Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
Background In March 2016, the team director Vijay Mallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise in the role of chief mentor.
The Royal Challengers wore separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.
Squad Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL 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 KL Rahul Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player Occasional wicket-keeper18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Captain34 Travis Head Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Overseas36 Sachin Baby Left-handed Right arm off break 2016 97 Sarfaraz Khan Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 99 Kedar Jadhav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player Occasional wicket-keeper333 Chris Gayle Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas All-rounders1 Parvez Rasool Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Traded player 33 Shane Watson Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas96 David Wiese Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 Overseas84 Stuart Binny Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Akshay Karnewar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodoxRight-arm off break 2016 Praveen Dubey Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 Wicket-keepers17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Overseas Bowlers3 Yuzvendra Chahal Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2014 6 Sreenath Aravind Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 7 Varun Aaron Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 8 Chris Jordan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas13 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 20 Adam Milne Right-handed Right-arm fast 2015 Overseas21 Iqbal Abdulla Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 23 Abu Nechim Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 47 Kane Richardson Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas56 Mitchell Starc Left-handed Left-arm fast 2014 Overseas90 Tabraiz Shamsi Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2016 Overseas Samuel Badree Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 Overseas Vikramjeet Malik Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Vikas Tokas Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016
Season standings
Fixtures No.DateOpponentVenueResultMan of the matchScorecard 1 Sunrisers Hyderabad Bangalore Won by 45 runs AB de Villiers 82 (42) Scorecard 2 Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard 3 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 4 Rising Pune Supergiant Pune Won by 13 runs AB de Villiers 83 (46) Scorecard 5 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Lost by 6 wickets Virat Kohli 100* (63) Scorecard 6 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Lost by 15 runs Scorecard 7 Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard 8 Rising Pune Supergiant Bangalore Won by 7 wickets Virat Kohli 108* (58) Scorecard 9 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 1 run Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs) Scorecard 10 Mumbai Indians Bangalore Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 11 Gujarat Lions Bangalore Won by 144 runs AB de Villiers 129* (52) Scorecard 12 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 9 Wickets Virat Kohli 75* (51) Scorecard 13 Kings XI Punjab Bangalore Won by 82 runs (D/L) Virat Kohli 113 (50) Scorecard 14 Delhi Daredevils Raipur Won by 6 Wickets Virat Kohli 54* (45) Scorecard Play-offs 15 Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1) Bangalore Won by 4 Wickets AB de Villiers 79* (47) Scorecard 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final) Bangalore Lost by 8 Runs Scorecard Overall record: 9–7. Runners-up.
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