Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2012

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2012 season
Coach	Ray Jennings
Captain	Daniel Vettori
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	fifth
CLT20	did not qualify
Most runs	Chris Gayle (733)
Most wickets	Vinay Kumar (19)
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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 nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Daniel Vettori. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

Players with international caps before the 2012 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
02	Mohammad Kaif		(1980-12-01) 1 December 1980	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
03	Cheteshwar Pujara		(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
09	Arun Karthik		(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
12	Luke Pomersbach		(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
14	Mayank Agarwal		(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991	Right-handed	–
18	Virat Kohli		(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
32	Saurabh Tiwary		(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Rilee Rossouw		(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Vijay Zol		(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Andrew McDonald		(1981-06-15) 15 June 1981	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
07	Asad Pathan		(1984-06-17) 17 June 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Daniel Vettori		(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
23	Tillakaratne Dilshan		(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
37	Rajoo Bhatkal		(1985-09-01) 1 September 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
333	Chris Gayle		(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
17	AB de Villiers		(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
–	CM Gautam		(1986-03-08) 8 March 1986	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
01	Harshal Patel		(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
03	KP Appanna		(1988-12-20) 20 December 1988	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
05	Vinay Kumar		(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
08	Syed Mohammed		(1983-06-03) 3 June 1983	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
20	Prasanth Parameswaran		(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
25	Abhimanyu Mithun		(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
34	Zaheer Khan		(1978-10-07) 7 October 1978	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
63	Dirk Nannes		(1976-05-16) 16 May 1976	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	Overseas
67	Charl Langeveldt		(1974-12-17) 17 December 1974	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
79	Sreenath Aravind		(1984-04-08) 8 April 1984	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
800	Muttiah Muralitharan		(1972-04-17) 17 April 1972	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2012.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils (3)	16	11	5	0	22	0.617
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	16	10	5	1	21	0.561
3	Mumbai Indians (4)	16	10	6	0	20	−0.100
4	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	8	7	1	17	0.100
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	8	7	1	17	−0.022
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	−0.216
7	Rajasthan Royals	16	7	9	0	14	0.201
8	Deccan Chargers	16	4	11	1	9	−0.509
9	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−0.551

Source:

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
1	7 April	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Won by 20 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 64* (42)	Scorecard
2	10 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Lost by 42 runs	Scorecard
3	12 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
4	15 April	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Lost by 59 runs	Scorecard
5	17 April	Pune Warriors India	Bengaluru	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 81 (48)	Scorecard
6	20 April	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 87 (56)	Scorecard
7	23 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Won by 46 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 59* (23)	Scorecard
8	25 April	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain	Scorecard
9	28 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 47 runs	Scorecard
10	2 May	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
11	6 May	Deccan Chargers	Bengaluru	Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 47* (17)	Scorecard
12	9 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 82* (59)	Scorecard
13	11 May	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 35 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 57 (31)	Scorecard
14	14 May	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Lost by 5 Wickets	Scorecard
15	17 May	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 21 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 128* (62)	Scorecard
16	20 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Lost by 9 runs	Scorecard
Overall record of 8 – 7 (One match no result) Failed to make it to Playoffs, Finished 5 out of 9