2018 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2018 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori (Head Coach) ; Gary Kirsten (Batting Coach); Ashish Nehra (Bowling Coach)
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Position	6th
Most runs	Virat Kohli (530)
Most wickets	Umesh Yadav (20)
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The 2018 season is the 11th season for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

They are captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori, while Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra are appointed as Batting and Bowling coaches respectively.

RCB retained their skipper Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and young Sarfaraz Khan from their IPL 2017 squad for 31 crores before 2018 player auction.^[1]

Offseason

Support staff changes

In January 2018, the franchise appointed Gary Kirsten as batting coach and Ashish Nehra as bowling mentor.^[2]

Others

On 26 March 2018, the franchise onboarded HP Inc India as the principal sponsor of the team.^[3] Earlier that month, the franchise had partnered up with Nuvoco Vistas for the solus position on the back of the team jersey.^[4]

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.^[5]

Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
9	Mandeep Singh	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹1.4 crore (US$168,000)
17	AB de Villiers	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)	Overseas/Vice Captain
18	Virat Kohli	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹17 crore (US$2.0 million)	Captain
36	Manan Vohra	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹1.1 crore (US$132,000)
42	Brendon McCullum	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.6 crore (US$431,000)	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.75 crore (US$210,000)
All-rounders
6	Pawan Negi	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
8	Moeen Ali	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.7 crore (US$204,000)	Overseas
10	Chris Woakes	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90)	Overseas
77	Colin de Grandhomme	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)	Overseas
78	Corey Anderson	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
555	Washington Sundar	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$383,000)
—	Pavan Deshpande	(1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Aniruddha Joshi	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
69	Quinton de Kock	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed		2018	₹2.8 crore (US$335,000)	Overseas
72	Parthiv Patel	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed		2018	₹1.7 crore (US$204,000)
Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2018	₹6 crore (US$719,000)
4	Kulwant Khejroliya	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	₹85 lakh (US$102,000)
19	Umesh Yadav	(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$503,000)
21	Mohammed Siraj	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.6 crore (US$312,000)
38	Tim Southee	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas
89	Murugan Ashwin	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)
—	Nathan Coulter-Nile	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)	Overseas
—	Navdeep Saini	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹3 crore (US$359,000)
—	Aniket Choudhary	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	₹30 lakh (US$36,000)

Administration and support staff

Owner – United Spirits
Head coach – Daniel Vettori
Bowling mentor – Ashish Nehra^[6]
Batting coach - Gary Kirsten^[7]
Fielding Coach - Trent Woodhill
Bowling Talent Development and Analytics - Andrew McDonald

Season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	18	0.253	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)	14	9	5	18	0.284	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	16	−0.070	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	7	14	−0.250	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Mumbai Indians	14	6	8	12	0.317
6	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	6	8	12	0.129
7	Kings XI Punjab	14	6	8	12	−0.502
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	9	10	−0.222

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results

League matches

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Statistics

Most runs

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

Last Update: 29 May 2018.
Source: Cricinfo

Most wickets

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

Last Update: 29 May 2018.
Source: Cricinfo

References

^ "Virat, ABD and Sarfaraz retained by RCB in 2018 IPL". The Times of India. 12 January 2018.
^ "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.

[1] "Virat, ABD and Sarfaraz retained by RCB in 2018 IPL". The Times of India. 12 January 2018.

[:1-2] "Nehra and Kirsten join RCB coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[3] "IPL: HP joins hands with Royal Challengers Bangalore as principal sponsor". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[4] "Nuvoco Vistas looking to increase media spends by about 25% next fiscal". Livemint. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[5] "IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore's home game against Delhi Daredevils rescheduled due to Karnataka Assembly polls". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[6] "RCB appointed Kirsten as their batting coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[7] "RCB appointed Nehra as their bowling coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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Formerly Royal Challengers Bangalore Players Records
Home ground	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2008–present)
Captains	Rahul Dravid (2008) Kevin Pietersen (2009) Anil Kumble (2009–10) Daniel Vettori (2011–12) Virat Kohli (2011–12;† 2013–21; 2022–23†) Shane Watson† (2017) Faf du Plessis (2022–present)
Coaches	Martin Crowe (2008) Venkatesh Prasad (2008–09) Ray Jennings (2009–13) Daniel Vettori (2014–18) Gary Kirsten (2018–19) Simon Katich (2020) Sanjay Bangar (2021–23) Andy Flower (2024–present)
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Rivalries	Chennai Super Kings rivalry Kolkata Knight Riders rivalry Sunrisers Hyderabad rivalry
See also	Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)
† denotes a stand-in captain