2018 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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Royal Challengers Bangalore
2018 season
Coach Daniel Vettori
Captain Virat Kohli
Ground(s) M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
League stage 6th
Most runs Virat Kohli (530)
Most wickets Umesh Yadav (20)

The 2018 season was the 11th season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The side was captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.

Contents

Pre-season

In January 2018, the franchise appointed Gary Kirsten as batting coach and Ashish Nehra as the bowling mentor. [1]

On 26 March 2018, the franchise onboarded HP Inc India as the principal sponsor of the team. [2] Earlier that month, the franchise had partnered up with Nuvoco Vistas for the solus position on the back of the team jersey. [3]

On 29 March 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore's home match against Delhi Daredevils on 12 May was moved to Delhi due to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election on the same day. The away game against the same team on 21 April was moved to Bangalore. [4]

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
9 Mandeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India 18 December 1991 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20181.4 crore (US$166,000)
17 AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17 February 1984 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium 201811 crore (US$1.3 million)Overseas/Vice Captain
18 Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 5 November 1988 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium 201817 crore (US$2.0 million) Captain
36 Manan Vohra Flag of India.svg  India 18 July 1993 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20181.1 crore (US$130,000)
42 Brendon McCullum Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27 September 1981 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20183.6 crore (US$426,000)Overseas
97 Sarfaraz Khan Flag of India.svg  India 27 October 1997 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20181.75 crore (US$207,000)
All-rounders
6 Pawan Negi Flag of India.svg  India 6 January 1993 (aged 25)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 20181 crore (US$118,000)
8 Moeen Ali Flag of England.svg  England 18 June 1987 (aged 30)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20181.7 crore (US$201,000)Overseas
10 Chris Woakes Flag of England.svg  England 2 March 1989 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20187.4 crore (US$875,280.90)Overseas
77 Colin de Grandhomme Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22 July 1986 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20182.2 crore (US$260,000)Overseas
78 Corey Anderson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 December 1990 (aged 27)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium 20182 crore (US$240,000)Overseas
555 Washington Sundar Flag of India.svg  India 5 October 1999 (aged 18)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20183.2 crore (US$378,000)
Pavan Deshpande Flag of India.svg  India 16 September 1989 (aged 28)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201820 lakh (US$24,000)
Aniruddha Joshi Flag of India.svg  India 7 November 1987 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break 201820 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
69 Quinton de Kock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17 December 1992 (aged 25)Left-handed20182.8 crore (US$331,000)Overseas
72 Parthiv Patel Flag of India.svg  India 9 March 1985 (aged 33)Left-handed20181.7 crore (US$201,000)
Bowlers
3 Yuzvendra Chahal Flag of India.svg  India 23 July 1990 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 20186 crore (US$710,000)
4 Kulwant Khejroliya Flag of India.svg  India 13 March 1992 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 201885 lakh (US$101,000)
19 Umesh Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 25 October 1987 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20184.2 crore (US$497,000)
21 Mohammed Siraj Flag of India.svg  India 13 March 1994 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20182.6 crore (US$308,000)
38 Tim Southee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 December 1988 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20181 crore (US$118,000)Overseas
89 Murugan Ashwin Flag of India.svg  India 8 September 1990 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly20182.2 crore (US$260,000)
Nathan Coulter-Nile Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 October 1987 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20182.2 crore (US$260,000)Overseas
Navdeep Saini Flag of India.svg  India 23 November 1993 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20183 crore (US$355,000)
Aniket Choudhary Flag of India.svg  India 28 January 1990 (aged 28)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 201830 lakh (US$35,000)

Personnel

Season

League table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Sunrisers Hyderabad (RU)14950180.284Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Chennai Super Kings (C)14950180.253
3 Kolkata Knight Riders (3)1486016−0.070Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Rajasthan Royals (4)1477014−0.250
5 Mumbai Indians 14680120.317
6 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14680120.129
7 Kings XI Punjab 1468012−0.502
8 Delhi Daredevils 1459010−0.222
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results

8 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore
176/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
177/6 (18.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 44 (23)
Nitish Rana 2/11 (1 over)
Sunil Narine 50 (19)
Chris Woakes 3/36 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run. [7]

13 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
155 (19.2 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
159/6 (19.3 overs)
K. L. Rahul 47 (30)
Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs)
AB de Villiers 57 (40)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

15 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
217/4 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
198/6 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 92* (45)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 57 (30)
Shreyas Gopal 2/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

17 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
213/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
167/8 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 94 (52)
Umesh Yadav 2/36 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 92* (62)
Krunal Pandya 3/28 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 46 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

21 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Daredevils
174/5 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
176/4 (18 overs)
Rishabh Pant 85 (48)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (3 overs)
AB de Villiers 90* (39)
Glenn Maxwell 1/13 (2 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
205/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
207/5 (19.4 overs)
AB de Villiers 68 (30)
Dwayne Bravo 2/33 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 82 (53)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

29 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
175/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
176/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 68* (44)
Andre Russell 3/31 (3 overs)
Chris Lynn 62* (52)
Murugan Ashwin 2/36 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

1 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
167/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
153/7 (20 overs)
Manan Vohra 45 (31)
Hardik Pandya 3/28 (3 overs)
Hardik Pandya 50 (42)
Tim Southee 2/25 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

5 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore
127/9 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
128/4 (18 overs)
Parthiv Patel 53 (41)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 32 (25)
Umesh Yadav 2/15 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

7 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
146 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
141/6 (20 overs)
Kane Williamson 56 (39)
Mohammed Siraj 3/25 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 39 (30)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/36 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

12 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils
181/4 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
187/5 (19 overs)
Rishabh Pant 61 (34)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)
AB de Villiers 72* (37)
Trent Boult 2/40 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sandeep Lamichhane and Abhishek Sharma (both Delhi Daredevils) made their T20 debuts.
  • Delhi Daredevils were eliminated as a result of this match.

14 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
88 (15.1 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
92/0 (8.1 overs)
Aaron Finch 26 (23)
Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 48* (28)
Ravichandran Ashwin 0/9 (1 over)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

17 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
218/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
204/3 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 69 (39)
Rashid Khan 3/27 (4 overs)
Kane Williamson 81 (42)
Moeen Ali 1/21 (2 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

19 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
164/5 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
134 (19.2 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 80* (58)
Umesh Yadav 3/25 (4 overs)
AB de Villiers 53 (35)
Shreyas Gopal 4/16 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

Statistics

Most runs

NameMatRunsHSAveSR
Virat Kohli 1453092* 48.18139.10
AB de Villiers 1248090* 53.33174.54
Mandeep Singh 1425247* 25.20135.48
Quinton de Kock 82015325.12124.07
Parthiv Patel 61535330.60140.36

Most wickets

NameMatWktsBBIAveEco
Umesh Yadav 14203/2320.907.86
Yuzvendra Chahal 14122/2230.257.26
Mohammed Siraj 11113/2533.368.95
Chris Woakes 583/3623.7510.36
Tim Southee 853/3052.209.00

References

  1. "Nehra and Kirsten join RCB coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "IPL: HP joins hands with Royal Challengers Bangalore as principal sponsor". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Nuvoco Vistas looking to increase media spends by about 25% next fiscal". Livemint. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. "IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore's home game against Delhi Daredevils rescheduled due to Karnataka Assembly polls". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. "RCB appointed Kirsten as their batting coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. "RCB appointed Nehra as their bowling coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. "Brendon McCullum marches onto become the second player to cross 9000 T20 runs". Times Now. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.