2018 Royal Challengers Bangalore season
| 2018 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Daniel Vettori (Head Coach) Gary Kirsten (Batting Coach) Ashish Nehra (Bowling Coach) | ||
| Captain | Virat Kohli | ||
| Ground(s) | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| IPL | 6th | ||
| Most runs | Virat Kohli (530) | ||
| Most wickets | Umesh Yadav (20) | ||
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The 2018 season was the 11th season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The side was captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
Offseason
[edit]Support staff changes
[edit]- In January 2018, the franchise appointed Gary Kirsten as batting coach and Ashish Nehra as bowling mentor.[1]
Others
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 |
18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹1.4 crore (US$168,000) | |
| 17 | AB de Villiers |  South Africa |
17 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas/Vice Captain |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India |
5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹17 crore (US$2.0 million) | Captain |
| 36 | Manan Vohra | India |
18 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹1.1 crore (US$132,000) | |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum |  New Zealand |
27 September 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹3.6 crore (US$431,000) | Overseas |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India |
27 October 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.75 crore (US$210,000) | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 6 | Pawan Negi | India |
6 January 1993 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 8 | Moeen Ali |  England |
18 June 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.7 crore (US$204,000) | Overseas |
| 10 | Chris Woakes | England |
2 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90) | Overseas |
| 77 | Colin de Grandhomme | New Zealand |
22 July 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | Overseas |
| 78 | Corey Anderson | New Zealand |
13 December 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| 555 | Washington Sundar | India |
5 October 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | |
| — | Pavan Deshpande | India |
16 September 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| — | Aniruddha Joshi | India |
7 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 69 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa |
17 December 1992 | Left-handed | 2018 | ₹2.8 crore (US$335,000) | Overseas | |
| 72 | Parthiv Patel | India |
9 March 1985 | Left-handed | 2018 | ₹1.7 crore (US$204,000) | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India |
23 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2018 | ₹6 crore (US$719,000) | |
| 4 | Kulwant Khejroliya | India |
13 March 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹85 lakh (US$102,000) | |
| 19 | Umesh Yadav | India |
25 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$503,000) | |
| 21 | Mohammed Siraj | India |
13 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2.6 crore (US$312,000) | |
| 38 | Tim Southee | New Zealand |
11 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas |
| 89 | Murugan Ashwin | India |
8 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | |
| — | Nathan Coulter-Nile |  Australia |
11 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | Overseas |
| — | Navdeep Saini | India |
23 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| — | Aniket Choudhary | India |
28 January 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | |
Administration and support staff
[edit]- Owner – United Spirits
- Head coach – Daniel Vettori
- Bowling mentor – Ashish Nehra[5]
- Batting coach - Gary Kirsten[6]
- Fielding Coach - Trent Woodhill
- Bowling Talent Development and Analytics - Andrew McDonald
Season
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.070 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.250 | |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.317 | |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.129 | |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.502 | |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.222 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.
Results
[edit]Royal Challengers Bangalore
176/7 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
177/6 (18.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run.[7]
Kings XI Punjab
155 (19.2 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
159/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals
217/4 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
198/6 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Mumbai Indians
213/6 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
167/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Daredevils
174/5 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
176/4 (18 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
205/8 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings
207/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
175/4 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
176/4 (19.1 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
167/7 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians
153/7 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
127/9 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
128/4 (18 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
146 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
141/6 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Delhi Daredevils
181/4 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
187/5 (19 overs) |
- 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.
(H) Kings XI Punjab
88 (15.1 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
92/0 (8.1 overs) |
- 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.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
218/6 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
204/3 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Rajasthan Royals
164/5 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
134 (19.2 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 14 | 530 | 92* | 48.18 | 139.10 |
| AB de Villiers | 12 | 480 | 90* | 53.33 | 174.54 |
| Mandeep Singh | 14 | 252 | 47* | 25.20 | 135.48 |
| Quinton de Kock | 8 | 201 | 53 | 25.12 | 124.07 |
| Parthiv Patel | 6 | 153 | 53 | 30.60 | 140.36 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
[edit]| Name | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umesh Yadav | 14 | 20 | 3/23 | 20.90 | 7.86 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 12 | 2/22 | 30.25 | 7.26 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 11 | 11 | 3/25 | 33.36 | 8.95 |
| Chris Woakes | 5 | 8 | 3/36 | 23.75 | 10.36 |
| Tim Southee | 8 | 5 | 3/30 | 52.20 | 9.00 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
[edit]- ^ "Nehra and Kirsten join RCB coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "IPL: HP joins hands with Royal Challengers Bangalore as principal sponsor". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Nuvoco Vistas looking to increase media spends by about 25% next fiscal". Livemint. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore's home game against Delhi Daredevils rescheduled due to Karnataka Assembly polls". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "RCB appointed Kirsten as their batting coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "RCB appointed Nehra as their bowling coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Brendon McCullum marches onto become the second player to cross 9000 T20 runs". Times Now. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.