The 2021 season was the 14th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of the eight teams competed in the tournament. The team was captained by Virat Kohli with Mike Hesson as a team coach. After qualifying for the playoffs, they were eliminated from the tournament as they were beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator match.
This was the last season in IPL for AB de Villiers who announced his retirement on 19 November 2021.
Background Player retention and transfers
The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 12 players and released ten players.
Retained Players: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel
Released Players: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel (retired).
Added Players: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Srikar Bharat, Rajat Patidar, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, Finn Allen
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batters8 Tim David Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas11 Sachin Baby Left-handed Right-arm off break 2021 18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium 2008 Captain19 Rajat Patidar Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 37 Devdutt Padikkal Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Suyash Prabhudessai Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 All-rounders5 Washington Sundar Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Unavailable due to finger injury21 Shahbaz Ahmed Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 32 Glenn Maxwell Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 Overseas54 Dan Christian Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 Overseas95 Daniel Sams Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 Overseas Pavan Deshpande Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Wicket-keepers1 Josh Philippe Right-handed 2020 Overseas15K. S. Bharat Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 17 AB de Villiers Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Overseas, Vice-captain Mohammed Azharuddeen Right-handed 2021 Finn Allen Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas, Replacement for Josh Philippe Spin Bowlers3 Yuzvendra Chahal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 63 Adam Zampa Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Unavailable for personal reasons. Pace Bowlers9 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 12 Kyle Jamieson Right-handed Right-arm Fast 2021 Overseas27 George Garton Left-handed Left-arm Fast 2021 Overseas, Replacement for Kane Richardson47 Kane Richardson Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Overseas, Unavailable for personal reasons.73 Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 96 Navdeep Saini Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Scott Kuggeleijn Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 Overseas, Unavailable due to national dutyDushmantha Chameera Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 Overseas Akash Deep Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021 Replacement for Washington Sundar Source: RCB Players
Administration and support staff Position Name Owner United Spirits LimitedChairman Prathmesh MishraVice President and Head Rajesh MenonTeam manager Soumyadeep PyneDirector of cricket operations & head coach Mike HessonBatting consultant Sanjay BangarBatting and spin bowling coach Sridharan SriramBowling coach Adam GriffithHead of scouting and fielding coach Malolan RangarajanHead physiotherapist Evan SpeechlyStrength and conditioning coach Basu ShankerTeam doctor Dr. Charles Minz Source: RCB Staff
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (chest)PumaMuthoot FincorpDP WorldExide Source : royalchallengers.com
Teams and standings Results by match
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.
Matches
Playoffs
Eliminator
Statistics
Most runs No.NameMatchInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s04s6s 1 Glenn Maxwell 15 14 2 513 78 42.75 356 144.10 0 6 1 48 21 2 Devdutt Padikkal 14 14 1 411 101* 31.61 328 125.30 1 1 2 44 14 3 Virat Kohli 15 15 1 405 72* 28.92 339 119.40 0 3 0 43 9 4 AB de Villiers 15 14 4 313 76* 31.30 211 148.34 0 2 1 23 16 5 K.S. Bharat 8 7 2 191 78* 38.22 156 122.43 0 1 0 10 8 6 Rajat Patidar 4 4 0 71 31 17.75 62 114.51 0 0 0 3 3 7 Kyle Jamieson 9 7 365 16* 16.25 55 118.08 0 0 0 5 3 Glenn Maxwell was the fifth-highest run scorer in IPL 2021 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets No.NameMatchInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAve.Econ.SR4W5W 1 Harshal Patel 15 15 56.2 0 459 32 5/27 14.34 8.14 10.5 1 1 2 Yuzvendra Chahal 15 15 53.0 1 374 18 3/11 20.77 7.05 17.6 0 0 3 Mohammed Siraj 15 15 52.0 1 353 11 3/27 32.09 6.78 28.3 0 0 4 Kyle Jamieson 9 9 28.0 1 269 9 3/41 29.88 9.60 18.6 0 0 5 Shahbaz Ahmed 11 6 14.0 0 92 7 3/7 13.14 6.57 12.00 0 0 6 Dan Christian 9 9 16.4 0 155 4 2/14 38.75 9.30 25.0 0 07 Washington Sundar 6 6 16.0 0 118 3 1/7 39.33 7.37 32.0 0 0 George Garton 5 5 15.0 0 135 3 1/27 45.00 9.00 30.0 0 0 Glenn Maxwell 15 6 16.0 0 135 3 2/23 45.00 8.43 32.0 0 0 Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap as he is highest wicket taker in the competition. Source: Cricinfo
Player of the match awards No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref. 1 Harshal Patel Mumbai Indians Won by 2 wickets 5/27 (4 overs) 2 Glenn Maxwell Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 6 runs 59 (41) 3 AB de Villiers Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 38 runs 76* (34) 4 Devdutt Padikkal Rajasthan Royals Won by 10 wickets 101* (52) 5 AB de Villiers Delhi Capitals Won by 1 run 75* (42)6 Glenn Maxwell Mumbai Indians Won by 54 runs 56 (37) and 2/23 (4 overs) 7 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals Won by 7 wickets 2/18 (4 overs) 8 Glenn Maxwell Punjab Kings Won by 6 runs 57 (33) 9 K. S. Bharat Delhi Capitals Won by 7 wickets 78* (52)
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