2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the IPL.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
9	Mandeep Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium	2015	Traded player
11	Rilee Rossouw	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
18	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Captain
33	Subramaniam Badrinath	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
53	Nic Maddinson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
333	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
451	Vijay Zol	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert
	Shishir Bhavane	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
All-rounders
88	Darren Sammy	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
96	David Wiese	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Jalaj Saxena	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
5	Yogesh Takawale	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2014	Template:INRConvert
17	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
19	Dinesh Karthik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2015	Template:INRConvert
36	Manvinder Bisla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
2	Ashok Dinda	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	Template:INRConvert
6	Sreenath Aravind	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing
13	Harshal Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
21	Iqbal Abdulla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	Traded player
23	Abu Nechim	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
45	Varun Aaron	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
56	Mitchell Starc	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
77	Sean Abbott	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Sandeep Warrier	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	Template:INRConvert
	Adam MilneTemplate:Efn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished third in the league stage of IPL 2015.

• Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
• Template:Color box advanced to the Qualifier
• Template:Color box advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 96 (56)	Scorecard
2	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
3	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Lost by 18 runs	Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Lost by 27 runs	Scorecard
5	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad	Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)	Scorecard
6	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 10 wickets, MoM – Varun Aaron 2/24 (4 overs)	Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Mandeep Singh 45* (18)	Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 24 runs	Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Won by 138 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 117 (57)	Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 39 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 133* (59)	Scorecard
12	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 22 runs	Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 6 wickets (D/L), MoM- Virat Kohli 44* (19)	Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	No result	Scorecard
Eliminator	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Pune	Won by 71 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 66 (38)	Scorecard
Qualifier 2	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Ranchi	Lost by 3 wickets	Scorecard
Overall record: 8–6. Failed to advance.