2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2012 season
Coach	Ray Jennings
Captain	Daniel Vettori
Ground(s)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
League stage	5th
Most runs	Chris Gayle (733) [1]
Most wickets	Vinay Kumar (19) [2]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Daniel Vettori. They finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

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

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
02	Mohammad Kaif	India	(1980-12-01)1 December 1980 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
03	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	(1988-01-25)25 January 1988 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
09	Arun Karthik	India	(1986-02-15)15 February 1986 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
12	Luke Pomersbach	Australia	(1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
14	Mayank Agarwal	India	(1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 21)	Right-handed	–
18	Virat Kohli	India	(1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
32	Saurabh Tiwary	India	(1989-12-30)30 December 1989 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Vijay Zol	India	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 17)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Andrew McDonald	Australia	(1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
07	Asad Pathan	India	(1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	(1979-01-27)27 January 1979 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
23	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	(1976-10-14)14 October 1976 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
37	Rajoo Bhatkal	India	(1985-09-01)1 September 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
333	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
17	AB de Villiers	South Africa	(1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
–	CM Gautam	India	(1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 26)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
01	Harshal Patel	India	(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
03	KP Appanna	India	(1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
05	Vinay Kumar	India	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
08	Syed Mohammed	India	(1983-06-03)3 June 1983 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
20	Prasanth Parameswaran	India	(1985-05-30)30 May 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
25	Abhimanyu Mithun	India	(1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
34	Zaheer Khan	India	(1978-10-07)7 October 1978 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
63	Dirk Nannes	Australia	(1976-05-16)16 May 1976 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	Overseas
67	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	(1974-12-17)17 December 1974 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
79	Sreenath Aravind	India	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	(1972-04-17)17 April 1972 (aged 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils (3rd)	16	11	5	0	22	0.617
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	16	10	5	1	21	0.561
3	Mumbai Indians (4th)	16	10	6	0	20	−0.100
4	Chennai Super Kings (RU)	16	8	7	1	17	0.100
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	8	7	1	17	−0.022
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	−0.216
7	Rajasthan Royals	16	7	9	0	14	0.201
8	Deccan Chargers	16	4	11	1	9	−0.509
9	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−0.551

Source: ^[3]

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
• C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	7 April	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Won by 20 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 64* (42)	Scorecard
2	10 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Lost by 42 runs	Scorecard
3	12 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
4	15 April	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Lost by 59 runs	Scorecard
5	17 April	Pune Warriors India	Bengaluru	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 81 (48)	Scorecard
6	20 April	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 87 (56)	Scorecard
7	23 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Won by 46 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 59* (23)	Scorecard
8	25 April	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain	Scorecard
9	28 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 47 runs	Scorecard
10	2 May	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
11	6 May	Deccan Chargers	Bengaluru	Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 47* (17)	Scorecard
12	9 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 82* (59)	Scorecard
13	11 May	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 35 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 57 (31)	Scorecard
14	14 May	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Lost by 5 Wickets	Scorecard
15	17 May	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 21 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 128* (62)	Scorecard
16	20 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Lost by 9 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 8–7. Failed to advance.

References

1. "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2012; ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.