Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have a new name ahead of IPL 2024.cricket news

Royal Challengers Bangalore have officially changed their name to Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). The new name of the team was unveiled along with the new team name at the RCB Unbox event held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. logo. The announcement was made by skipper Faf Du Plessis, star batsman Virat Kohli and women’s team captain Smriti Mandhana ) are all on stage. Mandana led RCB to win the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL) title, the first trophy in the franchise’s history, after defeating Delhi Capitals at the summit.

The city we love, the heritage we embrace, now is our time.

Introducing Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB!#PlayBold #RCB #RCBUnbox pic.twitter.com/harurFXclC

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 19, 2024

“The city we love, the heritage we embrace, is now ours…presenting you Royal Challengers Bangalore, RCB!” the franchise posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Earlier. The RCB men’s team provided a guard of honor to the 2024 WPL champion team led by Smriti Mandhana. The RCB men’s team, consisting of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, provided the guard of honor for the women’s team.

As the stars of the men’s team applauded the WPL 2024 champions, Smriti walked with the other players holding the trophy. The RCB women’s team took a lap around the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and the fans cheered for the champions.

During the victory lap, Smriti was on a video call with star all-rounder Ellis Perry.

At the end of the victory lap, the team also took a photo with the trophy. RCB lifted the WPL trophy on Sunday with an all-round performance in all aspects of the game.

WPL Championship Women’s Team Honor Guard#RCBUnboxpic.twitter.com/CkY9mZVndS

— RCB Xtra. (@Rcb_Xtra) March 19, 2024

The spin of Sophie Molineux and Shreyanka Patil gave the Delhi Capitals batsmen a spin, restricting them to a total of 113 runs. In response, RCB chased down the target with ease and claimed victory.

The RCB men’s team will be looking to replicate that success with a squad that combines talent, youth and experience. Kohli will return to action after missing two T20Is in the three-match series against Afghanistan in January and the five-match Test series against England.

RCB IPL 2024 Lineup:Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzari Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Rocky Ferguson, Swamp Neil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.

(with ANI input)