The 2023 season was the 16th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The team was captained by Faf du Plessis, and coached by Sanjay Bangar. Virat Kohli captained the team in three games when Faf Du Plessis was ruled out due to injury. https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/virat-kohli-on-leading-rcb-against-rr-they-informed-me-i-might-have-to-captain-a-couple-of-games-in-ipl-2023-2363610-2023-04-23
Background The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.
Retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, David Willey Released Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia, Chama Milind Acquired during the auction Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas) No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Captain 13 Faf du Plessis Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2022 Overseas Batters18 Virat Kohli Right-handed Right-arm medium 2008 Finn Allen Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2021 Overseas 97 Rajat Patidar Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 43 Suyash Prabhudessai Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021 Will Jacks Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2023 Overseas8 Kedar Jadhav Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2023 Injury replacement for David Willey All-rounders32 Glenn Maxwell Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2021 Overseas49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2021 Overseas21 Shahbaz Ahmed Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 15 David Willey Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2022 Overseas16 Mahipal Lomror Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2022 33 Karn Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 2022 4 Michael Bracewell Left-handed Right-arm leg-break 2023 Overseas, Injury Replacement for Will Jacks Sonu Yadav Right-handed Right-handed medium-fast 2023 Manoj Bhandage Left-handed Right-handed medium 2023 Pace Bowlers 73 Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 38 Josh Hazlewood Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022 Overseas1 Siddarth Kaul Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022 9 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2021 11 Akash Deep Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 8 Reece Topley Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2023 Overseas Rajan Kumar Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2023 31 Vijaykumar Vyshak Right-handed Right-arm medium 2023 Injury replacement for Rajat Patidar7 Wayne Parnell Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2023 Injury replacement for Reece Topley45 Avinash Singh Right-handed Right-arm fast 2023 Spin Bowlers44 Himanshu Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023
Teams and standings Points table
Matches
Statistics + Most runs Runs Player 730 Faf du Plessis 639 Virat Kohli 400 Glenn Maxwell 140 Dinesh Karthik 135 Mahipal Lomror
+ Most wickets Wickets Player 19 Mohammed Siraj 14 Harshal Patel 10 Karn Sharma 9 Wanindu Hasaranga Wayne Parnell
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