2022 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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The 2022 season was the 15th season of the Indian Premier League for cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore which is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the edition.^[1] Faf Du Plessis was the captain.^[2] Sanjay Bangar was the coach.^[3]

Background

The team retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[4]

Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj.
Released: Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Suyash Prabhudessai, Devdutt Padikkal, Dan Christian, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (Retired), K. S. Bharat, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Josh Philippe, Finn Allen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Harshal Patel, Kane Richardson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Dushmantha Chameera, Navdeep Saini, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Deep, George Garton.
Acquired during the auction: Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, David Willey, Sherfane Rutherford, Suyash Prabhudessai, Aneeshwar Gautam, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Luvnith Sisodia, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Chama Milind.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold
Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Captain
13	Faf du Plessis	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2022	Overseas
Batters
18	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2008
43	Suyash Prabhudessai	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021
97	Rajat Patidar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Replacement for Luvnith Sisodia
	Finn Allen	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2021	Overseas
All-rounders
16	Mahipal Lomror	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
21	Shahbaz Ahmed	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020
32	Glenn Maxwell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2021	Overseas
49	Wanindu Hasaranga	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2021	Overseas
50	Sherfane Rutherford	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	Overseas
	Aneeshwar Gautam	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
Wicket-keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022
55	Anuj Rawat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed		2022
	Luvnith Sisodia	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2022
Spin Bowlers
33	Karn Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2022
Pace Bowlers
1	Siddarth Kaul	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
9	Harshal Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021
11	Akash Deep	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
15	David Willey	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium	2022	Overseas
38	Josh Hazlewood	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	Overseas
73	Mohammed Siraj	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018
	Jason Behrendorff	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022	Overseas
	Chama Milind	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2022
Source: RCB Players