Royal Challengers Bangalore Cricket Team (2026)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are one of the ten teams participating in the Indian Premier League. Popularly known as RCB, they are owned by the United Spirits. They were one of the first eight teams that were formed before the first-ever edition of the IPL in 2008. At present, Indian batter captain Rajat Patidar is leading the team.
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Team Name |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
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Nickname |
RCB |
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Founded |
2008 |
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Captain |
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Head coach |
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Team Owners |
United Spirits |
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Number of IPL titles |
1 (2025) |
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru began their journey in the IPL as Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, they changed their name to Royal Challengers Bengaluru before the start of IPL 2024. They play their home games at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Bengaluru-based outfit is one of the only three teams that are playing in the IPL from the very start but are yet to win the title.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain and support staff:
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Captain |
Rajat Patidar |
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Chairman |
Prathamesh Mishra |
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Team manager |
Soumya Deep Pyne |
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Team director |
Mo Bobat |
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Head coach |
Andy Flower |
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Bowling coach |
Omkar Salvi |
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Head of scouting and fielding coach |
Malolan Rangarajan |
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Head physiotherapist |
Evan Speechly |
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Strength and conditioning coach |
Basu Shanker |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Season-wise performance
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played three IPL finals so far but are yet to win the title-decider. In the first IPL season, they finished at the seventh spot before qualifying for the final in 2009 under Anil Kumble's captaincy.
In 2010, they progressed ahead of the league stage again but could not make it to the final. In 2011, Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for the final once again but ended up on the losing side. From 2012 to 2014, they failed to progress ahead of the league stage before making it to the playoffs in 2015. In 2016, Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into the final as their captain Virat Kohli scored a staggering 973 runs.
However, he could not lead them to the title as they lost the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad. After that, RCB failed to make the cut for the playoffs for three seasons in a row before qualifying for the playoffs from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, they once again failed to make the cut for the playoffs.
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Year |
League standing |
Final standing |
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2008 |
7th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2009 |
3rd out of 8 |
Runners-up |
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2010 |
4th out of 8 |
3rd place |
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2011 |
2nd out of 10 |
Runners-up |
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2012 |
5th out of 9 |
League stage |
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2013 |
5th out of 9 |
League stage |
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2014 |
7th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2015 |
3rd out of 8 |
Playoffs |
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2016 |
2nd out of 8 |
Runners-up |
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2017 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2018 |
6th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2019 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2020 |
4th out of 8 |
Playoffs |
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2021 |
3rd out of 8 |
Playoffs |
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2022 |
4th out of 10 |
Playoffs |
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2023 |
6th out of 10 |
League stage |
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2024 |
4th out of 10 |
Playoffs |
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2025 |
1st out of 10 |
Champions |
Here is the list of players who have led Royal Challengers Bengaluru so far:
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Rahul Dravid |
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Kevin Pietersen |
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Anil Kumble |
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Daniel Vettori |
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Virat Kohli |
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Faf du Plessis |
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Rajat Patidar |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2026 squad with players' jersey number, year of signing and salary:
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Jersey no. |
Name |
Nationality |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Signed year |
Salary |
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Jordan Cox |
England |
Right-handed |
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2026 |
₹75 lakh |
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18 |
Virat Kohli |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2008 |
₹15 crore |
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85 |
Australia |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2025 |
₹3 crore |
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97 |
Rajat Patidar (Captain) |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2022 |
