RCB logo: Royal Challengers Bangalore set to change name and logo, say reports

Royal Challengers Bangalore set to change name and logo: The IPL franchise are pondering over a new name and logo reportedly.

Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore have been doing the rounds of late due to their activities across their social media handles.

In addition to removing their display picture and cover picture across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, Royal Challengers have also removed all posts from their Instagram handle.

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While their handle still remains “royalchallengersbangalore” on Facebook and Instagram, they are currently using the username “royalchallengers” on Twitter.

Hey @RCBTweets, everything ok? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/XmcgcsP0GZ

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 12, 2020

Royal Challengers Bangalore set to change name and logo

If some reports are to be believed, RCB are pondering at changing their name and logo ahead of the next season of the tournament slated to begin in the last week of March.

What’s happening, @RCBTweets ? 🤔🤔🤔 https://t.co/OKzcWgF1oE

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) February 12, 2020

While there is no information on their expected new logo, it is further reported that their name will be renamed from Royal Challengers ‘Bangalore’ to Royal Challengers ‘Bengaluru’. The same will be reflected across their social media handles from February 16.

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Led by India captain Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers are among the three IPL franchises (Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab being the other two) who have played the tournament since its inaugural season but are yet to lift their maiden title.

RCB Full Squad for IPL 2020

Virat Kohli (c), Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers, Aaron Finch, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Shahbaz Ahmad, Pavan Deshpande, Chris Morris.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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