2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore season
| 2023 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Sanjay Bangar | ||
| Captain | Faf du Plessis | ||
| Ground(s) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | ||
| 2023 Indian Premier League | 6th | ||
| Most runs | Faf du Plessis (730) | ||
| Most wickets | Mohammed Siraj (19) | ||
| |||
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.
Background
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 |
13 July 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | Overseas |
| Batters | |||||||
| 18 | Virat Kohli |  India |
5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2008 | |
| Finn Allen |  New Zealand |
22 April 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 | Overseas | |
| 97 | Rajat Patidar | India |
1 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| 43 | Suyash Prabhudessai | India |
6 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| Will Jacks |  England |
21 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2023 | Overseas | |
| All-rounders | |||||||
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell |  Australia |
14 October 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 49 | Wanindu Hasaranga |  Sri Lanka |
29 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 21 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India |
12 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 15 | David Willey | England |
28 February 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 16 | Mahipal Lomror | India |
16 November 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 33 | Karn Sharma | India |
23 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | |
| 4 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand |
14 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2023 | Overseas, Injury Replacement for Will Jacks |
| 8 | Kedar Jadhav | India |
26 March 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2023 | Injury replacement for David Willey |
| Sonu Yadav | India |
11 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-handed medium-fast | 2023 | ||
| Manoj Bhandage | India |
5 October 1998 | Left-handed | Right-handed medium | 2023 | ||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||||
| 73 | Mohammed Siraj | India |
13 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | |
| 38 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia |
8 January 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 1 | Siddarth Kaul | India |
19 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 9 | Harshal Patel | India |
23 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | |
| 21 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India |
12 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 11 | Akash Deep | India |
15 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 8 | Reece Topley | England |
21 February 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2023 | Overseas |
| Rajan Kumar | India |
8 July 1996 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ||
| 31 | Vijaykumar Vyshak | India |
31 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | Injury replacement for Rajat Patidar |
| 7 | Wayne Parnell | South Africa |
30 July 1989 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | Injury replacement for Reece Topley |
| 45 | Avinash Singh | India |
4 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2023 | |
| Spin Bowlers | |||||||
| 44 | Himanshu Sharma | India |
6 June 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | |
Teams and standings
[edit]Points table
[edit]| 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 |
Source: Indian Premier League[2]
The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
Advance to Qualifier 1
Advance to Eliminator
Matches
[edit]Mumbai Indians
171/7 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
172/2 (16.2 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Arshad Khan and Nehal Wadhera (Mumbai Indians) both made their T20 debuts.
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
204/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
123 (17.4 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
212/2 (20 overs) |
v
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Lucknow Super Giants
213/9 (20 overs) |
- Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
174/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
151/9 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings
226/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
218/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
174/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Punjab Kings (H)
150 (18.2 overs) |
- Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
189/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Rajasthan Royals
182/6 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
200/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
179/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
126/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
108 (19.5 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
181/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals (H)
187/3 (16.4 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
199/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Mumbai Indians (H)
200/4 (16.3 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
171/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Rajasthan Royals (H)
59 (10.3 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
186/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
187/2 (19.2 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.[3]
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
197/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Gujarat Titans
198/4 (19.1 overs) |
- 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
[edit]Most runs
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "VIVO IPL 2023 Player Retention". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Heinrich Klaasen slams maiden IPL ton, fires SRH to 186/5 against RCB". Times of India. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.