The Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the Champions League T20, which kicks-off in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, September 10.
On a tense night when KKR's season was hanging in the balance, Manish Pandey answered every critic in the best possible way -- a man-of-the match performance in a must-win clash against Mumbai Indians.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kolkata, on Sunday.
The new-entrants have further been bolstered by the addition of the multi-talented duo of Jason Holder and Marcus Stoinis. The two adding more depth in both bowling and batting.
After becoming the first Indian batsman to slam a century in the IPL, Manish Pandey is convinced that he is made to fire with bat in cricket fields than firing bullets in the battlefield.
Before going into the match, he was nine-run short of the milestone figure. He got to the landmark with a half-century (54 including three sixes and two fours).
Images from Saturday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Sharjah.
Mention his name and the first impression that comes to mind is that of an attacking batsman. His success in the Indian Premier League further bolsters the belief. Manish Pandey ensured his name in the history books when he became the first Indian batsman to score a century in the IPL -- when he made an unbeaten 114 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (he has since moved to Pune Warriors) against Deccan Chargers.
Manish Pandey is the first Bangalore player and the eighth overall to post a hundred in the IPL. Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist, Brendon McCullum, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh, had recorded centuries in the first edition while Abraham de Villiers and Manish Pandey scored in IPL 2009.
A recap of the action of the eighth week of IPL 2026.
Manish Pandey hogged the limelight by scoring the first century of the IPL II in South Africa and the young Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman is now eyeing upcoming Champions League Twenty20 in the Rainbow Nation to make his way into the star-studded India team.
Since the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008, only four cricketers have played a match in all 18 IPL seasons.
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the second semi-final to set up a meeting with Deccan Chargers in the title round of the Indian Premier League.
Royal Challengers Bangalore top-order fired in unison as they humbled the Lions by six wickets to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Josh Hazlewood claimed career-best figures of 4/25 to bowl the Royal Challengers Bangalore to victory against the Lucknow Super Giants at the D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
Images from Wednesday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Chennai.
Despite not claiming a single wicket in the semi-final, Anil Kumble is still the top wicket-taker for Bangalore in the IPL 2009, scalping 17 at 19.47 runs apiece.
Weakened by the departure of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals will have their task cut out when they lock horns with a resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League match in Jaipur on Saturday.
The one performance that stood out was Praveen Kumar's, the Uttar Pradesh bowler recording the first hat-trick of the third edition.
It's always past experiences that aid and shape the present. That is what exactly happened when Kolkata Knight Riders' Manish Pandey and Jacques Kallis came together against Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the Indian Premier League Season 7 on Wednesday.
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Rajasthan Royals' star-studded batting will face the serious challenge of decoding Sunil Narine's mystery at Eden Gardens when they take on two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in a top-of-the-table IPL clash in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Captain Kane Williamson, all-rounder Vijay Shankar and comeback man Wriddhiman Saha will look to score in the key match.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to shrug off the disappointment of two back-to-back defeats and get back to winning ways when they taken on Sunrisers Hyderabad as they aim to seal their place in the play-offs, in the IPL match, in Sharjah, on Saturday.
'Winding down for team dinner before we hit the road for the away leg.'
After a win like that, the morale of any team would be high but Delhi will need to find a way to bat well against the star studded RCB.
Suresh Raina's return could not have been better-timed as Gujarat Lions, jolted by the tournament's biggest ever defeat, seek to revive their campaign when they face off with Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chris Gayle hammered the Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers into submission with a breathtaking 96 that guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a three-wicket victory in an Indian Premier League encounter at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
Images from Friday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Abu Dhabi.
Rajasthan Royals, struggling at the penultimate spot on the points table after two wins and four straight defeats, need something special against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Sunday's IPL match in Dubai.
Images from Monday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Dubai.
With 59 matches spread across 10 cities, the cash-rich league starting Saturday will unearth new domestic talents apart from giving some of the tried and tested faces a shot at redemption during the next seven weeks of what is again expected to be a perfect marriage of cricket and entertainment.
Yusuf Pathan and Andre Russell launched an incredible counter-attack after the fall of quick wickets in the start to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to an entertaining five-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. Chasing a challenging 186-run target set by RCB, Yusuf smashed an unbeaten 60 off only 29 balls to guide KKR home with five balls remaining.
Although the SunRisers lost wickets, Jason Holder ensured they reached the target in just 14.1 overs.
Delhi are enduring a poor start to the season as they have lost all their four games in IPL 2023 so far.
Rajasthan Royals outclassed Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets to end their home campaign on a winning note and keep their play-off hopes alive, in the Indian Premier League.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 22 in IPL 12: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking to earn two valuable points and move up to second spot in the points-table when they take on struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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