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 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 Batsmen03 Cheteshwar Pujara Right-handed Right-arm leg break 15 Karun Nair Right-handed Right-arm off break 18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain23 Tillakaratne Dilshan Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas32 Saurabh Tiwary Left-handed Right-arm off break 64 Sunny Sohal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 90 Abhinav Mukund Left-handed Right-arm leg break 99 Mayank Agarwal Right-handed – 175 Chris Gayle 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 Moisés Henriques Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas11 Daniel Vettori Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas45 Daniel Christian Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas– Christopher Barnwell Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas Wicket-keepers02 KL Rahul Right-handed - 17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas21 Arun Karthik Right-handed Right-arm leg break – Sheldon Jackson 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 09 R. P. Singh Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 14 Ravi Rampaul Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas20 Prasanth Parameswaran Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 25 Abhimanyu Mithun Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 34 Zaheer Khan Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 77 Jaydev Unadkat Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 79 Sreenath Aravind Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Unavailable for the entire season222 Murali Kartik Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 800 Muttiah Muralitharan Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas – Sandeep Warrier Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium – Pankaj Singh Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Standings Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2013.
Results No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Won by 2 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 92* (58) Scorecard 2 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Match tied. Lost the super over by 5 runs Scorecard 3 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 93* (47) Scorecard 4 Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 85* (50) Scorecard 5 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard 6 Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Match tied. Won the super over by 4 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 65 (50) Scorecard 7 Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/18 (4 overs) Scorecard 8 Pune Warriors India Bengaluru Won by 130 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 175* (66) and 2/5 (1 over) Scorecard 9 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 58 Runs Scorecard 10 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard 11 Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 17 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 50* (23) Scorecard 12 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 13 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 4 runs, MoM – Jaydev Unadkat 5/25 (4 overs) Scorecard 14 Kolkata Knight Riders Ranchi Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard 15 Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard 16 Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Won by 24 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 56* (29) Scorecard Overall record: 9–7. Failed to advance.
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