RCB legends playing behind the scenes (Photo-PTI)
Royal Challengers Bangalore has won IPL 2026. In the final this team defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets. Players like Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salaam and Josh Hanzlewood have played a big role in RCB’s victory, but in making this team a champion, it also has the role of 7 such stalwarts who play the entire game behind the scenes. We are talking about the support staff of RCB who wrote the script of the victory of this team. Let us tell you those 7 heroes of RCB’s victory, who made the opposition teams drink.
Hero of RCB’s victory-Andy Flower
Head coach Andy Flower gets the biggest credit for the victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ever since Andy Flower became the head coach of the team, RCB has performed amazingly. From IPL 2022 to 2024, he brought RCB to the playoffs and RCB became champion in 2025 and 2026. Andy Flower is the person under whose leadership the RCB team management built the team and now it has become almost impossible to defeat this team.
Hero of RCB’s victory – Dinesh Karthik
rcb Dinesh Karthik has played a big role in the victory of the team, who is not only the mentor of the team but also the batting coach. The biggest specialty of Dinesh Karthik is that he gives a lot of time to every player and talks openly with them. Dinesh Karthik does not beat around the bush, he directly tells the player his shortcomings and ways to improve them. Dinesh Karthik has also had a big role in the IPL auction. It was only after his tips that RCB placed bets on many players. Dinesh Karthik is the person behind bringing Bhuvneshwar to RCB.
Hero of RCB’s victory-Mo Bobat
Mo Bobat is the Director of Cricket of RCB who replaced Mike Hesson in 2023-24. Bobat has been the former performance director of England. He has been behind changing the mentality of the England team in white ball cricket and that is why he entered RCB. As soon as he arrived, the way the RCB team looked at the game changed. He instilled a fearless game and hunter mentality in the team. Mo Bobat’s contribution is in how to move forward and perform well in difficult and stressful moments. Along with this, he has made a big contribution in making Rajat Patidar the captain. Rajat Patidar bats openly against the spinners, Bobat is also said to be behind this. Bobat has an important contribution in creating balance in the RCB team. Along with young talent, he has given place to experienced players in the team, due to which RCB has become more dangerous.
Head Coach – Andy Flower Director of Cricket – Mo Bobat Mentor – Dinesh Karthik Pace Bowling Coach – Omkar Salvi Fielding Coach – Richard Halsall Head of Scout – Malolan Rangarajan Analyst – Freddie Wilde
THE MAIN PEOPLE BEHIND RCB DOMINANCE 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/RM9KDvGueI
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 1, 2026
Hero of RCB’s victory- Omkar Salvi
Omkar Salvi is the fast bowling coach of RCB and with his clear planning he has taken the team to a different level. It is said that Salvi prepared a different strategy for every batsman. His strategy to trouble Gujarat’s batsmen with short of length balls in the final was his own. Be it giving confidence to a young bowler like Rasikh Salam or the use of Bhuvneshwar, Josh Hazlewood, Salvi played a big role in it. This season, RCB’s bowling was also amazing in the death overs. As a result, this team has become champion for the second consecutive time.
These 3 legends were also the heroes of RCB’s victory
The hero of RCB’s victory was its fielding Richard Halsall. RCB’s fielding was amazing in pressure filled moments. Be it ground fielding or catching, RCB’s performance was quite good compared to other teams. Apart from him, Head of Scout M Rangarajan and Analyst Freddy Wildy also contributed significantly to the success of the team.
