Indian Premier League cricket team season
The 2021 season was the 14th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore [ 1] [ 2] Virat Kohli with Mike Hesson as a team coach. After qualifying for the playoffs, they were eliminated from the tournament as they were beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator match.
This was the last season in IPL for AB de Villiers who announced his retirement on 19 November 2021.
Background
Player retention and transfers
The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 12 players and released ten players.[ 3]
Retained Players: Virat Kohli (C ), AB de Villiers (VC ), Devdutt Padikkal , Mohammed Siraj , Navdeep Saini , Washington Sundar , Yuzvendra Chahal , Josh Philippe , Pavan Deshpande , Shahbaz Ahmed , Adam Zampa , Kane Richardson , Daniel Sams , Harshal Patel
Released Players: Chris Morris , Aaron Finch , Moeen Ali , Isuru Udana , Dale Steyn , Shivam Dube , Umesh Yadav , Pawan Negi , Gurkeerat Mann , Parthiv Patel (retired).
Added Players: Glenn Maxwell , Mohammed Azharuddeen , Sachin Baby , Kyle Jamieson , Srikar Bharat , Rajat Patidar , Dan Christian , Suyash Prabhudessai , Finn Allen
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold .
No.
Name
Nationality
Birth date
Batting style
Bowling style
Year signed
Salary
Notes
Batters
18
Virat Kohli India (1988-11-05 ) 5 November 1988 (age 36) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2008
₹ 17 croreCaptain
11
Sachin Baby India (1988-12-18 ) 18 December 1988 (age 36) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakh
19
Rajat Patidar India (1993-06-01 ) 1 June 1993 (age 31) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakh
—
Suyash Prabhudessai India (1997-12-06 ) 6 December 1997 (age 27) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 20 lakh
37
Devdutt Padikkal India (2000-07-07 ) 7 July 2000 (age 24) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2019
₹ 20 lakh
All-rounders
8
Tim David Singapore (1996-03-16 ) 16 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakhOverseas[ 4]
54
Dan Christian Australia (1983-05-04 ) 4 May 1983 (age 41) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 4.8 croreOverseas
32
Glenn Maxwell Australia (1988-10-14 ) 14 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 14.25 croreOverseas
—
Pavan Deshpande India (1989-09-16 ) 16 September 1989 (age 35) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2020
₹ 20 lakh
95
Daniel Sams Australia (1992-10-27 ) 27 October 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Left-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 20 lakhOverseas
21
Shahbaz Ahmed India (1994-12-12 ) 12 December 1994 (age 30) Left-handed
Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
₹ 20 lakh
49
Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka (1997-07-27 ) 27 July 1997 (age 27) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2021
₹ 50 lakhOverseas[ 4]
5
Washington Sundar India (1999-10-05 ) 5 October 1999 (age 25) Left-handed
Right-arm off break
2018
₹ 3.2 croreUnavailable due to finger injury[ 5]
9
Harshal Patel India (1990-11-23 ) 23 November 1990 (age 34) Right-handed
Right-arm medium-fast
2021
₹ 20 lakh
Wicket-keepers
17
AB de Villiers South Africa (1984-02-17 ) 17 February 1984 (age 40) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2018
₹ 11 croreOverseas, Vice-captain
15
K. S. Bharat India (1993-10-03 ) 3 October 1993 (age 31) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakh
—
Mohammed Azharuddeen India (1994-03-22 ) 22 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed
2021
₹ 20 lakh
1
Josh Philippe Australia (1997-06-01 ) 1 June 1997 (age 27) Right-handed
2020
₹ 20 lakhOverseas
—
Finn Allen New Zealand (1999-04-22 ) 22 April 1999 (age 25) Right-handed
Right-arm off break
2021
₹ 20 lakhOverseas, Replacement for Josh Philippe[ 6] [ 7]
Spin Bowlers
3
Yuzvendra Chahal India (1990-07-23 ) 23 July 1990 (age 34) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2018
₹ 6 crore
63
Adam Zampa Australia (1992-03-31 ) 31 March 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm leg break
2020
₹ 1.5 croreOverseas, Unavailable for personal reasons.[ 8]
Pace Bowlers
47
Kane Richardson Australia (1991-02-12 ) 12 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2020
₹ 4 croreOverseas, Unavailable for personal reasons.[ 8]
—
Scott Kuggeleijn New Zealand (1992-01-03 ) 3 January 1992 (age 33) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2021
₹ 50 lakhOverseas, Unavailable due to national duty[ 9]
—
Dushmantha Chameera Sri Lanka (1992-01-11 ) 11 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm fast
2021
₹ 50 lakhOverseas[ 4]
96
Navdeep Saini India (1992-11-23 ) 23 November 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Right-arm fast
2018
₹ 3 crore
73
Mohammed Siraj India (1994-03-13 ) 13 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed
Right-arm fast-medium
2018
₹ 2.6 crore
12
Kyle Jamieson New Zealand (1994-12-30 ) 30 December 1994 (age 30) Right-handed
Right-arm Fast
2021
₹ 15 croreOverseas
—
Akash Deep India (1996-12-15 ) 15 December 1996 (age 28) Right-handed
Right-arm medium
2021
₹ 20 lakhReplacement for Washington Sundar
27
George Garton England (1997-04-15 ) 15 April 1997 (age 27) Left-handed
Left-arm Fast
2021
₹ 20 lakhOverseas, Replacement for Kane Richardson[ 10]
Source: RCB Players
Administration and support staff
Teams and standings
Results by match
Source: FixturesW = WinL = LossNR = No Result
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the
playoffs .
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[ 13]
Matches
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) bowled the joint-most expensive over in an IPL match, conceding 37 runs.[ 15]
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the sixth player, and the second overseas one, to score 5,000 runs in the IPL.[ 16]
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise.[ 17]
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[ 18] Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) took a hat-trick .[ 19]
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[ 20]
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 having a better net run rate than the Royal Challengers Bangalore.[ 21]
Playoffs
Eliminator
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
Glenn Maxwell was the fifth-highest run scorer in IPL 2021
Most wickets
Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap as he is highest wicket taker in the competition.
Source: Cricinfo[ 23]
Player of the match awards
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