2020 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

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The 2020 season was the 13th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of the eight teams to compete in the tournament.[1]

On 14 February RCB revealed their new logo for the team which features a lion.[2] On 2 November 2020, they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2016. However, they lost against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator, finishing the tournament in 4th place.

Background

Player retention and transfers

Template:Main The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 13 players and released eleven players.[3] On 31 August 2020, Royal Challengers signed Adam Zampa to replace Kane Richardson.[4]

Retained players: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers.

Released players: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Shaheershah PH, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar.

Auction

RCB went in the auction with a purse of 27.90 Cr INR. RCB, the group that had a minimal number of players before the closeout purchased 8 additional players to take their count to 21 players; the least among every one of the groups. Their technique looked very perplexing despite the fact that they got some large names like Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, and Kane Richardson.

Players bought: Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa

Team analysis

ESPNcricinfo' wrote "Like Delhi Capitals, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore could not find their favorite players on many occasions during the auction. This was the reason that he too had to move towards the second or third options. Captain Virat Kohli certainly has more bowling options this time, If the team lands with two foreign fast bowlers, then they will have to find an Indian option at the opening. If it is not, then the Indian player will be seen in fast bowling. Finding the right combination at the beginning of the tournament will be the key to RCB's win."[5]

Indian Premier League

On 21 September, the Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season campaign defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Virat Kohli lost the toss & was put to bat. Devdutt Padikkal ( 56) built the 90-run partnership with Aaron Finch (29) for the first wicket. Bangalore scored 163-run in 20 overs. Bangalore were able to restrict the Sunrisers to 153.[6]

On 24 September, Royal Challengers lost their first match of the season from Kings XI Punjab by 97-run. Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal build the Kings XI innings with a 57-run stand for the first wicket. Rahul scored 132 off 69 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes and helped the Kings XI finish the innings at 206/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 207, the Royal Challengers had lost three wickets in the first four overs. Kings XI new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami continued their good work from the first match and Royal Challengers were eventually bowled out for 109. Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs in IPL.[7]

On 28 September, Royal Challengers won their second match against Mumbai Indians in a super over. Kohli lost the toss and was put to bat. Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch built an 81-run partnership for the first wicket and after that, Kohli scored 3-run off 11 balls, in the last 7 overs Royal Challengers scored 105-run, helped the Royal Challengers finish the innings at 201/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 202, the Mumbai Had had lost two wickets in a first two overs, but Ishan Kishan 99 off 58 balls brilliant inning and their 119-run partnership with Kieron Pollard to power their team finish the innings at 201/5 in 20 overs. In a super over Mumbai could manage only 7-run.[8]

They defeated their arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs and Kolkata Knight Riders by 82 runs. The defeat margin was the same when Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 by bowling them out for the lowest IPL score of 49. On their next faceoff, they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders forcing them to score just 84/8. Royal Challengers Bangalore later on chased the score in 13.3 overs thereby winning by 8 wickets.Template:Citation needed

They also defeated Rajasthan Royals in both matches they played against them. RCB this season has lost only 4 matches being defeated 2 times against the Kings XI Punjab and 2 matches against the Delhi Capitals. After defeating KKR, Bangalore lost matches against table toppers Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad and their last match was against Delhi Capitals. They lost the match but made it to the playoffs owing to their good run rate. They played the eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad in which Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field first. Bangalore batted first and scored 131 for 7 in 20 overs. Hyderabad completed the chase with just 2 balls to spare which knocked Bangalore out of the tournament. Template:Citation needed

Offseason

The new logo for RCB and the New Jersey of the team was released on 14 February 2020. AB de Villiers, captain Virat Kohli, and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal were seen in the New Jersey. The new logo had a gold-colored lion with the traditional RCB red used around it.[9]

On 13 March, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[10] On 14 April, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May,[11] with the tournament postponed further.[12] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely.[13] The nationwide restrictions on sports events were relaxed on 17 May, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[14] On 24 May, India's sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted that year would be made by the union government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[15] In June, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October,[16] and on 24 July, confirmed 19 September as the start.[17]

Pre-season

On 17 September, it was announced that RCB team will play first match in the UAE, with 'My Covid Heroes' written on the back of the all players' jersey in honor of the Corona heroes.[18]

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
18 Virat Kohli Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Template:INRConvert Captain
17 AB de Villiers Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas, Vice-captain, Occasional wicket-keeper
91 Gurkeerat Singh Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Template:INRConvert
37 Devdutt Padikkal Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Template:INRConvert
42 Aaron Finch Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
All-rounders
5 Washington Sundar Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Template:INRConvert
6 Shivam Dube Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Template:INRConvert
81 Moeen Ali Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas
15 Pawan Negi Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Template:INRConvert
Template:NA Pavan Deshpande Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Template:INRConvert
45 Chris Morris Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
21 Shahbaz Ahmed Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
72 Parthiv Patel Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed 2018 Template:INRConvert
1 Josh Philippe Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Spin Bowlers
3 Yuzvendra Chahal Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Template:INRConvert
36 Adam Zampa Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Pace Bowlers
19 Umesh Yadav Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Template:INRConvert
96 Navdeep Saini Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Template:INRConvert
73 Mohammed Siraj Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Template:INRConvert
Template:NA Kane Richardson Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
27 Dale Steyn Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
50 Isuru Udana Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Owner Anand Kripalu (United Spirits Limited)
CEO Anand Kripalu
Chairman Sanjeev Churiwala
Team manager Soumyadeep Pyne
Director of cricket operations Mike Hesson
Head coach Simon Katich
Bowling coach Adam Griffith
Batting and spin bowling coach Sridharan Sriram
Head of scouting and fielding coach Malolan Rangarajan
Head physiotherapist Evan Speechly
Strength and conditioning coach Basu Shanker
Team doctor Dr. Charles Minz
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (chest)
Wrogn Active Muthoot Fincorp DP World Myntra
Source :

