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 eight teams that competed in the 2010 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Anil Kumble. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the IPL and qualified for the Champions League T20.
Squad Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium Vice-captain Rahul Dravid Right-handed Right-arm off break Manish Pandey Right-handed Right-arm medium Kevin Pietersen Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Ross Taylor Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Cameron White Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas Eoin Morgan Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Sridharan Sriram Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Steve Smith Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas All-rounders Jacques Kallis Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas KP Appanna Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Roelof van der Merwe Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin Dillon du Preez Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Wicket-keepers Robin Uthappa Right-handed – Mark Boucher Right-handed – Overseas Shreevats Goswami Left-handed – Bowlers Anil Kumble Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain Dale Steyn Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas Vinay Kumar Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Praveen Kumar Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Abhimanyu Mithun Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Balachandra Akhil Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Indian Premier League season
Standings Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fourth in the league stage of IPL 2010.
Match log
No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard1 14 March Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard2 16 March Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 89* (55) and 1/39 (4 overs) Scorecard3 18 March Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 44* (34) and 2/20 (4 overs) Scorecard4 20 March Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 66* (55) and 1/35 (4 overs) Scorecard5 23 March Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Won by 36 runs, MoM – Robin Uthappa 68* (38) Scorecard6 25 March Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Lost by 17 runs Scorecard7 31 March Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard8 2 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Kevin Pietersen 66* (44) and 0/8 (1 over) Scorecard9 4 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 37 runs Scorecard10 8 April Deccan Chargers Bengaluru Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard11 10 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/23 (3 overs) Scorecard12 12 April Deccan Chargers Nagpur Lost by 13 runs Scorecard13 14 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Kevin Pietersen 62 (29) Scorecard14 17 April Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Lost by 57 runs ScorecardSemifinal 21 April Mumbai Indians Navi Mumbai Lost by 35 runs Scorecard3/4 Playoff 24 April Deccan Chargers Navi Mumbai Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Anil Kumble 4/16 (4 overs) Scorecard Overall record: 8–8. Semin-finalists. Qualified for 2010 Champions Trophy Twenty20.
Champions League Twenty20
Match log
No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 Guyana Centurion Won by 9 wickets MoM - Jacques Kallis 43* (32) and 3/16 (4 overs) Scorecard 2 Southern Redbacks Durban Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard 3 Mumbai Indians Durban Lost by 2 runs Scorecard 4 Lions Johannesburg Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 49* (29) Scorecard Semi-Final Chennai Super Kings Durban Lost by 52 runs (D/L) Scorecard Overall record of 2–3. Semi-finalists.
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