Patel said that stars like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle were given special treatment during his time at RCB ...

Sanjay Manjrekar was pretty bold in his assessment that AB de Villiers played for the wrong franchise when he represented RCB for 11 seasons.

"Icons are critical and that is what we have created in our RCB franchise," Menon said. "Chris Gayle's 175 not out is still not broken... the most IPL runs record by an individual is still with ...

RCB are generally known to be a batting-heavy outfit and the key contributors to that are the batsman-friendly pitch and the short boundaries at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy stadium. Chris Gayle ...

After a poor outing in the inaugural season in 2008, RCB bounced back to finish runners-up in the 2009 edition. In 2011, the big-hitting Chris Gayle single-handedly took them into the finals.

Chris Gayle 2-11) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/4 in 18.1 overs (Virat Kohli 54 not out, KL Rahul 38; Pawan Negi 1-18) by 6 wickets ...

So while Manjrekar gave both the players their flowers, even placing Surya a notch above ABD ... for RCB in the history of IPL, amassing 4522 runs between 2011 and 2021. Even Chris Gayle is ...