2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2015 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	3rd Place (Second Runners-Up)
CLT20	Qualified (Tournament Shelved)
Most runs	AB de Villiers (513)
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal (23)
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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 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.
•  *  denotes a player who was unavailable for the season.

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of Birth	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
9	Mandeep Singh		(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium	2015	Traded player
11	Rilee Rossouw		(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹5 million (US$60,000)	Overseas
18	Virat Kohli		(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹125 million (US$1.5 million)	Captain
33	Subramaniam Badrinath		(1980-08-30) 30 August 1980	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)
53	Nic Maddinson		(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2014	₹5 million (US$60,000)	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan		(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹5 million (US$60,000)
333	Chris Gayle		(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹95 million (US$1.1 million)	Overseas
451	Vijay Zol		(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹3 million (US$36,000)
	Shishir Bhavane		(1991-09-21) 21 September 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
All-rounders
88	Darren Sammy		(1983-12-20) 20 December 1983	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	₹28 million (US$340,000)	Overseas
96	David Wiese		(1985-05-18) 18 May 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	₹28 million (US$340,000)	Overseas
	Jalaj Saxena		(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
Wicket-keepers
5	Yogesh Takawale		(1984-12-05) 5 December 1984	Right-handed		2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
17	AB de Villiers		(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹75 million (US$900,000)	Overseas
19	Dinesh Karthik		(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985	Right-handed		2015	₹105 million (US$1.3 million)
36	Manvinder Bisla		(1984-12-27) 27 December 1984	Right-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
2	Ashok Dinda		(1984-03-25) 25 March 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹15 million (US$180,000)
3	Yuzvendra Chahal		(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
6	Sreenath Aravind		(1984-04-08) 8 April 1984	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing
13	Harshal Patel		(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹4 million (US$48,000)
21	Iqbal Abdulla		(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	Traded player
23	Abu Nechim		(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹3 million (US$36,000)
45	Varun Aaron		(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹20 million (US$240,000)
56	Mitchell Starc		(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	2014	₹50 million (US$600,000)	Overseas
77	Sean Abbott		(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	₹10 million (US$120,000)	Overseas
	Sandeep Warrier		(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Adam Milne		(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2015	₹7 million (US$84,000)	Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

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

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Template:Cr-IPL (R)	14	9	5	0	18	+0.709
Template:Cr-IPL (C)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.043
Template:Cr-IPL (3)	14	7	5	2	16	+1.037
Template:Cr-IPL (4)	14	7	5	2	16	+0.062
Template:Cr-IPL	14	7	6	1	15	+0.253
Template:Cr-IPL	14	7	7	0	14	−0.239
Template:Cr-IPL	14	5	8	1	11	−0.049
Template:Cr-IPL	14	3	11	0	6	−1.436

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

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
1	11 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Kolkata	Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 96 (56)	Scorecard
2	13 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
3	19 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	Lost by 18 runs	Scorecard
4	22 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	Lost by 27 runs	Scorecard
5	24 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Ahmedabad	Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)	Scorecard
6	26 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Delhi	Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Varun Aaron 2/24 (4 overs)	Scorecard
7	29 April 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
8	2 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Mandeep Singh 45* (18)	Scorecard
9	4 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Chennai	Lost by 24 runs	Scorecard
10	6 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	Won by 138 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 117 (57)	Scorecard
11	10 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Mumbai	Won by 39 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 133* (59)	Scorecard
12	13 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Mohali	Lost by 22 runs	Scorecard
13	15 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Hyderabad	Won by 6 wickets (D/L), MoM- Virat Kohli 44* (19)	Scorecard
14	17 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
Eliminator	20 May 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Pune	Won by 71 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 66 (38)	Scorecard
Qualifier 2	May 22, 2015	Template:Cr-IPL	Ranchi	Lost by 3 wickets	Scorecard
Overall record of 8 – 6 (Two matches no result) Failed to make it to Finals, Finished 3 out of 8