2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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 2017 Indian Premier League. They are captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori. This was one of the most difficult seasons for RCB, as when it started their key players were injured and missed initial matches. Shane Watson had taken responsibility of captaining RCB .

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2017 season
CoachDaniel Vettori
CaptainVirat Kohli
Ground(s)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL8th
Most runsVirat Kohli (308)[1]
Most wicketsPawan Negi (16)[2]

Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 10 4 0 20 0.784 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Rising Pune Supergiant (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.176
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) 14 8 5 1 17 0.599 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14 8 6 0 16 0.641
5 Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 −0.009
6 Delhi Daredevils 14 6 8 0 12 −0.512
7 Gujarat Lions 14 4 10 0 8 −0.412
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 3 10 1 7 −1.299
The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Auction

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The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[4] Five players were signed by the franchise.[5]

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
11 KL Rahul   India (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 10 million (US$120,000) Occasional wicket-keeper
18 Virat Kohli   India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 (since 2008) 125 million (US$1.5 million) Captain
23 Mandeep Singh   India (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2015 8 million (US$96,000)
34 Travis Head   Australia (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 5 million (US$60,000) Overseas
36 Sachin Baby   India (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 1 million (US$12,000)
81 Kedar Jadhav   India (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 21.7 million (US$260,000) Occasional wicket-keeper
97 Sarfaraz Khan   India (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 5 million (US$60,000)
333 Chris Gayle   Jamaica (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 (since 2011) 84 million (US$1.0 million) Overseas
Harpreet Singh Bhatia   India (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2017 Replacement signing
All-rounders
15 Pawan Negi   India (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 10 million (US$120,000)
33 Shane Watson   Australia (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 95 million (US$1.1 million) Overseas
84 Stuart Binny   India (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 20 million (US$240,000)
Wicket-keepers
4 Vishnu Vinod   India (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed 2017 Replacement signing
17 AB de Villiers   South Africa (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 (since 2011) 95 million (US$1.1 million) Overseas/Vice-captain
Bowlers
3 Yuzvendra Chahal   India (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2014 1 million (US$12,000)
6 Sreenath Aravind   India (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 40) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 (since 2011) 1 million (US$12,000)
9 Aniket Choudhary   India (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2017 20 million (US$240,000)
13 Harshal Patel   India (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 (since 2013) 4 million (US$48,000)
19 Avesh Khan   India (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 1 million (US$12,000)
20 Adam Milne   New Zealand (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2015 7 million (US$84,000) Overseas
21 Iqbal Abdulla   India (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 1 million (US$12,000)
37 Billy Stanlake   Australia (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm fast 2017 3 million (US$36,000) Overseas
56 Tymal Mills   England (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2017 120 million (US$1.4 million) Overseas
77 Samuel Badree   Trinidad and Tobago (1981-03-09) 9 March 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 5 million (US$60,000) Overseas
90 Tabraiz Shamsi   South Africa (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2016 1 million (US$12,000) Overseas
Praveen Dubey   India (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2017 1 million (US$12,000)

Administration and support staff

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The team is owned by Diageo through United Spirits Limited. Amrit Thomas, acts as the director of team. Retired Indian cricketer Brijesh Patel, serves as the CEO for the team. Russell Adams is the vice president for commercial operations. Avinash Vaidya is the team manager. Daniel Vettori heads the coaching team which consists of Allan Donald (bowling coach), Trent Woodhill (batting and fielding coach), Even Speechly (physio) and Shankar Basu (strength and condition coach).

Records this year (2017)

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23 April was the highest total runs (263/5) in IPL by RCB (2013).[6] Also at the same date they scored the lowest runs (49/10) in IPL.[7]

Season

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5 April
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
207/4 (20 overs)
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Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 35 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Yuvraj Singh 62 (27)
Stuart Binny 1/10 (1 over)
Chris Gayle 32 (21)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/27 (4 overs)
8 April
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
157/8 (20 overs)
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Delhi Daredevils
142/9 (20 overs)
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kedar Jadhav 69(37)
Chris Morris 3/21 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 57(36)
Pawan Negi 2/3 (1 over)
10 April
(H) Kings XI Punjab
150/2 (14.3 overs)
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Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wickets
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and C Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Axar Patel(Kings XI Punjab)
Hashim Amla 58*(38)
Tymal Mills 1/22 (2 overs)
AB de Villiers 89*(46)
Varun Aaron 2/21 (4 overs)
14 April
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
142/5 (20 overs)
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Mumbai Indians
145/6 (18.5 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets.
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Virat Kohli 62(47)
Mitchell McClenaghan 2/20 (4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 70(47)
Samuel Badree 4/9 (4 overs)
16 April
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
134/9 (20 overs)
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Rising Pune Supergiant
161/8 (20 overs)
Rising Pune Supergiant won by 27 runs.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
AB De Villiers 29(30)
Ben Stokes 3/18 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 31(23)
Adam Milne 2/27 (4 overs)
18 April
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Gujarat Lions (H)
192/7 (20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 21 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Chris Gayle 77 (38)
Basil Thampi 1/31 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 72 (44)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/31 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[9]
23 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
131 (19.3 overs)
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Kolkata Knight Riders win by 82 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney, O Nandan, Nitin Menon, K Srinivasan
Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Sunil Narine 34(17)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/16(4 overs)
Kedar Jadhav 9(7)
Chris Woakes 3/6(2 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore's total score is the lowest in the history of IPL.
25 April
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
27 April
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
134 (20 overs)
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Gujarat Lions
135/3 (13.5 overs)
Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions)
Pawan Negi 32 (19)
Andrew Tye 3/12 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 72 (34)
Samuel Badree 2/29 (3 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ankit Soni (Gujarat Lions) made his T20 debut.
29 April
(H) Rising Pune Supergiant
157/3 (20 overs)
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Rising Pune Supergiant won by 61 runs
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Player of the match: Lockie Ferguson (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Steve Smith 45 (32)
Stuart Binny 1/17 (2 overs)
Virat Kohli 55 (48)
Imran Tahir 3/18 (4 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
1 May
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Mumbai Indians (H)
165/5 (19.5 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
AB de Villiers 43 (27)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/34 (4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 56 (37)
Pawan Negi 2/17 (4 overs)
  • Royal Challenges Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
5 May
Kings XI Punjab
138/7 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
119 (19 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won by 19 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sandeep Sharma (Kings XI Punjab)
Axar Patel 38* (17)
Aniket Choudhary 2/17 (4 overs)
Mandeep Singh 46 (40)
Axar Patel 3/11 (3 overs)
  • Royal Challenges Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
158/6 (20 overs)
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Kolkata Knight Riders
159/4 (15.1 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Travis Head 75* (47)
Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs)
Sunil Narine 54 (17)
Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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14 May
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Delhi Daredevils (H)
151 (20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Virat Kohli 58 (45)
Pat Cummins 2/21 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 45 (34)
Pawan Negi 3/10 (2 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Avesh Khan (Royal Challengers Bangalore) made his T20 debut.

References

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