Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021

{{Infobox cricket club season | club = Royal Challengers Bangalore | season = 2022 | coach = [[Sanjay bangar] | captain = Faf duplessis | ground = M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | comp1 = Tournament performance | comp1 result = Qualifier 2 | most runs = Faf duplessis (434) | most wickets = wanindu hasaranga (25) | most catches = | most dismissals = | prevseason = 2021 | nextseason = 2023 }}

The 2022 season was the 15th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.They were one of the ten teams competed in the tournament.^[1]^[2] The team was captained by Virat Kohli with Mike Hesson as a team coach. After qualifying for the playoffs, they were eliminated from the tournament as they were beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator match.

This was the last season in IPL for AB de Villiers who announced his retirement on 19th November, 2021.

Background[edit]

Player retention and transfers[edit]

The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 12 players and released ten players.^[3]

Retained Players: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel

Released Players: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel (retired).

Added Players: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Srikar Bharat, Rajat Patidar, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, Finn Allen

Squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
18	Virat Kohli	India	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹17 crore (US$2.0 million)
11	Sachin Baby	India	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
19	Rajat Patidar	India	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
N/A	Suyash Prabhudessai	India	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
37	Devdutt Padikkal	India	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
All-rounders
8	Tim David	Singapore	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas^[4]
54	Dan Christian	Australia	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹4.8 crore (US$551,335.10)	Overseas
32	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹14.25 crore (US$1.6 million)	Overseas
N/A	Pavan Deshpande	India	(1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
95	Daniel Sams		(1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas
21	Shahbaz Ahmed	India	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
49	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$57,000)	Overseas^[4]
5	Washington Sundar	India	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$368,000)	Unavailable due to finger injury^[5]
9	Harshal Patel	India	(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
Wicket-keepers
17	AB de Villiers	South Africa	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)	Overseas, Vice-captain
15	K. S. Bharat	India	(1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
N/A	Mohammed Azharuddeen	India	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed		2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
1	Josh Philippe	Australia	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed		2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas
N/A	Finn Allen	New Zealand	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas, Replacement for Josh Philippe^[6]^[7]
Spin Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹6 crore (US$689,000)
63	Adam Zampa	Australia	(1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹1.5 crore (US$172,000)	Overseas, Unavailable due to personal reasons.^[8]
Pace Bowlers
47	Kane Richardson	Australia	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹4 crore (US$459,000)	Overseas, Unavailable due to personal reasons.^[8]
N/A	Scott Kuggeleijn	New Zealand	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹50 lakh (US$57,000)	Overseas, Unavailable due to national duty^[9]
N/A	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka	(1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹50 lakh (US$57,000)	Overseas^[4]
96	Navdeep Saini	India	(1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹3 crore (US$345,000)
73	Mohammed Siraj	India	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.6 crore (US$299,000)
12	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast	2021	₹15 crore (US$1.7 million)	Overseas
N/A	Akash Deep	India	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Replacement for Washington Sundar
27	George Garton	England	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm Fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas, Replacement for Kane Richardson^[10]
Source: RCB Players

Administration and support staff[edit]

Position	Name
Owner	United Spirits Limited^[11]^[12]
Chairman	Prathmesh Mishra
Vice President and Head	Rajesh Menon
Team manager	Soumyadeep Pyne
Director of cricket operations & head coach	Mike Hesson
Batting consultant	Sanjay Bangar
Batting and spin bowling coach	Sridharan Sriram
Bowling coach	Adam Griffith
Head of scouting and fielding coach	Malolan Rangarajan
Head physiotherapist	Evan Speechly
Strength and conditioning coach	Basu Shanker
Team doctor	Dr. Charles Minz
Source: RCB Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (chest)
Puma	Muthoot Fincorp	DP World	Exide
Source : royalchallengers.com

Home kit

Teams and standings[edit]

Results by match[edit]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	3	0	6	0.750
2	Delhi Capitals	4	3	1	6	0.426
3	Chennai Super Kings	3	2	1	4	1.194
4	Mumbai Indians	4	2	2	4	0.187
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	3	1	2	2	−0.633
6	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	2	−0.719
7	Punjab Kings	3	1	2	2	−0.967
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	0	3	0	−0.483

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com

The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
advance to Qualifier 1
advance to the Eliminator

League Stage[edit]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[13]

Matches[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Eliminator

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	Glenn Maxwell	15	14	2	513	78	42.75	356	144.10	0	6	1	48	21
2	Devdutt Padikkal	14	14	1	411	101*	31.61	328	125.30	1	1	2	44	14
3	Virat Kohli	15	15	1	405	72*	28.92	339	119.40	0	3	0	43	9
4	AB de Villiers	15	14	4	313	76*	31.30	211	148.34	0	2	1	23	16
5	K.S. Bharat	8	7	2	191	78*	38.22	156	122.43	0	1	0	10	8
6	Rajat Patidar	4	4	0	71	31	17.75	62	114.51	0	0	0	3	3
7	Kyle Jamieson	9	7	3	65	16*	16.25	55	118.08	0	0	0	5	3

Source: Cricinfo^[14]