₹20 lakh |
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19 |
India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2025 |
₹2 crore |
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61 |
Phil Salt |
England |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2025 |
₹11.5 crore |
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99 |
India |
Right-handed |
- |
2025 |
₹11 crore |
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Jacob Bethell |
England |
Left-handed |
Slow Left arm Orthodox |
2025 |
₹2.6 crore |
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Kanishk Chouhan |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2026 |
₹30 lakh |
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India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2026 |
₹7 crore |
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Vihaan Malhotra |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2026 |
₹30 lakh |
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Mangesh Yadav |
India |
Left-handed |
Left-arm fast |
2026 |
₹5.2 crore |
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6 |
India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2025 |
₹5.75 crore |
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16 |
Romario Shepherd |
West Indies |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
2025 |
₹1.5 crore |
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14 |
Abhinandan Singh |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium fast |
2025 |
₹30 lakh |
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Satvik Deswal |
India |
Right-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
2026 |
₹30 lakh |
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Jacob Duffy |
New Zealand |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast medium |
2026 |
₹2 crore |
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38 |
Australia |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
2025 |
₹12.5 crore |
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15 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2025 |
₹10.75 crore |
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103 |
India |
Right-handed |
Left-arm medium-fast |
2024 |
₹5 crore |
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Vicky Ostwal |
India |
Right-handed |
Slow left arm orthodox |
2026 |
₹30 lakh |
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Rasikh Salam |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2025 |
₹6 crore |
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India |
Right-handed |
Leg break googly |
2025 |
₹2.6 crore |
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15 |
Nuwan Thushara |
Sri Lanka |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium fast |
2025 |
₹1.6 crore |
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Swapnil Singh |
India |
Right-handed |
Left-arm orthodox |
2024 |
₹20 lakh |
Other Details about Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Sponsors:
Principal Partners: Qatar Airways, KEI Wires & Cables, Birla Estates, Jio
Associate Partners: Puma, Boat, Confirmtkt, Nothing, EBIX Cash, Nippon Paint
Official partners: Kingfisher, Big Basket, Royal Challenge, Jio HotStar, Bisleri, Alliance University, Navi, Seiko, Manipal Hospitals, ITC Master Cheif, Scapia, Furlenco, ON Optimum Nutrition, Hero Cycles, Spinner Sports Drink, BoldFit, Amul, ARL Tyres, Kotak Life, NVY, Navitas Solar, Hangyo Icecream, Spitze, Pexpo, KPT Pipes, Third Wave Coffee, Merino Laminate, Red FM 93.5, 91.1 FM Radio City, 94.3 Radio One, White Gold, Town Bus, Alstone
Digital Partner: KreditBee
Official Commercial Partner: DNA Networks
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Address: ‘UB Tower’, # 24, Vittal Mallya Road Bengaluru KA 560001 IN.
Contact Number: Unavailable
Email Address: [email protected]
COMPLETED / Final / Narendra Modi Stadium
190/9 (20 ov)
184/7 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 runs
COMPLETED / Qualifier 1 / Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium
101/10 (14.1 ov)
106/2 (10 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 8 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 70 / Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
227/3 (20 ov)
230/4 (18.4 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 65 / Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
189/10 (19.5 ov)
231/6 (20 ov)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 42 runs
COMPLETED / Match 58 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
Match Abandoned
COMPLETED / Match 52 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
213/5 (20 ov)
211/5 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 2 runs
COMPLETED / Match 46 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
162/8 (20 ov)
165/4 (18.3 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 42 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
205/5 (20 ov)
194/9 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 11 runs
COMPLETED / Match 37 / Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium
157/6 (20 ov)
159/3 (18.5 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 34 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
95/9 (14 ov)
98/5 (12.1 ov)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 28 / Sawai Mansingh Stadium
173/4 (20 ov)
175/1 (17.3 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 9 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 24 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
163/7 (20 ov)
169/4 (17.5 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 20 / Wankhede Stadium
209/9 (20 ov)
221/5 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 12 runs
COMPLETED / Match 14 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
169/8 (20 ov)
170/2 (17.5 ov)
Gujarat Titans won by 8 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 8 / MA Chidambaram Stadium
146/8 (20 ov)
196/7 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 50 runs
COMPLETED / Match 1 / Eden Gardens
174/8 (20 ov)
177/3 (16.2 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore Stats
Most Run Scores
15
Matches
657
Runs
13
Matches
403
Runs
15
Matches
312
Runs
Most Wickets Takers
12
Matches
22
Wickets
15
Matches
17
Wickets
14
Matches
17
Wickets
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