2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

• Players with international caps before the 2013 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
03	Cheteshwar Pujara	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
15	Karun Nair	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
18	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
23	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
32	Saurabh Tiwary	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
64	Sunny Sohal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
90	Abhinav Mukund	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
99	Mayank Agarwal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
175	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Vijay Zol	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Andrew McDonald	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
07	Moisés Henriques	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
11	Daniel Vettori	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
45	Daniel Christian	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
–	Christopher Barnwell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
02	KL Rahul	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	-
17	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
21	Arun Karthik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
–	Sheldon Jackson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	-
Bowlers
01	Harshal Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
03	KP Appanna	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
05	Vinay Kumar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
08	Syed Mohammed	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
09	R. P. Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
14	Ravi Rampaul	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
20	Prasanth Parameswaran	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
25	Abhimanyu Mithun	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
34	Zaheer Khan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
77	Jaydev Unadkat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
79	Sreenath Aravind	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Unavailable for the entire season
222	Murali Kartik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Sandeep Warrier	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Pankaj Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2013. ("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Won by 2 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 92* (58)	Scorecard
2	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Match tied. Lost the super over by 5 runs	Scorecard
3	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 93* (47)	Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 85* (50)	Scorecard
5	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
6	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Match tied. Won the super over by 4 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 65 (50)	Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/18 (4 overs)	Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Bengaluru	Won by 130 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 175* (66) and 2/5 (1 over)	Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 58 Runs	Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 17 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 50* (23)	Scorecard
12	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 4 runs, MoM – Jaydev Unadkat 5/25 (4 overs)	Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
15	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
16	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Won by 24 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 56* (29)	Scorecard
Overall record: 9–7. Failed to advance.