Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014

Royal Challengers Bangalore
	2014 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	seventh
CLT20	did not qualify
Most runs	AB de Villiers (395)
Most wickets	Varun Aaron (16)
← 2013	2015 →

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 eight teams that competed in the 2014 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad[]

Players with international caps before the 2014 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
11	Rilee Rossouw	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
18	Virat Kohli	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
53	Nic Maddinson	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Overseas
89	Tanmay Mishra	(1986-12-22) 22 December 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast
175	Chris Gayle	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 42)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
451	Vijay Zol	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
12	Yuvraj Singh	(1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 40)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
69	Sachin Rana	(1984-09-18) 18 September 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast
81	Albie Morkel	(1981-06-10) 10 June 1981 (age 40)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
5	Yogesh Takawale	(1984-12-05) 5 December 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed
17	AB de Villiers	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
42	Parthiv Patel	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 36)	Left-handed
Bowlers
2	Ashok Dinda	(1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
13	Harshal Patel	(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
14	Ravi Rampaul	(1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Overseas
23	Abu Nechim	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
45	Varun Aaron	(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
56	Mitchell Starc	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	Overseas
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	(1972-04-17) 17 April 1972 (age 49)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
	Shadab Jakati	(1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 41)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox
	Sandeep Warrier	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium

Indian Premier League season[]

Standings[]

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the league stage of IPL 2014.

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Kings XI Punjab (R)	14	11	3	22	0.968
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	14	9	5	18	0.418
3	Chennai Super Kings (3)	14	9	5	18	0.385
4	Mumbai Indians (4)	14	7	7	14	0.095
5	Rajasthan Royals	14	7	7	14	0.060
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	12	−0.399
7	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	5	9	10	−0.428
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	2	12	4	−1.182

Source: ^[3]

Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
advanced to the Qualifier and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Qualifying Stage

Match log[]

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
1	17 April 2014	Delhi Daredevils	Sharjah	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Yuzvendra Chahal 1/18 (4 Overs)	Score Card
2	19 April 2014	Mumbai Indians	Dubai	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Parthiv Patel 57* (45)	Score Card
3	24 April 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Sharjah	Lost by 2 runs	Score Card
4	26 April 2014	Rajasthan Royals	Abu Dhabi	Lost by 6 wickets	Score Card
5	28 April 2014	Kings XI Punjab	Dubai	Lost by 5 wickets	Score Card
6	4 May 2014	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Won by 4 wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 89* (41)	Score Card
7	6 May 2014	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 19 runs	Score Card
8	9 May 2014	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 33 runs	Score Card
9	11 May 2014	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Lost by 5 wickets	Score Card
10	13 May 2014	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Won by 16 runs, MoM – Yuvraj Singh 68* (29)	Score Card
11	18 May 2014	Chennai Super Kings	Ranchi	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 28 (14)	Score Card
12	20 May 2014	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 7 wickets	Score Card
13	22 May 2014	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 31 runs	Score Card
14	24 May 2014	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets	Score Card
Overall Record of 5 - 9 Failed to make it to Playoffs, Finished 7 out of 8

References[]

^ "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "IPL 2014 Point Table". IPL. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

[1] "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[2] "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[3] "IPL 2014 Point Table". IPL. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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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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