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 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the IPL.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen9 Mandeep Singh Right-handed Right arm medium 2015 Traded player 11 Rilee Rossouw Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Captain33 Subramaniam Badrinath Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 53 Nic Maddinson Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2014 Overseas97 Sarfaraz Khan Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 333 Chris Gayle Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas451 Vijay Zol Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Shishir Bhavane Left-handed Right-arm off break 2015 All-rounders88 Darren Sammy Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2015 Overseas96 David Wiese Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2015 Overseas Jalaj Saxena Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 Wicket-keepers5 Yogesh Takawale Right-handed 2014 17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Overseas19 Dinesh Karthik Right-handed 2015 36 Manvinder Bisla Right-handed 2015 Traded player Bowlers2 Ashok Dinda Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 3 Yuzvendra Chahal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 6 Sreenath Aravind Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 Replacement signing 13 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 21 Iqbal Abdulla Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 Traded player 23 Abu Nechim Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 45 Varun Aaron Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 56 Mitchell Starc Left-handed Left-arm fast 2014 Overseas 77 Sean Abbott Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 Overseas Sandeep Warrier Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 Adam Milne Right-handed Right-arm fast 2015 Overseas
Indian Premier League season
Standings Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the league stage of IPL 2015.
Match log
No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard 1 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 96 (56) Scorecard 2 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bengaluru Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard 3 Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Lost by 18 runs Scorecard 4 Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Lost by 27 runs Scorecard 5 Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs) Scorecard 6 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Varun Aaron 2/24 (4 overs) Scorecard 7 Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru No result Scorecard 8 Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Mandeep Singh 45* (18) Scorecard 9 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 24 runs Scorecard 10 Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Won by 138 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 117 (57) Scorecard 11 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 39 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 133* (59) Scorecard 12 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 22 runs Scorecard 13 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 6 wickets (D/L), MoM- Virat Kohli 44* (19) Scorecard 14 Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru No result Scorecard Eliminator Rajasthan Royals Pune Won by 71 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 66 (38) Scorecard Qualifier 2 Chennai Super Kings Ranchi Lost by 3 wickets Scorecard Overall record: 8–6. Failed to advance.
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