2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.

Background

In March 2016, the team director Vijay Mallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise in the role of chief mentor.

The Royal Challengers wore separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.

Squad

• Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL 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	KL Rahul	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	Traded player	Occasional wicket-keeper
18	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Captain
34	Travis Head	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
36	Sachin Baby	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right arm off break	2016	Template:INRConvert
97	Sarfaraz Khan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
99	Kedar Jadhav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	Traded player	Occasional wicket-keeper
333	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
All-rounders
1	Parvez Rasool	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	Traded player
33	Shane Watson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
96	David Wiese	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
84	Stuart Binny	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	Template:INRConvert
	Akshay Karnewar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Right-arm off break	2016	Template:INRConvert
	Praveen Dubey	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
17	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2014	Template:INRConvert
6	Sreenath Aravind	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2015	Template:INRConvert
7	Varun Aaron	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
8	Chris Jordan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
13	Harshal Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
20	Adam MilneTemplate:Refn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
21	Iqbal Abdulla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	Template:INRConvert
23	Abu Nechim	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
47	Kane Richardson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
56	Mitchell StarcTemplate:Refn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
90	Tabraiz Shamsi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Samuel BadreeTemplate:Refn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Vikramjeet Malik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert
	Vikas Tokas	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert

Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bangalore	Won by 45 runs	AB de Villiers 82 (42)	Scorecard
2	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Bangalore	Lost by 7 wickets		Scorecard
3	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 6 wickets		Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	Won by 13 runs	AB de Villiers 83 (46)	Scorecard
5	Template:Dts	Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	Lost by 6 wickets	Virat Kohli 100* (63)	Scorecard
6	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 15 runs		Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bangalore	Lost by 5 wickets		Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Rising Pune Supergiant	Bangalore	Won by 7 wickets	Virat Kohli 108* (58)	Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 1 run	Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs)	Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Bangalore	Lost by 6 wickets		Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Gujarat Lions	Bangalore	Won by 144 runs	AB de Villiers 129* (52)	Scorecard
12	Template:Dts	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 9 Wickets	Virat Kohli 75* (51)	Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore	Won by 82 runs (D/L)	Virat Kohli 113 (50)	Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	Won by 6 Wickets	Virat Kohli 54* (45)	Scorecard
Play-offs
15	Template:Dts	Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1)	Bangalore	Won by 4 Wickets	AB de Villiers 79* (47)	Scorecard
16	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final)	Bangalore	Lost by 8 Runs		Scorecard
Overall record: 9–7. Runners-up.