2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The 2023 season was the 16th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The team is captained by Faf Du Plessis, and coached by Sanjay Bangar.

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2023 season
CoachSanjay Bangar
CaptainFaf du Plessis
Ground(s)M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
2023 Indian Premier League6th
Most runsFaf du Plessis (730)
Most wicketsMohammed Siraj (19)

Background

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The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.[1]

Retained
Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, David Willey
Released
Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia, Chama Milind
Acquired during the auction
Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
  • Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Captain
13 Faf du Plessis   South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2022 Overseas
Batters
18 Virat Kohli   India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2008
Finn Allen   New Zealand (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2021 Overseas
97 Rajat Patidar   India (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021
43 Suyash Prabhudessai   India (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021
Will Jacks   England (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2023 Overseas
All-rounders
32 Glenn Maxwell   Australia (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2021 Overseas
49 Wanindu Hasaranga   Sri Lanka (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2021 Overseas
21 Shahbaz Ahmed   India (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
15 David Willey   England (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2022 Overseas
16 Mahipal Lomror   India (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2022
33 Karn Sharma   India (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2022
4 Michael Bracewell   New Zealand (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2023 Overseas, Injury Replacement for Will Jacks
8 Kedar Jadhav   India (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2023 Injury replacement for David Willey
Sonu Yadav   India (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-handed medium-fast 2023
Manoj Bhandage   India (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Right-handed medium 2023
Pace Bowlers
73 Mohammed Siraj   India (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018
38 Josh Hazlewood   Australia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022 Overseas
1 Siddarth Kaul   India (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022
9 Harshal Patel   India (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2021
21 Shahbaz Ahmed   India (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
11 Akash Deep   India (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022
8 Reece Topley   England (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2023 Overseas
Rajan Kumar   India (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2023
31 Vijaykumar Vyshak   India (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2023 Injury replacement for Rajat Patidar
7 Wayne Parnell   South Africa (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2023 Injury replacement for Reece Topley
45 Avinash Singh   India (1998-01-04) 4 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2023
Spin Bowlers
44 Himanshu Sharma   India (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023

Teams and standings

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Points table

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 B Gujarat Titans (R) 14 10 4 0 20 0.809 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 B Chennai Super Kings (C) 14 8 5 1 17 0.652
3 A Lucknow Super Giants (4th) 14 8 5 1 17 0.284 Advanced to Eliminator
4 A Mumbai Indians (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.044
5 A Rajasthan Royals 14 7 7 0 14 0.148
6 B Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 7 7 0 14 0.135
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12 −0.239
8 B Punjab Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.304
9 A Delhi Capitals 14 5 9 0 10 −0.808
10 B Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 4 10 0 8 −0.590

The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
  Advance to Qualifier 1
  Advance to Eliminator

Matches

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Match 5
2 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
171/7 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
172/2 (16.2 overs)
Tilak Varma 84* (46)
Karn Sharma 2/32 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 82* (49)
Arshad Khan 1/28 (2.2 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Arshad Khan and Nehal Wadhera (Mumbai Indians) both made their T20 debuts.

Match 9
6 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
204/7 (20 overs)
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Shardul Thakur 68 (29)
David Willey 2/16 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 23 (12)
Varun Chakaravarthy 4/15 (3.4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

Match 15
10 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
212/2 (20 overs)
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Lucknow Super Giants
213/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 79* (46)
Amit Mishra 1/18 (2 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 65 (30)
Mohammed Siraj 3/22 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 1 wicket
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind)
Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Match 20
15 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
174/6 (20 overs)
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Delhi Capitals
151/9 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 50 (34)
Mitchell Marsh 2/18 (2 overs)
Manish Pandey 50 (38)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/20 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
17 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
226/6 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
218/8 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 83 (45)
Wanindu Hasaranga 1/21 (2 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 76 (36)
Tushar Deshpande 3/45 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
20 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Punjab Kings (H)
150 (18.2 overs)
Faf du Plessis 84 (56)
Harpreet Brar 2/31 (3 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 46 (30)
Mohammed Siraj 4/21 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 24 runs
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 32
23 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
189/9 (20 overs)
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Rajasthan Royals
182/6 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 77 (44)
Trent Boult 2/41 (4 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 52 (34)
Harshal Patel 3/32 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 36
26 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
200/5 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
179/8 (20 overs)
Jason Roy 56 (29)
Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 54 (37)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/27 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 21 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 43
1 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Lucknow Super Giants (H)
108 (19.5 overs)
Faf du Plessis 44 (40)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/30 (4 overs)
Krishnappa Gowtham 23 (13)
Josh Hazlewood 2/15 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs
BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 50
6 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Delhi Capitals (H)
187/3 (16.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 55 (46)
Mitchell Marsh 2/21 (3 overs)
Phil Salt 87 (45)
Josh Hazlewood 1/29 (3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Delhi Capitals)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 54
9 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Mumbai Indians (H)
200/4 (16.3 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 68 (33)
Jason Behrendorff 3/36 (4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 83 (35)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/37 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 60
14 May 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Rajasthan Royals (H)
59 (10.3 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (44)
Adam Zampa 2/25 (4 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 35 (19)
Wayne Parnell 3/10 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 112 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 65
18 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
186/5 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
187/2 (19.2 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 104 (51)
Michael Bracewell 2/13 (2 overs)
Virat Kohli 100 (63)
T. Natarajan 1/34 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.[3]

Match 70
21 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
197/5 (20 overs)
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Gujarat Titans
198/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 101* (61)
Noor Ahmad 2/39 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 104* (52)
Mohammed Siraj 2/32 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Himanshu Sharma (Royal Challengers Bangalore) made his T20 debut.
  • Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs and Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

Statistics

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Most runs

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No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Faf du Plessis 14 14 1 730 84 56.15 475 153.68 0 8 0 60 36
2 Virat Kohli 2 639 101* 53.25 457 139.82 2 6 1 65 16
3 Glenn Maxwell 400 77 33.33 218 183.48 0 5 2 29 31
4 Dinesh Karthik 13 13 1 140 30 11.67 104 134.61 4 13 5
5 Mahipal Lomror 12 10 2 135 54* 26.88 97 139.17 1 1 9 8

Most wickets

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No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Mohammed Siraj 14 14 50.0 0 376 19 4/21 19.78 7.52 15.78 1 0
2 Harshal Patel 13 13 47.0 454 14 3/32 32.42 9.65 20.14 0
3 Karn Sharma 7 7 21.3 223 10 2/19 22.30 10.37 12.9
4 Wanindu Hasaranga 8 8 29.0 258 9 2/24 28.66 8.89 19.33
Wayne Parnell 7 7 25.1 236 3/10 26.22 9.37 16.77

References

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  1. ^ "VIVO IPL 2023 Player Retention". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Heinrich Klaasen slams maiden IPL ton, fires SRH to 186/5 against RCB". Times of India. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.