2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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 was captained by Faf du Plessis, and coached by Sanjay Bangar. Virat Kohli captained the team in three games when Faf Du Plessis was ruled out due to injury. [2]

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2023 season
CoachSanjay Bangar
CaptainFaf du Plessis
Virat Kohli (Stand-In)[1]
Ground(s)M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
League stage6th
Most runsFaf du Plessis (730)
Most wicketsMohammed Siraj (19)

Background

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Squad

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  • 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
13Faf du Plessis South Africa13 July 1984 (aged 38)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break2022Overseas
Batters
18Virat Kohli India5 November 1988 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium2008
Finn Allen New Zealand22 April 1999 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm off-break2021Overseas
97Rajat Patidar India1 June 1993 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break2021
43Suyash Prabhudessai India6 December 1997 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium2021
Will Jacks England21 November 1998 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm off-break2023Overseas
8Kedar Jadhav India26 March 1985 (aged 38)Right-handedRight-arm off-break2023Injury replacement for David Willey
All-rounders
32Glenn Maxwell Australia14 October 1988 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm off-break2021Overseas
49Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka29 July 1997 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break2021Overseas
21Shahbaz Ahmed India12 December 1994 (aged 28)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2020
15David Willey England28 February 1990 (aged 33)Left-handedLeft-arm fast medium2022Overseas
16Mahipal Lomror India16 November 1999 (aged 23)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2022
33Karn Sharma India23 October 1987 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break2022
4Michael Bracewell New Zealand14 February 1991 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm leg-break2023Overseas, Injury Replacement for Will Jacks
Sonu Yadav India11 November 1999 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-handed medium-fast2023
Manoj Bhandage India5 October 1998 (aged 24)Left-handedRight-handed medium2023
Pace Bowlers
73Mohammed Siraj India13 March 1994 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
38Josh Hazlewood Australia8 January 1991 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2022Overseas
1Siddarth Kaul India19 May 1990 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2022
9Harshal Patel India23 November 1990 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium2021
11Akash Deep India15 December 1996 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium2022
8Reece Topley England21 February 1994 (aged 29)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2023Overseas
Rajan Kumar India8 July 1996 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2023
31Vijaykumar Vyshak India31 January 1997 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium2023Injury replacement for Rajat Patidar
7Wayne Parnell South Africa30 July 1989 (aged 33)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2023Injury replacement for Reece Topley
45Avinash Singh India4 January 1998 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast2023
Spin Bowlers
44Himanshu Sharma India6 June 1998 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2023

Teams and standings

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Points table

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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

The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
  Advance to Qualifier 1
  Advance to Eliminator

Matches

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Match 5
2 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
171/7 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
172/2 (16.2 overs)
Tilak Varma 84* (46)
Karn Sharma 2/32 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 82* (49)
Arshad Khan 1/28 (2.2 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Arshad Khan and Nehal Wadhera (Mumbai Indians) both made their T20 debuts.

Match 9
6 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
204/7 (20 overs)
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Shardul Thakur 68 (29)
David Willey 2/16 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 23 (12)
Varun Chakaravarthy 4/15 (3.4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

Match 15
10 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
212/2 (20 overs)
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Lucknow Super Giants
213/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 79* (46)
Amit Mishra 1/18 (2 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 65 (30)
Mohammed Siraj 3/22 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 1 wicket
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind)
Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Match 20
15 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
174/6 (20 overs)
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Delhi Capitals
151/9 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 50 (34)
Mitchell Marsh 2/18 (2 overs)
Manish Pandey 50 (38)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/20 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
17 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
226/6 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
218/8 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 83 (45)
Wanindu Hasaranga 1/21 (2 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 76 (36)
Tushar Deshpande 3/45 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
20 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Punjab Kings (H)
150 (18.2 overs)
Faf du Plessis 84 (56)
Harpreet Brar 2/31 (3 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 46 (30)
Mohammed Siraj 4/21 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 24 runs
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 32
23 April 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
189/9 (20 overs)
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Rajasthan Royals
182/6 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 77 (44)
Trent Boult 2/41 (4 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 52 (34)
Harshal Patel 3/32 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 36
26 April 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
200/5 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
179/8 (20 overs)
Jason Roy 56 (29)
Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 54 (37)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/27 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 21 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 43
1 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Lucknow Super Giants (H)
108 (19.5 overs)
Faf du Plessis 44 (40)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/30 (4 overs)
Krishnappa Gowtham 23 (13)
Josh Hazlewood 2/15 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs
BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 50
6 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Delhi Capitals (H)
187/3 (16.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 55 (46)
Mitchell Marsh 2/21 (3 overs)
Phil Salt 87 (45)
Josh Hazlewood 1/29 (3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Delhi Capitals)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 54
9 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
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Mumbai Indians (H)
200/4 (16.3 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 68 (33)
Jason Behrendorff 3/36 (4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 83 (35)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/37 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 60
14 May 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Rajasthan Royals (H)
59 (10.3 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (44)
Adam Zampa 2/25 (4 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer 35 (19)
Wayne Parnell 3/10 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 112 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 65
18 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
186/5 (20 overs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
187/2 (19.2 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 104 (51)
Michael Bracewell 2/13 (2 overs)
Virat Kohli 100 (63)
T. Natarajan 1/34 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.[5]

Match 70
21 May 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
197/5 (20 overs)
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Gujarat Titans
198/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 101* (61)
Noor Ahmad 2/39 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 104* (52)
Mohammed Siraj 2/32 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
  • 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

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References

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