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Teams and standings

Results by match

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League table

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League stage

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Playoffs

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Eliminator

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Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Devdutt Padikkal 15 15 0 473 74 31.53 379 124.80 0 5 0 51 8
2 Virat Kohli 15 15 4 466 90* 42.36 384 121.35 0 3 0 23 11
3 AB de Villiers 15 14 4 454 73* 45.40 286 158.74 0 5 1 33 23
4 Aaron Finch 12 12 0 268 52 22.33 241 111.20 0 1 0 28 8
5 Shivam Dube 11 9 2 129 27* 18.42 105 122.85 0 0 0 5 9
  • Source: Cricinfo[19]

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Yuzvendra Chahal 15 15 57.1 0 405 21 3/18 19.28 7.08 16.3 0 0
2 Chris Morris 9 9 31.4 1 210 11 4/26 19.09 6.63 17.2 1 0
3 Mohammed Siraj 9 9 27.1 2 236 11 3/8 21.45 8.68 14.8 0 0
4 Isuru Udana 10 10 29.0 0 282 8 2/41 35.25 9.72 21.7 0 0
5 Washington Sundar 15 15 50.0 1 298 8 2/16 37.25 5.96 37.5 0 0
  • Source: Cricinfo[20]

Player of the match awards

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 Template:Dts Yuzvendra Chahal Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 10 runs 3/18 (4 overs) [21]
2 Template:Dts AB de Villiers Mumbai Indians Won in super over 55 (24)

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3 3 October 2020 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals Won by 8 wickets 3/24 (4 overs) [23]
4 10 October 2020 Virat Kohli Chennai Super Kings Won by 37 runs 90* (52) [24]
5 12 October 2020 AB de Villiers Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 82 runs 73* (33) [25]
6 17 October 2020 AB de Villiers Rajasthan Royals Won by 7 wickets 55* (22) [26]
7 21 October 2020 Mohammed Siraj Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 8 wickets 3/8 (4 overs) [27]

References

  1. ↑ From 8 teams, IPL eyes expansion, once again. Times of India(14 July 2019). Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ RCB Unveil New Logo, SRH Try To Steal Their Thunder With Cheeky Comment. sportstv(14 February 2020). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ↑ KKR release Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa; RCB let go of several overseas names. ESPNcricinfo(15 November 2019). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Adam Zampa replaces Kane Richardson at Royal Challengers Bangalore. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ↑ IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?. ESPN(20 December 2019).
  6. ↑ IPL 2020: Last over of Yuzvendra Chahal was turning point, says David Warner after SRH lose opener vs RCB. India Today(20 September 2020). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ↑ DREAM11 IPL 2020, MATCH 6 KXIP VS RCB – MATCH REPORT. iplt20(24 September 2020). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  8. ↑ RCB vs MI Live Score IPL 2020: RCB seals thriller to beat MI in Super Over. insidersport(29 September 2020). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. ↑ New Decade, New RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore unveil new logo ahead of IPL 2020. indiatoday(14 February 2020).
  10. ↑ Coronavirus threat: IPL 2020 deferred until April 15, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(13 March 2020). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ↑ PM Narendra Modi says India will extend coronavirus lockdown until 3 May(14 April 2020). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Indian Premier League 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended(14 April 2020). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  13. ↑ With India in lockdown, IPL 2020 suspended indefinitely, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(15 April 2020). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  14. ↑ India to allow sport behind closed doors; BCCI still cautious on IPL 2020, Gollapudi, Nagraj. ESPNcricinfo(17 May 2020). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Indian government to decide the fate of IPL season, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. The Times of India(24 May 2020). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. ↑ IPL 2020: BCCI looking at September–October window, says Brijesh Patel. ESPNcricinfo(12 June 2020). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  17. ↑ IPL 2020 to start on September 19, final on November 8 or 10. ESPNcricinfo(24 July 2020). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  18. ↑ RCB players to honour COVID heroes by wearing tribute jersey in IPL 2020. indian express(17 September 2020). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  19. ↑ RCB Most Runs in IPL 2020.
  20. ↑ RCB Most wickets in IPL 2020.
  21. ↑ Yuzvendra Chahal three-for, Sunrisers Hyderabad collapse hand Royal Challengers Bangalore win. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  22. ↑ Bumrah vs de Villiers, an IPL battle for the ages. ESPN(28 September 2020). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  23. ↑ Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to third win(3 October 2020). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  24. ↑ Kohli's 90* leads Royal Challengers' demolition of Super Kings(10 October 2020). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  25. ↑ Royal Challengers Bangalore go third as AB de Villiers, spinners thrash Kolkata Knight Riders. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  26. ↑ Scintillating AB de Villiers snatches victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore from Rajasthan Royals(17 October 2020). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  27. ↑ Mohammed Siraj's record-breaking night stuns Kolkata Knight Riders(21 October 2020). Retrieved 2020-10-21.

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