Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016

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Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016 season
CoachDaniel Vettori
CaptainVirat Kohli
Ground(s)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPLRunners-up
Most runsVirat Kohli (973)
Most wicketsShane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal (20)
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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 are one of the eight teams which are taking part in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.This season is the last time RCB qualified for the playoffs until 2020.

Background[]

In March 2016, the team director Vijay Mallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise in the role of chief mentor.[1]

The Royal Challengers wore separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.[2]

Season standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Gujarat Lions (3) 14 9 5 0 18 −0.374
2 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) 14 8 6 0 16 0.932
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) 14 8 6 0 16 0.245
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (4) 14 8 6 0 16 0.106
5 Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 14 −0.146
6 Delhi Daredevils 14 7 7 0 14 −0.155
7 Rising Pune Supergiants 14 5 9 0 10 0.015
8 Kings XI Punjab 14 4 10 0 8 −0.646
Source: [3]
  • The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to the Eliminator

Price For Squad Members[]

V. Kohli (C) - 17 crs
S. Watson (VC) - 9.5 crs
C. Gayle (VC) - 7.5 crs
AB de Villiers (WK) - 12.5 crs
K. L. Rahul (WK) - 6 crs
M. Starc - 7 crs
C. Jordan - 5 crs
Y. Chahal - 6.6 crs
S. Khan - 1.75 crs
I. Abdulla - 20 lkhs
S. Aravind - 20 lkhs

Fixtures[]

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard link
1 April 12, 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bangalore Won by 45 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 82 (42) Scorecard
2 April 17, 2016 Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
3 April 20, 2016 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
4 April 22, 2016 Rising Pune Supergiant Pune Won by 13 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 83 (46) Scorecard
5 April 24, 2016 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 6 wickets India Virat Kohli 100* (63) Scorecard
6 April 30, 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Lost by 15 runs Scorecard
7 May 2, 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
8 May 7, 2016 Rising Pune Supergiant Bangalore Won by 7 wickets India Virat Kohli 108* (58) Scorecard
9 May 9, 2016 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 1 run Australia Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs) Scorecard
10 May 11, 2016 Mumbai Indians Bangalore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
11 May 14, 2016 Gujarat Lions Bangalore Won by 144 runs South Africa AB de Villiers 129* (52) Scorecard
12 May 16, 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 9 Wickets India Virat Kohli 75* (51) Scorecard
13 May 18, 2016 Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Won by 82 runs (D/L) India Virat Kohli 113 (50) Scorecard
14 May 22, 2016 Delhi Daredevils Raipur Won by 6 Wickets India Virat Kohli 54* (45) Scorecard
Play-offs
15 May 24, 2016 Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1) Bangalore Won by 4 Wickets South Africa AB de Villiers 79* (47) Scorecard
16 May 29, 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final) Bangalore Lost by 8 Runs Scorecard
Overall record of 9 – 7

Runners-up of 2016 Indian Premier League

References[]

  1. ^ "Vijay Mallya quits as Royal Challengers Bangalore director, to remain chief mentor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ "IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to don two separate jerseys". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

squad Top players

C. Gayle V. Kohli Ab. Dellivires K. L. Rahul (wk) S. Watson Y. Chahal M. Starc

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