The Vijay Mallya owned Bangalore Royal Challengers seem to have a good team, at least on paper. The Rahul Dravid led team looks to have a very well rounded side with several the 23 of the players in the team being batsman/part time bowlers.

The batting line up has several tried-and-tested folks - Rahul Dravid, Jaques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Chandrapaul. These folks have not, however, demonstrated their skills with the bat in the Twenty20 format, but there are some big hitters in that list that can come suddenly good for the team in times of crisis.

The major trump card will be Misbah-ul-Haq, he was sort of a revelation in inaugural Twenty20 world cup and had almost won the championship of his team. He bats according to the situation and can clear the fence with ease. An especially invaluable skill in Twenty20! The first pick for U-22 slot will be Virat Kohli, captain of U-19 champion team. Filling other three slots in U-22 will be tough decision.

The bowling line up looks equally impressive, with Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Nathan Bracken and of course, Zaheer Khan. How much of an impact these bowlers can have in the short Twenty20 format is not clear, since the pitches are all likely to be prepared just as flat as they always have been - to favor high-scoring games. In case the pitch seems to favor spinners in second innings then the Bangladeshi spinner Abdur Razzaq will be obvious choice.

Interestingly, the team has a choice of 3 wicket keepers, Mark Boucher, Devraj Patil (Karnataka Ranji player) and Shreevats Goswami (U-19 player). But Twenty20 is a game of all rounders, and there probably isn’t a place for specialist wicketkeepers, so it’s very likely that only one of the 3 will play at a time, and that too will be determined by their batting strength.

Full Team
Rahul Dravid (Captain)
Jacques Kallis
Anil Kumble
Cameron White
Zaheer Khan
Mark Boucher (WK)
Nathan Bracken
Dale Steyn
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Wasim Jaffer
Misbah-ul-Haq
Ross Taylor
Praveen Kumar
Abdur Razzak
Sunil Joshi
Arun Kumar J.
Vinay Kumar R.
Akhil B.
Devraj Patil (WK)
Bharat Chipli
Appanna K. P.
Virat Kohli
Shreevats Goswami (WK)