Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016
| 2016 season | |||
| Coach | Daniel Vettori | ||
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| Captain | Virat Kohli | ||
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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 will take part in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They will be captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
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 will wear separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.[2]
Season standings
Team |
Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.558 |
| Gujarat Lions | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.138 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.206 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.309 |
| Mumbai Indians | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.447 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.032 |
| Rising Pune Supergiants | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.087 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.567 |
- The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs
Source: [3]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Date of Birth | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 9 | Mandeep Singh |  | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | 2015 | Traded player | |
| 11 | KL Rahul | | 18 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | Traded player | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | ₹125 million (US$1.9 million) | Captain |
| 34 | Travis Head |  | 29 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$74,000) | Overseas |
| 36 | Sachin Baby | | 18 December 1988 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | | 27 October 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹5 million (US$74,000) | |
| 99 | Kedar Jadhav | | 26 March 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | Traded player | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 333 | Chris Gayle |  | 21 September 1979 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | ₹84 million (US$1.2 million) | Overseas |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 1 | Parvez Rasool | | 13 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | Traded player | |
| 33 | Shane Watson | | 17 June 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹95 million (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
| 96 | David Wiese |  | 18 May 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2015 | ₹28 million (US$420,000) | Overseas |
| 84 | Stuart Binny | | 3 June 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹20 million (US$300,000) | |
| Akshay Karnewar | | 12 October 1992 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | ||
| Praveen Dubey | | 1 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2016 | ₹3.5 million (US$52,000) | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 17 | AB de Villiers | | 17 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | ₹95 million (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | | 23 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2014 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 6 | Sreenath Aravind | | 8 April 1984 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2015 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 7 | Varun Aaron | | 29 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2014 | ₹20 million (US$300,000) | |
| 8 | Chris Jordan |  | 4 October 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹10 million (US$150,000) | Overseas |
| 13 | Harshal Patel | | 23 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹4 million (US$59,000) | |
| 20 | Adam Milne[lower-alpha 1] |  | 13 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2015 | ₹7 million (US$100,000) | Overseas |
| 21 | Iqbal Abdulla | | 2 December 1989 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | |
| 23 | Abu Nechim | | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹3 million (US$45,000) | |
| 47 | Kane Richardson | | 12 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹20 million (US$300,000) | Overseas |
| 56 | Mitchell Starc[lower-alpha 2] | | 30 January 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2014 | ₹50 million (US$740,000) | Overseas |
| 90 | Tabraiz Shamsi | | 18 February 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | Overseas |
| Samuel Badree[lower-alpha 3] |  | 9 March 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$74,000) | Overseas | |
| Vikramjeet Malik | | 9 May 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹2 million (US$30,000) | ||
| Vikas Tokas | | 16 October 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$15,000) | ||
References
- ↑ "Vijay Mallya quits as Royal Challengers Bangalore director, to remain chief mentor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to don two separate jerseys". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "2016 IPL Points table". Espn Sports Media (ESPNcricinfo). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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