The 2019 season was the 12th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the tournament. RCB continued under Kohli's captaincy and finished the season with five wins from 14 matches and 11 points.
Background Player retention, transfers and auction
In November 2018, the Royal Challengers announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya and Marcus Stoinis.
On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Royal Challengers signed up nine more players viz., Shivam Dube, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Himmat Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Devdutt Padikkal and Milind Kumar. Their squad strength was 24 with 16 Indian and 8 overseas players.
Transfers Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians; Mandeep Singh to Kings XI Punjab in return for Marcus Stoinis.
Team analysis ESPNcricinfo editor Varun Shetty wrote in his team preview that the Royal Challengers "might struggle once more with their balance" despite the presence of several all-rounders in the squad and predicted that the team would make it to the playoffs if Kohli has "another season of big runs". According to the Indian Express, the team's strength is its batting lineup while the unavailability of overseas all-rounders for the entire season could be the weakness. The preview also stated that Kohli, whose captaincy was recently criticized by former cricketers, "will be eager to prove them wrong". The Times of India remarked that "Bowling, especially in the death overs, continues to be a cause for worry for RCB." News18 tipped Shimron Hetmyer as one of the five first-time overseas players to watch out for in the season, while the Hindu named Shivam Dube among the uncapped Indian players "who could create ripples" at the tournament.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen10 Akshdeep Nath Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Occasional wicket-keeper14 Milind Kumar Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Overseas, Vice-captain18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Captain29 Gurkeerat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Occasional wicket-keeper189 Shimron Hetmyer Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 Overseas Himmat Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Devdutt Padikkal Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 All-rounders7 Shivam Dube Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 8 Moeen Ali Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas16 Marcus Stoinis Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas51 Pawan Negi Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 77 Colin de Grandhomme Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas555 Washington Sundar Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Wicket-keepers45 Heinrich Klaasen Right-handed 2019 Overseas72 Parthiv Patel Left-handed 2018 Bowlers3 Yuzvendra Chahal Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2018 4 Kulwant Khejroliya Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018 9 Dale Steyn Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 Overseas13 Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 19 Umesh Yadav Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 21 Prayas Ray Barman Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019 23 Navdeep Saini Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 38 Tim Southee Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas Nathan Coulter-Nile Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas
Coaching and support staff Team and cricket operations manager - Avinash Vaidya Head coach - Gary Kirsten Assistant coaches - Mithun Manhas, NS Negi, Vikram Solanki, Kabir Ali Bowling coach - Ashish Nehra Physiotherapist - Evan Speechly
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Season League table
Results by match
Results
The Royal Challengers made 143 runs in the last 10 overs while batting, the most by any team in an IPL match.
Statistics Most runs No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s1 Virat Kohli 14 14 0 464 100 33.14 328 141.46 1 2 0 46 132 AB de Villiers 13 13 3 442 82* 44.20 287 154.00 0 5 0 31 263 Parthiv Patel 14 14 0 373 67 26.64 268 139.17 0 2 1 48 104 Moeen Ali 11 10 2 220 66 27.50 133 165.41 0 2 0 16 175Marcus Stoinis 10 10 6 211 46* 52.75 156 135.25 0 0 2 14 10 Source:Cricinfo
Most wickets No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W 1Yuzvendra Chahal 14 14 49.2 1 386 18 4/38 21.44 7.82 16.4 1 0 2Navdeep Saini 13 13 48.0 0 397 11 2/24 36.09 8.27 26.1 0 0 3Umesh Yadav 11 11 37.5 0 371 8 3/36 46.37 9.80 28.3 0 04 Mohammed Siraj 9 9 28.1 1 269 7 2/38 38.42 9.55 24.1 0 0 5Moeen Ali 11 9 25.0 0 169 6 2/18 28.16 6.76 25.0 0 0 Source:Cricinfo
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