What was Royal Challengers Bengaluru's team name before its 2024 renaming?

Royal Challengers Bengaluru were called Royal Challengers Bangalore before the 2024 renaming.

The franchise was one of the original eight IPL teams created for the league’s inaugural 2008 season. Although the city’s official name became Bengaluru in 2014, the team continued using “Bangalore” in its name for several more seasons.

The change was announced at the RCB Unbox event in March 2024, ahead of that year’s IPL campaign. The franchise adopted Bengaluru to reflect the city’s official name while retaining the familiar RCB abbreviation and much of its established identity.

The old name is sometimes confused with “Bangalore Royal Challengers,” but that was not the franchise’s official team name. “Royal Challengers Bangalore” was the canonical form used from the team’s creation until the 2024 rebrand.