ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE ( RCB )

Captain – Virat Kohli

Vice Captain – AB de Villiers

Ambassador(s) – NA for 2020

Jersey- Home : Red(Prominent)+Black+Gold Away : Black(Prominent)+Red+Gold

Team Anthem – NA

Major Rivals – Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders

City – Karnataka, India

Founded – 2008; 12 years ago

Home ground – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) SQUAD

Player	Role	Price
Virat Kohli (R)	Batsman	17 crore
AB de Villiers (R)	Batsman	11 crore
Devdutt Padikkal (R)	Batsman	20 lakhs
Gurkeerat Singh (R)	Batsman	50 lakhs
Aaron Finch	Batsman	4.40 crore
Shahbaz Ahamad	Wicket Keeper	20 lakhs
Joshua Philippe	Wicket Keeper	20 lakhs
Parthiv Patel (R)	Wicket Keeper	1.70 crore
Pawan Negi (R)	All-Rounder	1 crore
Shivam Dube (R)	All-Rounder	5 crore
Moeen Ali (R)	All-Rounder	1.70 crore
Isuru Udana	All-Rounder	50 lakhs
Pavan Deshpande	All-Rounder	20 lakhs
Christopher Morris	All-Rounder	10 crore
Adam Zampa	Bowler	1.5 crore
Dale Steyn	Bowler	2 crore
Mohammed Siraj (R)	Bowler	2.60 crore
Navdeep Saini (R)	Bowler	3 crore
Umesh Yadav (R)	Bowler	4.20 crore
Washington Sundar (R)	Bowler	3.20 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal (R)	Bowler	6 crore

History

2008

1. Local boy, Rahul Dravid becomes the captain for the first season of IPL in 2008.
2. RCB finishes seventh at the bottom of the table.

2009

1. RCB had a change of leadership in the form of the English captain, Kevin Pietersen.
2. RCB comes very close to the title but finishes second.

2010

1. Anil Kumble becomes the captain in the third season.
2. RCB again had an amazing tournament but they finished third.

2011

1. Major personnel changes in the major auction.
2. Retain only one player, Virat Kohli, releasing all players into the auction pool.
3. Major Buys buys : AB de Villiers, Dilshan and Zaheer Khan.
4. Chris Gayle joined in later as a replacement for an injured Dirk Nannes.
5. Daniel Vettori named captain.
6. RCB finishes runner-up.

2012

1. Change of leadership midway through the tournament.
2. Daniel Vettori stepped down willingly and handed over the captaincy duties to young Virat Kohli.
3. RCB finished fifth for the fifth season.

2013

1. RCB have another uneventful season as they finish in fifth place second consecutive time.

2014

1. In 2014 the team bought Albie Morkel, Mitchell Starc, Ravi Rampaul, Parthiv Patel, Ashok Dinda, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nic Maddinson, Harshal Patel, Varun Aaron, Vijay Zol and Yuvraj Singh.
2. The seventh IPL season saw RCB finishing in seventh place.

2015

1. In IPL 2015, RCB again had to face disappointment after playing so well as they finished 3rd.

2016

1. The 2016 edition was perhaps the most heartbreaking one for RCB.
2. RCB’s captain, Virat Kohli has a dream IPL with four centuries in the season.
3. But yet again, the RCB squad and it’s fans had to face despair as they finished runner-up.

2017

1. RCB finishes last at the 8th position.

2018

1. Another disappointing year as RCB finishes the season at the 6th place.

2019

1. RCB finished the season at the bottom of the table at 8th place.

2020

1. RCB’s recent additions before the 2020 IPL are- Aaron Finch , Chris Morris , Joshua Philippe , Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande , Dale Steyn , Shahbaz Ahamad , Isuru Udana. RCB 2020 Players list seems promising just like previous years. Only time will tell whether it will deliver.

Administration and Support Staff

Team Director: Mike Hesson

Team And Cricket Operations Manager: Avinash Vaidya

Head Coach: Simon Katich

Batting Coach: Sridharan Sriram

Bowling Coach: Adam Griffith

Fielding Coach: NA

Bowling Talent Development and Analytics: Sports Mechanics

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Basu Shanker

Physiotherapist: Evan Speechly

RCB – Batting Stats

Most Runs: Virat Kohli : 5412 runs

Most Centuries: Virat Kohli : 5

Most Fifties: Virat Kohli : 36

Fastest Fifty: Chris Gayle : 17 balls

Fastest Century: Chris Gayle : 30 balls

Best Batting Average: Iqbal Abdullah : 44.00

Best Strike Rate: Moeen Ali : 165.92

Most Sixes: AB de Villiers : 212

Most Fours: Virat Kohli : 480

Highest Individual Score: Chris Gayle : 175*

Highest Batting Partnerships by Wicket: Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers 229 runs for 2nd wicket.

RCB – Bowling Stats

Most Wickets: Umesh Yadav : 119

Best Economy: Anil Kumble : 6.57

Best Bowling Figures: Anil Kumble : 5-5-3.1

Best Bowling Average: Mitchell Starc : 20.38

Most Maidens: Dale Steyn : 7

Most Runs Conceded: Tim Southee : 4-61-0

Most 4 Wickets: Anil Kumble : 2

Most Hat-tricks: NA

Most Dot Balls: Dale Steyn : 998

RCB – Team Stats

Highest Score: 263/5

Lowest Score: 49/10