Stats:
| Nick Name/Abbreviation Used | RCB |
| Year Founded | 2008 |
| Home Ground | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| Owned By | United Spirits Group |
| Popular Players | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori |
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is one of the cash-rich franchise in IPL and also known to be the most decorated team of the league.RCB is also the most followed and loved team by cricket fans. The team has had many popular players like AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Shane Watson, Chris Gayle, Daniel Vettori and others. It was founded in the year 2008 when the Vijay Mallya paid US$111.6 million for it. Home stadium of RCB is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and is considered to be a batting pitch where a lot of high totals have been scored in past.
Achievements:
- 3 Final appearances in IPL (2009/2011/2016).
- Highest score by any team (263/5).
- Virat Kohli scored a total 973 runs in the 2016 IPL season.
- Chris Gayle has won the orange cap in the 2011(608 runs) and 2012(733 runs) IPL season.
- RCB has more than 2.66 million & 10 million followers on Twitter and Facebook respectively.
- Most capped player for any franchise by playing 164 matches.
Final RCB Squad (IPL 2019):
| Player Name |
|---|
| Virat Kohli |
| AB de Villiers |
| Parthiv Patel |
| Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Tim Southee |
| Umesh Yadav |
| Navdeep Saini |
| Kulwant Khejroliya |
| Washington Sundar |
| Pawan Negi |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile |
| Moeen Ali |
| Mohammed Siraj |
| Colin de Grandhomme |
| Shimron Hetmyer |
| Devdutt Padikkal |
| Shivam Dube |
| Heinrich Klassen |
| Gurkeerat Singh |
| Himmat Singh |
| Prayas Ray Barman |
List of Players Released (IPL 2019):
| Player Name |
|---|
| Quinton de Kock |
| Mandeep Singh |
| Chris Woakes |
| Sarfraz Khan |
| Brendon McCullum |
| Corey Anderson |
Traded Player (IPL 2019):
Mandeep Singh traded for Marcus Stoinis
List of Players Bought (IPL 2019):
| Player Name |
|---|
| Shimron Hetmyer |
| Devdutt Padikkal |
| Shivam Dube |
| Heinrich Klassen |
| Gurkeerat Singh |
| Himmat Singh |
| Prayas Ray Barman |
How team Performed over the years/Team Performance:
| Year | IPL Rank | Kit Sponsor | Captain | Top Bowler | Top Batsman | Head Coaches | Win Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | Reebok | Rahul Dravid | Zaheer Khan(13 wkts) | Rahul Dravid (371) | Martin Crowe/Venkatesh Prasad | 28.57% |
| 2009 | Runner up(2) | Reebok | Kevin Pietersen | Anil Kumble(19 wkts) | Jacques Kallis(361) | Venkatesh Prasad/Ray Jennings | 57.14% |
| 2010 | 3 | Reebok | Anil Kumble | Anil Kumble(17 wkts) | Jacques Kallis(572) | Ray Jennings | 50.00% |
| 2011 | Runner up(2) | Reebok | Daniel Vettori | S Aravind(21 wkts) | Chris Gayle(608) | Venkatesh Prasad/Ray Jennings | 64.28% |
| 2012 | 5 | Reebok | Daniel Vettori | R Vinay Kumar(19 wkts) | Chris Gayle(733) | Venkatesh Prasad/Ray Jennings | 50.00% |
| 2013 | 8 | Reebok | Virat Kohli | R Vinay Kumar(23 wkts) | Chris Gayle(708) | Venkatesh Prasad/Ray Jennings | 56.25% |
| 2014 | 7 | Reebok | Virat Kohli | Varun Aaron(16 wkts) | AB De Villiers(395) | Daniel Vettori | 35.70% |
| 2015 | 3 | Adidas | Virat Kohli | Yuzvendra Chahal(23 wkts) | AB De Villiers(513) | Daniel Vettori | 50.00% |
| 2016 | Runner up(2) | Zeven | Virat Kohli | Yuzvendra Chahal(20 wkts) | Virat Kohli(973) | Daniel Vettori | 57.14% |
| 2017 | 8 | Zeven | Shane Watson | Pawan Negi(16 wkts) | Virat Kohli(308) | Daniel Vettori | 21.42% |
| 2018 | 6 | Zeven | Virat Kohli | Umesh Yadav(20 wkts) | Virat Kohli(530) | Daniel Vettori/Gary Kirsten | 48.73% |
| 2019 | – | – | Virat Kohli | – | – | Gary Kirsten | – |