Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013

Royal Challengers Bangalore
	2013 season
Coach	Ray Jennings
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	Fifth
CLT20	Did Not Qualify
Most runs	Chris Gayle (708)
Most wickets	Vinay Kumar (23)
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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 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad[]

Players with international caps before the 2013 IPL season are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who was unavailable for the entire season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
03	Cheteshwar Pujara	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
15	Karun Nair	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
18	Virat Kohli	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
23	Tillakaratne Dilshan	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 45)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
32	Saurabh Tiwary	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
64	Sunny Sohal	(1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
90	Abhinav Mukund	(1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
99	Mayank Agarwal	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	–
175	Chris Gayle	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 42)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Vijay Zol	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Andrew McDonald	(1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
07	Moisés Henriques	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
11	Daniel Vettori	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 43)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
45	Daniel Christian	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
–	Christopher Barnwell	(1987-01-06) 6 January 1987 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
02	KL Rahul	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 29)	Right-handed	-
17	AB de Villiers	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
21	Arun Karthik	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
–	Sheldon Jackson	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed	-
Bowlers
01	Harshal Patel	(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
03	KP Appanna	(1988-12-20) 20 December 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
05	Vinay Kumar	(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
08	Syed Mohammed	(1983-06-03) 3 June 1983 (age 38)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
09	R. P. Singh	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 36)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
14	Ravi Rampaul	(1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
20	Prasanth Parameswaran	(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 36)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
25	Abhimanyu Mithun	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
34	Zaheer Khan	(1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 43)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
77	Jaydev Unadkat	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
79	Sreenath Aravind	(1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 37)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
222	Murali Kartik	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 45)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	(1972-04-17) 17 April 1972 (age 49)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Sandeep Warrier	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Pankaj Singh	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium

Indian Premier League season[]

Standings[]

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	11	5	22	0.530
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	16	11	5	22	0.441
3	Rajasthan Royals (3)	16	10	6	20	0.322
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)	16	10	6	20	0.003
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	9	7	18	0.457
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	16	0.226
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	16	6	10	12	−0.095
8	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	8	−1.006
9	Delhi Daredevils	16	3	13	6	−0.848

Source: ^[3]

("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	4 April 2013	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Won by 2 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 92* (58)	Scorecard
2	7 April 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Match tied. Lost the super over by 5 runs	Scorecard
3	9 April 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 93* (47)	Scorecard
4	11 April 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 85* (50)	Scorecard
5	13 April 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
6	16 April 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Match tied. Won the super over by 4 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 65 (50)	Scorecard
7	20 April 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/18 (4 overs)	Scorecard
8	23 April 2013	Pune Warriors India	Bengaluru	Won by 130 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 175* (66) and 2/5 (1 over)	Scorecard
9	27 April 2013	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 58 Runs	Scorecard
10	29 April 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
11	2 May 2013	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 17 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 50* (23)	Scorecard
12	6 May 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
13	10 May 2013	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 4 runs, MoM – Jaydev Unadkat 5/25 (4 overs)	Scorecard
14	12 May 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
15	14 May 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
16	18 May 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Won by 24 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 56* (29)	Scorecard
Overall Record of 9 - 7 Failed to make it to Playoffs, Finished 5 out of 9

References[]

^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Points Table | Indian Premier League 2013 | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[1] "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[2] "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[3] "Points Table | Indian Premier League 2013 | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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Lists	Records
Home ground	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Captains	Rahul Dravid (2008) Kevin Pietersen (2009) Anil Kumble (2009–2010) Daniel Vettori (2011–2012) Virat Kohli (2013–2021)
Coaches	Martin Crowe (2008) Venkatesh Prasad (2008–2009, 2011–2013) Ray Jennings (2009–2013) Daniel Vettori (2014–2018) Allan Donald (2014–2017) Gary Kirsten (2018–2019) Ashish Nehra (2018–2019) Simon Katich (2020) Mike Hesson (2020)
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