Most wickets[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1	Harshal Patel	15	15	56.2	0	459	32	5/27	14.34	8.14	10.5	1	1
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	15	53.0	1	374	18	3/11	20.77	7.05	17.6	0	0
3	Mohammed Siraj	15	15	52.0	1	353	11	3/27	32.09	6.78	28.3	0	0
4	Kyle Jamieson	9	9	28.0	1	269	9	3/41	29.88	9.60	18.6	0	0
5	Shahbaz Ahmed	11	6	14.0	0	92	7	3/7	13.14	6.57	12.00	0	0
6	Dan Christian	9	9	16.4	0	155	4	2/14	38.75	9.30	25.0	0	0
7	Washington Sundar	6	6	16.0	0	118	3	1/7	39.33	7.37	32.0	0	0
7	George Garton	5	5	15.0	0	135	3	1/27	45.00	9.00	30.0	0	0
7	Glenn Maxwell	15	6	16.0	0	135	3	2/23	45.00	8.43	32.0	0	0

Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap as he is highest wicket taker in the competition.
Source: Cricinfo^[15]

Player of the match awards[edit]

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	9 April 2021	Harshal Patel	Mumbai Indians	Won by 2 wickets	5/27 (4 overs)	^[16]
2	14 April 2021	Glenn Maxwell	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 6 runs	59 (41)	^[17]
3	18 April 2021	AB de Villiers	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 38 runs	76* (34)	^[18]
4	22 April 2021	Devdutt Padikkal	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 10 wickets	101* (52)	^[19]
5	27 April 2021	AB de Villiers	Delhi Capitals	Won by 1 run	75* (42)	^[20]
6	26 September 2021	Glenn Maxwell	Mumbai Indians	Won by 54 runs	56 (37) and 2/23 (4 overs)	^[21]
7	29 September 2021	Yuzvendra Chahal	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 7 wickets	2/18 (4 overs)	^[22]
8	3 October 2021	Glenn Maxwell	Punjab Kings	Won by 6 runs	57 (33)	^[23]
9	8 October 2021	K. S. Bharat	Delhi Capitals	Won by 7 wickets	78* (52)	^[24]

References[edit]

↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "RCB rope in Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera for IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
↑ "Akash Deep replaces injured Washington in RCB". CricBuzz. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
↑ "New Zealand top order batsman Finn Allen named Josh Philippe's replacement for IPl 2021". www.royalchallengers.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
↑ "Finn Allen signs up with Royal Challengers Bangalore as replacement for Josh Philippe". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Zampa, Richardson pull out of IPL 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
↑ "RCB recruit Scott Kuggeleijn as replacement for Kane Richardson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
↑ "IPL 2021: RCB Sign England Seamer George Garton to Complete Overseas Player Quota". News18. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
↑ "IPL 2019: Meet The Owners Of The 8 Teams Taking The Field In Season 12". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
↑ "About Us | Royal Challengers Bangalore". www.royalchallengers.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
↑ "BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ "RCB Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
↑ "RCB Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
↑ "Harshal, de Villiers steer RCB home in tight opener". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
↑ "Shahbaz grabs win for Royal Challengers with three-wicket over". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
↑ "AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell make it three out of three for RCB". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
↑ "Padikkal 101*, Kohli 72* flatten Royals in ten-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
↑ "de Villiers blitz trumps Hetmyer-Pant fightback in one-run win as RCB regain top spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
↑ "Harshal Patel hat-trick caps comprehensive Royal Challengers Bangalore win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
↑ "Chahal, Garton and Shahbaz show RCB's bowling might". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
↑ "Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal fire Royal Challengers Bangalore into the playoffs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
↑ "KS Bharat's last-ball six powers RCB home; Glenn Maxwell fires again". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-2] "BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[REP-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "RCB rope in Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera for IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[5] "Akash Deep replaces injured Washington in RCB". CricBuzz. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[6] "New Zealand top order batsman Finn Allen named Josh Philippe's replacement for IPl 2021". www.royalchallengers.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[7] "Finn Allen signs up with Royal Challengers Bangalore as replacement for Josh Philippe". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[zr-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "Zampa, Richardson pull out of IPL 2021". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[9] "RCB recruit Scott Kuggeleijn as replacement for Kane Richardson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[10] "IPL 2021: RCB Sign England Seamer George Garton to Complete Overseas Player Quota". News18. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[11] "IPL 2019: Meet The Owners Of The 8 Teams Taking The Field In Season 12". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[12] "About Us | Royal Challengers Bangalore". www.royalchallengers.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[13] "BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[14] "RCB Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[15] "RCB Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[16] "Harshal, de Villiers steer RCB home in tight opener". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[17] "Shahbaz grabs win for Royal Challengers with three-wicket over". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[18] "AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell make it three out of three for RCB". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[19] "Padikkal 101*, Kohli 72* flatten Royals in ten-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[20] "de Villiers blitz trumps Hetmyer-Pant fightback in one-run win as RCB regain top spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[21] "Harshal Patel hat-trick caps comprehensive Royal Challengers Bangalore win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[22] "Chahal, Garton and Shahbaz show RCB's bowling might". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[23] "Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal fire Royal Challengers Bangalore into the playoffs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[24] "KS Bharat's last-ball six powers RCB home; Glenn Maxwell fires again". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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