Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015

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)[1]
Most wickets Yuzvendra Chahal (23)[2]
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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
9Mandeep SinghIndia18 December 1991Right-handedRight arm medium2015Traded player
11Rilee RossouwSouth Africa9 October 1989Left-handedRight-arm off break2014₹5 million (US$70,000)Overseas
18Virat KohliIndia5 November 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium2014₹125 million (US$1.7 million)Captain
33Subramaniam BadrinathIndia30 August 1980Right-handedRight-arm off break2015₹3 million (US$42,000)
53Nic MaddinsonAustralia21 December 1991Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2014₹5 million (US$70,000)Overseas
97Sarfaraz KhanIndia27 October 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break2015₹5 million (US$70,000)
333Chris GayleJamaica21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break2014₹95 million (US$1.3 million)Overseas
451Vijay ZolIndia23 November 1994Left-handedRight-arm off break2014₹3 million (US$42,000)
Shishir BhavaneIndia21 September 1991Left-handedRight-arm off break2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
All-rounders
88Darren SammySaint Lucia20 December 1983Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2015₹28 million (US$390,000)Overseas
96David WieseSouth Africa18 May 1985Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2015₹28 million (US$390,000)Overseas
Jalaj SaxenaIndia15 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
Wicket-keepers
5Yogesh TakawaleIndia5 December 1984Right-handed2014₹1 million (US$14,000)
17AB de VilliersSouth Africa17 February 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium2014₹75 million (US$1.0 million)Overseas
19Dinesh KarthikIndia1 June 1985Right-handed2015₹105 million (US$1.5 million)
36Manvinder BislaIndia27 December 1984Right-handed2015Traded player
Bowlers
2Ashok DindaIndia25 March 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2014₹15 million (US$210,000)
3Yuzvendra ChahalIndia23 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break2014₹1 million (US$14,000)
6Sreenath AravindIndia8 April 1984Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2015Replacement signing
13Harshal PatelIndia23 November 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2014₹4 million (US$56,000)
21Iqbal AbdullaIndia2 December 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2015Traded player
23Abu NechimIndia5 November 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2014₹3 million (US$42,000)
45Varun AaronIndia29 October 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast2014₹20 million (US$280,000)
56Mitchell StarcAustralia30 January 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast2014₹50 million (US$700,000)Overseas
77Sean AbbottAustralia29 February 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2015₹10 million (US$140,000)Overseas
Sandeep WarrierIndia4 April 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2014₹1 million (US$14,000)
Adam Milne[lower-alpha 1]New Zealand13 April 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast2015₹7 million (US$97,000)Overseas
  1. ↑ ruled out of the season with an injury

Indian Premier League season

Standings

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

Team[3] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Chennai Super Kings (R) 1495018 +0.709
Mumbai Indians (C) 1486016 −0.043
Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 1475216 +1.037
Rajasthan Royals (4) 1475216 +0.062
Kolkata Knight Riders 1476115 +0.253
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1477014 −0.239
Delhi Daredevils 1458111 −0.049
Kings XI Punjab 1431106−1.436
  • 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
111 April 2015Kolkata Knight RidersKolkataWon by 3 wickets, MoM – Jamaica Chris Gayle 96 (56)Scorecard
213 April 2015Sunrisers HyderabadBengaluruLost by 8 wicketsScorecard
319 April 2015Mumbai IndiansBengaluruLost by 18 runsScorecard
422 April 2015Chennai Super KingsBengaluruLost by 27 runsScorecard
524 April 2015Rajasthan RoyalsAhmedabadWon by 9 wickets, MoM – Australia Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)Scorecard
626 April 2015Delhi DaredevilsDelhiWon by 10 wickets, MoM – India Varun Aaron 2/24 (4 overs)Scorecard
729 April 2015Rajasthan RoyalsBengaluruNo resultScorecard
82 May 2015Kolkata Knight RidersBengaluruWon by 7 wickets, MoM – India Mandeep Singh 45* (18)Scorecard
94 May 2015Chennai Super KingsChennaiLost by 24 runsScorecard
106 May 2015Kings XI PunjabBengaluruWon by 138 runs, MoM – Jamaica Chris Gayle 117 (57)Scorecard
1110 May 2015Mumbai IndiansMumbaiWon by 39 runs, MoM – South Africa AB de Villiers 133* (59)Scorecard
1213 May 2015Kings XI PunjabMohaliLost by 22 runsScorecard
1315 May 2015Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabadWon by 6 wickets (D/L), MoM- India Virat Kohli 44* (19)Scorecard
1417 May 2015Delhi DaredevilsBengaluruNo resultScorecard
Eliminator20 May 2015Rajasthan RoyalsPuneWon by 71 runs, MoM – South Africa AB de Villiers 66 (38)Scorecard
Qualifier 222 May 2015Chennai Super KingsRanchiLost by 3 wicketsScorecard
Overall record of 8 – 6 
(Two matches no result)

Failed to make it to Finals, Finished 3 out of 8

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Indian Premier League, 2015/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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