2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2013 season
CoachRay Jennings
CaptainVirat Kohli
Ground(s)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL5th
Most runsChris Gayle (708)[1]
Most wicketsVinay Kumar (23)[2]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

  • Players with international caps before the 2013 IPL season are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
03 Cheteshwar Pujara  India (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
15 Karun Nair  India (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break
18 Virat Kohli  India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 48) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
32 Saurabh Tiwary  India (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break
64 Sunny Sohal  India (1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
90 Abhinav Mukund  India (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
99 Mayank Agarwal  India (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed –
175 Chris Gayle  Jamaica (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
– Vijay Zol  India (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04 Andrew McDonald  Australia (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
07 Moisés Henriques  Australia (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
11 Daniel Vettori  New Zealand (1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas
45 Daniel Christian  Australia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
– Christopher Barnwell  Guyana (1987-01-06) 6 January 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
Wicket-keepers
02 KL Rahul  India (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed -
17 AB de Villiers  South Africa (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
21 Arun Karthik  India (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
– Sheldon Jackson  India (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38) Right-handed -
Bowlers
01 Harshal Patel  India (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
03 KP Appanna  India (1988-12-20) 20 December 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
05 Vinay Kumar  India (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
08 Syed Mohammed  India (1983-06-03) 3 June 1983 (age 41) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
09 R. P. Singh  India (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
14 Ravi Rampaul  Trinidad and Tobago (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
20 Prasanth Parameswaran  India (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 39) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
25 Abhimanyu Mithun  India (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
34 Zaheer Khan  India (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 46) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
77 Jaydev Unadkat  India (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
79 Sreenath Aravind  India (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 40) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Unavailable for the entire season
222 Murali Kartik  India (1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
800 Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka (1972-04-17) 17 April 1972 (age 52) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
– Sandeep Warrier  India (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
– Pankaj Singh  India (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 16 11 5 0 22 0.441
2 Chennai Super Kings (R) 16 11 5 0 22 0.530
3 Rajasthan Royals 16 10 6 0 20 0.322
4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 16 10 6 0 20 0.003
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore 16 9 7 0 18 0.457
6 Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 0.226
7 Kolkata Knight Riders 16 6 10 0 12 −0.095
8 Pune Warriors India 16 4 12 0 8 −1.006
9 Delhi Daredevils 16 3 13 0 6 −0.848
Source: [3]

"C" refers to the champions of the tournament, R to the runners-up.

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard
1 4 April 2013 Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Won by 2 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 92* (58) Scorecard
2 7 April 2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Match tied. Lost the super over by 5 runs Scorecard
3 9 April 2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 93* (47) Scorecard
4 11 April 2013 Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 85* (50) Scorecard
5 13 April 2013 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard
6 16 April 2013 Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Match tied. Won the super over by 4 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 65 (50) Scorecard
7 20 April 2013 Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard
8 23 April 2013 Pune Warriors India Bengaluru Won by 130 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 175* (66) and 2/5 (1 over) Scorecard
9 27 April 2013 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 58 Runs Scorecard
10 29 April 2013 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard
11 2 May 2013 Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 17 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 50* (23) Scorecard
12 6 May 2013 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
13 10 May 2013 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 4 runs, MoM – Jaydev Unadkat 5/25 (4 overs) Scorecard
14 12 May 2013 Kolkata Knight Riders Ranchi Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
15 14 May 2013 Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
16 18 May 2013 Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Won by 24 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 56* (29) Scorecard
Overall record: 9–7. Failed to advance.

References

  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.