Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016 season
Coach Daniel Vettori
Captain Virat Kohli
Ground(s) M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL Runners-up
Most runs Virat Kohli (973)
Most wickets Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal (20)
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The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams which are taking part in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They are captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.

Background

In March 2016, the team director Vijay Mallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise in the role of chief mentor.[1]

The Royal Challengers wear separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.[2]

Season standings

Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Gujarat Lions (3) 14 9 5 0 0 18 -0.374
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.932
Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.245
Kolkata Knight Riders (4) 14 8 6 0 0 16 +0.106
Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.146
Delhi Daredevils 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.155
Rising Pune Supergiants 14 5 9 0 0 10 +0.015
Kings XI Punjab 14 4 10 0 0 8 -0.646

Source: [3]

Squad

No. Name Nat. Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary
Notes
Batsmen
9 Mandeep Singh India (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 Right-handed Right arm medium 2015 Traded player
11 KL Rahul India (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player Occasional wicket-keeper
18 Virat Kohli India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹125 million (US$1.9 million) Captain
34 Travis Head Australia (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹5 million (US$74,000) Overseas
36 Sachin Baby India (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 Left-handed Right arm off break 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
97 Sarfaraz Khan India (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 ₹5 million (US$74,000)
99 Kedar Jadhav India (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player Occasional wicket-keeper
333 Chris Gayle Jamaica (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹84 million (US$1.2 million) Overseas
All-rounders
1 Parvez Rasool India (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player
33 Shane Watson Australia (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹95 million (US$1.4 million) Overseas
96 David Wiese South Africa (1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2015 ₹28 million (US$420,000) Overseas
84 Stuart Binny India (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 ₹20 million (US$300,000)
Akshay Karnewar India (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Right-arm off break 		2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
Praveen Dubey India (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹3.5 million (US$52,000)
Wicket-keepers
17 AB de Villiers South Africa (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹95 million (US$1.4 million) Overseas
Bowlers
3 Yuzvendra Chahal India (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2014 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
6 Sreenath Aravind India (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
7 Varun Aaron India (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 ₹20 million (US$300,000)
8 Chris Jordan England (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹10 million (US$150,000) Overseas
13 Harshal Patel India (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹4 million (US$59,000)
20 Adam Milne[lower-alpha 1] New Zealand (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2015 ₹7 million (US$100,000) Overseas
21 Iqbal Abdulla India (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
23 Abu Nechim India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹3 million (US$45,000)
47 Kane Richardson Australia (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 ₹20 million (US$300,000) Overseas
56 Mitchell Starc[lower-alpha 2] Australia (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 Left-handed Left-arm fast 2014 ₹50 million (US$740,000) Overseas
90 Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 Right-handed Slow left-arm chinaman 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000) Overseas
Samuel Badree[lower-alpha 3] Trinidad and Tobago (1981-03-09) 9 March 1981 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 ₹5 million (US$74,000) Overseas
Vikramjeet Malik India (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹2 million (US$30,000)
Vikas Tokas India (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹1 million (US$15,000)
  1. ↑ ruled out of the season with an injury
  2. ↑ withdrew from the season
  3. ↑ ruled out of the season with an injury

Fixtures

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard link
1 12 April 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bangalore Won by 45 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 82 (42) Scorecard
2 17 April 2016 Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
3 20 April 2016 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
4 22 April 2016 Rising Pune Supergiants Pune Won by 13 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 83 (46) Scorecard
5 24 April 2016 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 6 wickets India Virat Kohli 100* (63) Scorecard
6 30 April 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Lost by 15 runs Scorecard
7 2 May 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
8 7 May 2016 Rising Pune Supergiants Bangalore Won by 7 wickets India Virat Kohli 108* (58) Scorecard
9 9 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 1 run Australia Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs) Scorecard
10 11 May 2016 Mumbai Indians Bangalore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
11 14 May 2016 Gujarat Lions Bangalore Won by 144 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 129* (52) Scorecard
12 16 May 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 9 Wickets India Virat Kohli 75* (51) Scorecard
13 18 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Won by 82 runs (D/L) India Virat Kohli 113 (50) Scorecard
14 22 May 2016 Delhi Daredevils Raipur Won by 6 Wickets India Virat Kohli 54* (45) Scorecard
Play-offs
15 24 May 2016 Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1) Bangalore Won by 4 Wickets South Africa AB de Villiers 79* (47) Scorecard
16 29 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final) Bangalore Lost by 8 Runs Scorecard
Overall record of 9 – 7

Runners-up of 2016 Indian Premier League

References

  1. ↑ "Vijay Mallya quits as Royal Challengers Bangalore director, to remain chief mentor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to don two separate jerseys". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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