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Indian Premier League cricket team season

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2018 season
CoachDaniel Vettori (Head Coach)
Gary Kirsten (Batting Coach)
Ashish Nehra (Bowling Coach)
CaptainVirat Kohli
Ground(s)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL6th
Most runsVirat Kohli (530)
Most wicketsUmesh 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

Others

On 26 March 2018, the franchise onboarded HP Inc India as the principal sponsor of the team. Earlier that month, the franchise had partnered up with Nuvoco Vistas for the solus position on the back of the team jersey.

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.

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 33) 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 34) 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 32) 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 36) 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 31) 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

Season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.253 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) 14 9 5 0 18 0.284
3 Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.070 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 7 0 14 −0.250
5 Mumbai Indians 14 6 8 0 12 0.317
6 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 6 8 0 12 0.129
7 Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 −0.502
8 Delhi Daredevils 14 5 9 0 10 −0.222
Source: ESPNcricinfoThe four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
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.

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

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

References

  1. "Nehra and Kirsten join RCB coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "IPL: HP joins hands with Royal Challengers Bangalore as principal sponsor". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Nuvoco Vistas looking to increase media spends by about 25% next fiscal". Livemint. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. "IPL 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore's home game against Delhi Daredevils rescheduled due to Karnataka Assembly polls". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. "RCB appointed Kirsten as their batting coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. "RCB appointed Nehra as their bowling coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. "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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