| 2017 season | |||
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| Coach | Daniel Vettori | ||
| Captain | Virat Kohli | ||
| Ground(s) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore | ||
| League stage | 8th | ||
| Mostruns | Virat Kohli (308)[1] | ||
| Mostwickets | Pawan Negi (16)[2] | ||
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Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based inBangalore, India, which plays in theIndian Premier League. They are one of the eight teams which are taking part in the2017 Indian Premier League. They are captained byVirat Kohli and coached byDaniel Vettori.This was one of the most difficult seasons for RCB, as when it started their key players were injured and missed initial matches. Shane Watson took the responsibility of captaining RCB.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Mumbai Indians(C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.784 | Advanced toQualifier 1 |
| 2 | Rising Pune Supergiant(R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.176 | |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad(4) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.599 | Advanced to theEliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders(3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.641 | |
| 5 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.009 | |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.512 | |
| 7 | Gujarat Lions | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.412 | |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | −1.299 |
The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[4] Five players were signed by the franchise.[5]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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| 11 | KL Rahul |  India | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2016 | ₹1 crore (US$150,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India | (1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2014 (since 2008) | ₹12.5 crore (US$1.92 million) | Captain |
| 23 | Mandeep Singh | India | (1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2015 | ₹80 lakh (US$120,000) | |
| 34 | Travis Head |  Australia | (1993-12-29)29 December 1993 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | 2016 | ₹50 lakh (US$77,000) | Overseas |
| 36 | Sachin Baby | India | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | 2016 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | |
| 81 | Kedar Jadhav | India | (1985-03-26)26 March 1985 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2016 | ₹2.17 crore (US$330,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India | (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | 2015 | ₹50 lakh (US$77,000) | |
| 333 | Chris Gayle |  Jamaica | (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 37) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹8.4 crore (US$1.29 million) | Overseas |
| Harpreet Singh Bhatia | India | (1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | 2017 | Replacement signing | ||
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| 15 | Pawan Negi | India | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2017 | ₹1 crore (US$150,000) | |
| 33 | Shane Watson | Australia | (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | 2016 | ₹9.5 crore (US$1.46 million) | Overseas |
| 84 | Stuart Binny | India | (1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2016 | ₹2 crore (US$310,000) | |
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| 4 | Vishnu Vinod | India | (1993-12-02)2 December 1993 (aged 23) | Right-handed | 2017 | Replacement signing | ||
| 17 | AB de Villiers |  South Africa | (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹9.5 crore (US$1.46 million) | Overseas/Vice-captain |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | (1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-armleg breakgoogly | 2014 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | |
| 6 | Sreenath Aravind | India | (1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | |
| 9 | Aniket Choudhary | India | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | 2017 | ₹2 crore (US$310,000) | |
| 13 | Harshal Patel | India | (1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | 2014 (since 2013) | ₹40 lakh (US$61,000) | |
| 19 | Avesh Khan | India | (1996-12-13)13 December 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | 2016 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | |
| 20 | Adam Milne |  New Zealand | (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-armfast | 2015 | ₹70 lakh (US$110,000) | Overseas |
| 21 | Iqbal Abdulla | India | (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | |
| 37 | Billy Stanlake | Australia | (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right-armfast | 2017 | ₹30 lakh (US$46,000) | Overseas |
| 56 | Tymal Mills |  England | (1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Left-armfast | 2017 | ₹12 crore (US$1.84 million) | Overseas |
| 77 | Samuel Badree |  Trinidad and Tobago | (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | 2016 | ₹50 lakh (US$77,000) | Overseas |
| 90 | Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa | (1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2016 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | Overseas |
| Praveen Dubey | India | (1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-armleg breakgoogly | 2017 | ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) | ||
The team is owned byDiageo throughUnited Spirits Limited.Amrit Thomas, acts as the director of team. Retired Indian cricketerBrijesh Patel, serves as the CEO for the team. Russell Adams is the vice president for commercial operations.Avinash Vaidya is the team manager.Daniel Vettori heads the coaching team which consists ofAllan Donald (bowling coach), Trent Woodhill (batting and fielding coach), Even Speechly (physio) andShankar Basu (strength and condition coach).
23 April was the highest total runs (263/5) in IPL by RCB (2013).[6] Also at the same date they scored the lowest runs (49/10) in IPL.[7]
5 April | (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 207/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 172 (19.4 overs) | Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 35 runs | |
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Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires:Anil Dandekar (India) andNigel Llong (England) Player of the match:Yuvraj Singh (Sunrisers Hyderabad) | |||||
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8 April | (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils 142/9 (20 overs) | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 15 runs | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Sundaram Ravi (India) andVirender Kumar Sharma (India) Player of the match:Kedar Jadhav (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | |||||
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10 April | (H) Kings XI Punjab 150/2 (14.3 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 148/4 (20 overs) | Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wickets | |
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Holkar Stadium,Indore Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (India) andC Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Axar Patel(Kings XI Punjab) | |||||
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14 April | (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 142/5 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 145/6 (18.5 overs) | Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets. | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (India) andKN Ananthapadmanabhan (India) Player of the match:Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) | |||||
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16 April | (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 134/9 (20 overs) | v | Rising Pune Supergiant 161/8 (20 overs) | Rising Pune Supergiant won by 27 runs. | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India) andC Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) | |||||
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18 April | Royal Challengers Bangalore 213/2 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Lions (H) 192/7 (20 overs) | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 21 runs | |
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Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Rajkot Umpires:Sundaram Ravi (India) andVirender Sharma (India) Player of the match:Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | |||||
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23 April | (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 131 (19.3 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 49 (9.4 overs) | Kolkata Knight Riders win by 82 runs | |
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Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires: Chris Gaffaney, O Nandan, Nitin Menon, K Srinivasan Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Kolkata Knight Riders) | |||||
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25 April | v | Match abandoned without a ball bowled | | ||
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Marais Erasmus (South Africa) andChettithody Shamshuddin (India) | |||||
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27 April | (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Lions 135/3 (13.5 overs) | Gujarat Lions won by 7 wickets | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (India) andChettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) | |||||
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29 April | (H) Rising Pune Supergiant 157/3 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 96/9 (20 overs) | Rising Pune Supergiant won by 61 runs | |
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Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Pune Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) andMarais Erasmus (South Africa) Player of the match:Lockie Ferguson (Rising Pune Supergiant) | |||||
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1 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 165/5 (19.5 overs) | Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets | |
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Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (India) andChris Gaffaney (New Zealand) Player of the match:Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) | |||||
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5 May | Kings XI Punjab 138/7 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 119 (19 overs) | Kings XI Punjab won by 19 runs | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) andChettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Sandeep Sharma (Kings XI Punjab) | |||||
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7 May | (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 159/4 (15.1 overs) | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets | |
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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Anil Dandekar (India) andChettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | |||||
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14 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore 161/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils (H) 151 (20 overs) | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 runs | |
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Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi Umpires:C. K. Nandan (India) andChettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match:Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | |||||
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