RCB Franchise Changed Bangalore to Bengaluru in Team Name
On March 19, 2024, in a UNBOX event by RCB at the M, Chinnaswamy Stadium replaced the anglicized ‘Bangalore’ with Bengaluru and now it will be called Royal Challengers Bengaluru from IPL 2024. For the last two years, RCB has been doing the UNBOX event before the start of the campaign where they UNBOX their new jersey and include player in their RCB Hall of Fame slot.
Fans of RCB wanted their team to change the name from Bangalore to Bengaluru for a long time and there were many posts in which fans of the franchise tweeted that they wanted them to change the name because it is an actual city’s vernacular name.
Read all the details about the RCB UNBOX Event in which RCB revealed their new name and gave a guard of honor to their WPL team.
This is not the first time that an Indian Premier League (IPL) team changed its name twice in recent times.
Which other teams changed their name in IPL?
Punjab Kings also changed their name from Punjab Super Kings three years ago and after that, it was Delhi who changed their name from Delhi Daredevils to Delhi Capitals due to a change of investors JSW Group. However, changing their names did not work well for the team as they did not do well in the IPL since they changed their name.
Who is included in the RCB Hall of Fame?
Vinay Kumar the Karnataka legend and former RCB player given the Hall of Fame for his five-season performance in which he took 105 wickets in 105 matches and he was the team’s highest wicket-taker in 2012 and 2013 in which he took 19 and 23 wickets respectively.
RCB gave Guard of Honor to the WPL Crowned Team of their franchise before the event started as Smriti Mandhana led his team for a victory lap in the stadium for the fans, which gave them immense happiness.
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