2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012 season
Coach Ray Jennings
Captain Virat Kohli
Ground(s) M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL 5th
Most runs Chris Gayle (733) [1]
Most wickets Vinay Kumar (19) [2]

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Daniel Vettori. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Contents

Squad

Players with international caps before the 2012 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batsmen
02 Mohammad Kaif Flag of India.svg  India 1 December 1980 (age 44)Right-handedRight-arm off break
03 Cheteshwar Pujara Flag of India.svg  India 25 January 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
09 Arun Karthik Flag of India.svg  India 15 February 1986 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
12 Luke Pomersbach Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 28 September 1984 (age 40)Left-handedRight-arm off break Overseas
14 Mayank Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India 16 February 1991 (age 33)Right-handed
18 Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 5 November 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
32 Saurabh Tiwary Flag of India.svg  India 30 December 1989 (age 34)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Rilee Rossouw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9 October 1989 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm off break Overseas
Vijay Zol Flag of India.svg  India 23 November 1994 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
04 Andrew McDonald Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15 June 1981 (age 43)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Overseas
07 Asad Pathan Flag of India.svg  India 17 June 1984 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm medium
11 Daniel Vettori Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27 January 1979 (age 45)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 14 October 1976 (age 48)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas
37 Rajoo Bhatkal Flag of India.svg  India 1 September 1985 (age 39)Right-handedRight-arm medium
333 Chris Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21 September 1979 (age 45)Left-handedRight-arm off break Overseas
Wicket-keepers
17 AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17 February 1984 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas
CM Gautam Flag of India.svg  India 8 March 1986 (age 38)Right-handed
Bowlers
01 Harshal Patel Flag of India.svg  India 23 November 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
03 KP Appanna Flag of India.svg  India 20 December 1988 (age 35)Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
05 Vinay Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 12 February 1984 (age 40)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
08 Syed Mohammed Flag of India.svg  India 3 June 1983 (age 41)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
20 Prasanth Parameswaran Flag of India.svg  India 30 May 1985 (age 39)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
25 Abhimanyu Mithun Flag of India.svg  India 25 October 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
34 Zaheer Khan Flag of India.svg  India 7 October 1978 (age 46)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
63 Dirk Nannes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 May 1976 (age 48)Right-handedLeft-arm fast Overseas
67 Charl Langeveldt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17 December 1974 (age 49)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Overseas
79 Sreenath Aravind Flag of India.svg  India 8 April 1984 (age 40)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
800 Muttiah Muralitharan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 17 April 1972 (age 52)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2012.

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils (3rd)161150220.617
2 Kolkata Knight Riders (C)161051210.561
3 Mumbai Indians (4th)16106020−0.100
4 Chennai Super Kings (RU)16871170.100
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore 1687117−0.022
6 Kings XI Punjab 1688016−0.216
7 Rajasthan Royals 16790140.201
8 Deccan Chargers 1641119−0.509
9 Pune Warriors India 1641208−0.551
Source: [3]

Match log

No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard
17 April Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Won by 20 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 64* (42) Scorecard
210 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Lost by 42 runs Scorecard
312 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
415 April Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Lost by 59 runs Scorecard
517 April Pune Warriors India Bengaluru Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 81 (48) Scorecard
620 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 87 (56) Scorecard
723 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 46 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 59* (23) Scorecard
825 April Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Scorecard
928 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 47 runs Scorecard
102 May Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard
116 May Deccan Chargers Bengaluru Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 47* (17) Scorecard
129 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 82* (59) Scorecard
1311 May Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 35 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 57 (31) Scorecard
1414 May Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
1517 May Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 21 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 128* (62) Scorecard
1620 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Lost by 9 runs Scorecard
Overall record: 8–7. Failed to advance.

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