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
IPL	6th
Most runs	Virat Kohli (530)
Most wickets	Umesh Yadav (20)
← 2017	2019 →

The 2018 season was the 11th season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The side was captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.

Offseason

Support staff changes

In January 2018, the franchise appointed Gary Kirsten as batting coach and Ashish Nehra as bowling mentor.^[1]

Others

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

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	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹1.4 crore (US$168,000)
17	AB de Villiers	South Africa	(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	India	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹17 crore (US$2.0 million)	Captain
36	Manan Vohra	India	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹1.1 crore (US$132,000)
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.6 crore (US$431,000)	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan	India	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.75 crore (US$210,000)
All-rounders
6	Pawan Negi	India	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
8	Moeen Ali	England	(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	England	(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	New Zealand	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)	Overseas
78	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
555	Washington Sundar	India	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$383,000)
—	Pavan Deshpande	India	(1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Aniruddha Joshi	India	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
69	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed		2018	₹2.8 crore (US$335,000)	Overseas
72	Parthiv Patel	India	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed		2018	₹1.7 crore (US$204,000)
Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2018	₹6 crore (US$719,000)
4	Kulwant Khejroliya	India	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	₹85 lakh (US$102,000)
19	Umesh Yadav	India	(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$503,000)
21	Mohammed Siraj	India	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.6 crore (US$312,000)
38	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas
89	Murugan Ashwin	India	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)
—	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)	Overseas
—	Navdeep Saini	India	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹3 crore (US$359,000)
—	Aniket Choudhary	India	(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^[5]
Batting coach - Gary Kirsten^[6]
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

8 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 176/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 177/6 (18.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 44 (23) Nitish Rana 2/11 (1 over)		Sunil Narine 50 (19) Chris Woakes 3/36 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run.^[7]

13 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab 155 (19.2 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 159/6 (19.3 overs)
K. L. Rahul 47 (30) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs)		AB de Villiers 57 (40) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

15 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 217/4 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 198/6 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 92* (45) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 57 (30) Shreyas Gopal 2/22 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

17 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 213/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 94 (52) Umesh Yadav 2/36 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 92* (62) Krunal Pandya 3/28 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 46 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

21 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Delhi Daredevils 174/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 176/4 (18 overs)
Rishabh Pant 85 (48) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (3 overs)		AB de Villiers 90* (39) Glenn Maxwell 1/13 (2 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

25 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 207/5 (19.4 overs)
AB de Villiers 68 (30) Dwayne Bravo 2/33 (4 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 82 (53) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

29 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 175/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 176/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 68* (44) Andre Russell 3/31 (3 overs)		Chris Lynn 62* (52) Murugan Ashwin 2/36 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

1 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 153/7 (20 overs)
Manan Vohra 45 (31) Hardik Pandya 3/28 (3 overs)		Hardik Pandya 50 (42) Tim Southee 2/25 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

5 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/9 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 128/4 (18 overs)
Parthiv Patel 53 (41) Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 32 (25) Umesh Yadav 2/15 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

7 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 146 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 141/6 (20 overs)
Kane Williamson 56 (39) Mohammed Siraj 3/25 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 39 (30) Shakib Al Hasan 2/36 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

12 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Delhi Daredevils 181/4 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 187/5 (19 overs)
Rishabh Pant 61 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)		AB de Villiers 72* (37) Trent Boult 2/40 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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.

14 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Kings XI Punjab 88 (15.1 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 92/0 (8.1 overs)
Aaron Finch 26 (23) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 48* (28) Ravichandran Ashwin 0/9 (1 over)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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.

17 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 218/6 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/3 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 69 (39) Rashid Khan 3/27 (4 overs)		Kane Williamson 81 (42) Moeen Ali 1/21 (2 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

19 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Rajasthan Royals 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 (19.2 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 80* (58) Umesh Yadav 3/25 (4 overs)		AB de Villiers 53 (35) Shreyas Gopal 4/16 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

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

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

^ "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.

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

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