Royal Challengers Bangalore Cricket Team 2024
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, former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis is leading the team.
Team Name |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
Nickname |
RCB |
Founded |
2008 |
Captain |
Faf du Plessis |
Head coach |
Andy Flower |
Team Owners |
United Spirits |
Number of IPL titles |
0 |
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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:
Captain |
Faf du Plessis |
Chairman |
Prathamesh Mishra |
Team manager |
Soumya Deep Pyne |
Team director |
Mo Bobat |
Head coach |
Andy Flower |
Bowling coach |
Adam Griffith |
Head of scouting and fielding coach |
Malolan Rangarajan |
Head physiotherapist |
Evan Speechly |
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.
Year |
League standing |
Final standing |
2008 |
7th out of 8 |
League stage |
2009 |
3rd out of 8 |
Runners-up |
2010 |
4th out of 8 |
3rd place |
2011 |
2nd out of 10 |
Runners-up |
2012 |
5th out of 9 |
League stage |
2013 |
5th out of 9 |
League stage |
2014 |
7th out of 8 |
League stage |
2015 |
3rd out of 8 |
Playoffs |
2016 |
2nd out of 8 |
Runners-up |
2017 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
2018 |
6th out of 8 |
League stage |
2019 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
2020 |
4th out of 8 |
Playoffs |
2021 |
3rd out of 8 |
Playoffs |
2022 |
4th out of 10 |
Playoffs |
2023 |
6th out of 10 |
League stage |
Here is the list of players who have led Royal Challengers Bengaluru so far:
Rahul Dravid |
Kevin Pietersen |
Anil Kumble |
Daniel Vettori |
Virat Kohli |
Faf du Plessis |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2024 squad with players' jersey number, year of signing and salary:
Jersey no. |
Name |
Nationality |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Signed year |
Salary |
13 |
Faf du Plessis |
South Africa |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg-break |
2022 |
₹7 crore (US$880,000) |
18 |
Virat Kohli |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2008 |
₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) |
22 |
Saurav Chauhan |
India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2024 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
97 |
Rajat Patidar |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2022 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
19 |
Dinesh Karthik |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2022 |
₹5.5 crore (US$690,000) |
55 |
Anuj Rawat |
India |
Left-handed |
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2022 |
₹3.4 crore (US$430,000) |
6 |
Mahipal Lomror |
India |
Left-handed |
Left-arm orthodox |
2022 |
₹95 lakh (US$120,000) |
9 |
Will Jacks |
England |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2023 |
₹3.2 crore (US$400,000) |
32 |
Glenn Maxwell |
Australia |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off-break |
2021 |
₹11 crore (US$1.4 million) |
42 |
Cameron Green |
Australia |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
2024 |
₹17.5 crore (US$2.2 million) |
43 |
Suyash Prabhudessai |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2021 |
₹30 lakh (US$38,000) |
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Tom Curran |
England |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
2024 |
₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) |
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Manoj Bhandage |
India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
2023 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
8 |
Reece Topley |
England |
Right-handed |
Left-arm fast-medium |
2023 |
₹1.9 crore (US$240,000) |
11 |
Akash Deep |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
2021 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
31 |
Vijaykumar Vyshak |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
2023 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
69 |
Lockie Ferguson |
New Zealand |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
2024 |
₹2 crore (US$250,000) |
73 |
Mohammed Siraj |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
2018 |
₹7 crore (US$880,000) |
88 |
Alzarri Joseph |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
2024 |
₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million) |
103 |
Yash Dayal |
India |
Right-handed |
Left-arm medium-fast |
2024 |
₹5 crore (US$630,000) |
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Rajan Kumar |
India |
Left-handed |
Left-arm medium-fast |
2023 |
₹70 lakh (US$88,000) |
33 |
Karn Sharma |
India |
Left-handed |
Right-arm leg-break |
2022 |
₹50 lakh (US$63,000) |
44 |
Himanshu Sharma |
India |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg-break |
2023 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
77 |
Mayank Dagar |
India |
Right-handed |
Left-arm orthodox |
2024 |
₹1.8 crore (US$230,000) |
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Swapnil Singh |
India |
Right-handed |
Left-arm orthodox |
2024 |
₹20 lakh (US$25,000) |
Other details about Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Sponsors:
Principal Partners: DP World, Reliance Jio, Exide
Associate Partners: MPL, Meesho, Chola MS General Insurance, boAt, Puma, Nippon Paint
Official partners: Kingfisher, Nestlé Munch, BuyStars, Open.Money, BKT, Jar, Redcliffe Labs, Restolex, StockGro, Birla Estates, iB Cricket, Kotak, Sosyo Drink, NVY – Enviously Yours, Fever 104 FM
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]