamaica. He even says he can bowl faster than our very own Zaheer Khan.

Yohan Blake, the world’s second fastest man has a keen interest in cricket. Not many know but before he moved on to sprinting he used to play for the Kingston Cricket Club in Jamaica as a right arm fast bowler. He even says he can bowl quicker than our very own Zaheer Khan!