Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Daniel Vettori. They finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.
Squad Players with international caps before the 2012 IPL season are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes Batsmen02 Mohammad Kaif Right-handed Right-arm off break 03 Cheteshwar Pujara Right-handed Right-arm leg break 09 Arun Karthik Right-handed Right-arm leg break 12 Luke Pomersbach Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas14 Mayank Agarwal Right-handed – 18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain32 Saurabh Tiwary Left-handed Right-arm off break – Rilee Rossouw Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas– Vijay Zol Left-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders04 Andrew McDonald Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas07 Asad Pathan Right-handed Right-arm medium 11 Daniel Vettori Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas23 Tillakaratne Dilshan Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas37 Rajoo Bhatkal Right-handed Right-arm medium 333 Chris Gayle Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Wicket-keepers17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas– CM Gautam Right-handed – Bowlers01 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 03 KP Appanna Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox 05 Vinay Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 08 Syed Mohammed Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 20 Prasanth Parameswaran Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 25 Abhimanyu Mithun Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 34 Zaheer Khan Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 63 Dirk Nannes Right-handed Left-arm fast Overseas67 Charl Langeveldt Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas79 Sreenath Aravind Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 800 Muttiah Muralitharan Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
Indian Premier League season
Standings Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2012.
Match log
No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 7 April Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Won by 20 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 64* (42) Scorecard 2 10 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Lost by 42 runs Scorecard 3 12 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard 4 15 April Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Lost by 59 runs Scorecard 5 17 April Pune Warriors India Bengaluru Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 81 (48) Scorecard 6 20 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 87 (56) Scorecard 7 23 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 46 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 59* (23) Scorecard 8 25 April Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Scorecard 9 28 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 47 runs Scorecard 10 2 May Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard 11 6 May Deccan Chargers Bengaluru Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 47* (17) Scorecard 12 9 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 82* (59) Scorecard 13 11 May Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 35 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 57 (31) Scorecard 14 14 May Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard 15 17 May Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 21 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 128* (62) Scorecard 16 20 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Lost by 9 runs Scorecard Overall record: 8–7. Failed to advance.
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