2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2015 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	Semi-finalists
Most runs	AB de Villiers (513) [1]
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal (23) [2]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the IPL.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
9	Mandeep Singh	India	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	2015	Traded player
11	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹50 lakh (US$80,000)	Overseas
18	Virat Kohli	India	(1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹12.5 crore (US$1.95 million)	Captain
33	Subramaniam Badrinath	India	(1980-08-30)30 August 1980 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)
53	Nic Maddinson	Australia	(1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2014	₹50 lakh (US$80,000)	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan	India	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹50 lakh (US$80,000)
333	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹9.5 crore (US$1.48 million)	Overseas
451	Vijay Zol	India	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)
	Shishir Bhavane	India	(1991-09-21)21 September 1991 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
All-rounders
88	Darren Sammy	Saint Lucia	(1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	₹2.8 crore (US$440,000)	Overseas
96	David Wiese	South Africa	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	₹2.8 crore (US$440,000)	Overseas
	Jalaj Saxena	India	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
Wicket-keepers
5	Yogesh Takawale	India	(1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 30)	Right-handed		2014	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
17	AB de Villiers	South Africa	(1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹7.5 crore (US$1.17 million)	Overseas
19	Dinesh Karthik	India	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 29)	Right-handed		2015	₹10.5 crore (US$1.64 million)
36	Manvinder Bisla	India	(1984-12-27)27 December 1984 (aged 30)	Right-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
2	Ashok Dinda	India	(1984-03-25)25 March 1984 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹1.5 crore (US$230,000)
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
6	Sreenath Aravind	India	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing
13	Harshal Patel	India	(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹40 lakh (US$60,000)
21	Iqbal Abdulla	India	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	Traded player
23	Abu Nechim	India	(1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)
45	Varun Aaron	India	(1989-10-29)29 October 1989 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹2 crore (US$310,000)
56	Mitchell Starc	Australia	(1990-01-30)30 January 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	2014	₹5 crore (US$780,000)	Overseas
77	Sean Abbott	Australia	(1992-02-29)29 February 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	₹1 crore (US$160,000)	Overseas
	Sandeep Warrier	India	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
	Adam Milne [a]	New Zealand	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2015	₹70 lakh (US$110,000)	Overseas

1. Ruled out of the season with an injury

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.709
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.043
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3)	14	7	5	2	16	1.037
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	5	2	16	0.062
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	7	6	1	15	0.253
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	7	7	0	14	−0.239
7	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	8	1	11	−0.049
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	3	11	0	6	−1.436

Source: ^[3]

• Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to the Qualifier
•   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	11 April 2015	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 96 (56)	Scorecard
2	13 April 2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
3	19 April 2015	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Lost by 18 runs	Scorecard
4	22 April 2015	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Lost by 27 runs	Scorecard
5	24 April 2015	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad	Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)	Scorecard
6	26 April 2015	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Varun Aaron 2/24 (4 overs)	Scorecard
7	29 April 2015	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
8	2 May 2015	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Mandeep Singh 45* (18)	Scorecard
9	4 May 2015	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 24 runs	Scorecard
10	6 May 2015	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Won by 138 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 117 (57)	Scorecard
11	10 May 2015	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 39 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 133* (59)	Scorecard
12	13 May 2015	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 22 runs	Scorecard
13	15 May 2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 6 wickets (D/L), MoM- Virat Kohli 44* (19)	Scorecard
14	17 May 2015	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
Eliminator	20 May 2015	Rajasthan Royals	Pune	Won by 71 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 66 (38)	Scorecard
Qualifier 2	22 May 2015	Chennai Super Kings	Ranchi	Lost by 3 wickets	Scorecard
Overall record: 8–6. Failed to advance.

References

1. "Indian Premier League, 2015/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "Indian Premier League, 2015/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.