Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012 season
CoachRay Jennings
CaptainVirat Kohli
Ground(s)M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL5th
Most runsChris Gayle (733)[1]
Most wicketsVinay Kumar (19)[2]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Daniel Vettori. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

Players with international caps before the 2012 IPL season are listed in bold.

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
02 Mohammad Kaif  India (1980-12-01) 1 December 1980 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm off break
03 Cheteshwar Pujara  India (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
09 Arun Karthik  India (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
12 Luke Pomersbach  Australia (1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 39) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
14 Mayank Agarwal  India (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 32) Right-handed –
18 Virat Kohli  India (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
32 Saurabh Tiwary  India (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm off break
– Rilee Rossouw  South Africa (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
– Vijay Zol  India (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04 Andrew McDonald  Australia (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas
07 Asad Pathan  India (1984-06-17) 17 June 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm medium
11 Daniel Vettori  New Zealand (1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 47) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
37 Rajoo Bhatkal  India (1985-09-01) 1 September 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm medium
333 Chris Gayle  Jamaica (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 44) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
Wicket-keepers
17 AB de Villiers  South Africa (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas
– CM Gautam  India (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 37) Right-handed –
Bowlers
01 Harshal Patel  India (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
03 KP Appanna  India (1988-12-20) 20 December 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
05 Vinay Kumar  India (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
08 Syed Mohammed  India (1983-06-03) 3 June 1983 (age 40) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
20 Prasanth Parameswaran  India (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
25 Abhimanyu Mithun  India (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
34 Zaheer Khan  India (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 45) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
63 Dirk Nannes  Australia (1976-05-16) 16 May 1976 (age 47) Right-handed Left-arm fast Overseas
67 Charl Langeveldt  South Africa (1974-12-17) 17 December 1974 (age 49) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas
79 Sreenath Aravind  India (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 39) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
800 Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka (1972-04-17) 17 April 1972 (age 51) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2012.

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils (3rd) 16 11 5 0 22 0.617
2 Kolkata Knight Riders (C) 16 10 5 1 21 0.561
3 Mumbai Indians (4th) 16 10 6 0 20 −0.100
4 Chennai Super Kings (RU) 16 8 7 1 17 0.100
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore 16 8 7 1 17 −0.022
6 Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 −0.216
7 Rajasthan Royals 16 7 9 0 14 0.201
8 Deccan Chargers 16 4 11 1 9 −0.509
9 Pune Warriors India 16 4 12 0 8 −0.551
Source: [3]

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard
1 7 April Delhi Daredevils Bengaluru Won by 20 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 64* (42) Scorecard
2 10 April Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru Lost by 42 runs Scorecard
3 12 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard
4 15 April Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru Lost by 59 runs Scorecard
5 17 April Pune Warriors India Bengaluru Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 81 (48) Scorecard
6 20 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 87 (56) Scorecard
7 23 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 46 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 59* (23) Scorecard
8 25 April Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru Match Abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Scorecard
9 28 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 47 runs Scorecard
10 2 May Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard
11 6 May Deccan Chargers Bengaluru Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – AB de Villiers 47* (17) Scorecard
12 9 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 82* (59) Scorecard
13 11 May Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 35 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 57 (31) Scorecard
14 14 May Mumbai Indians Bengaluru Lost by 5 Wickets Scorecard
15 17 May Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 21 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 128* (62) Scorecard
16 20 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Lost by 9 runs Scorecard
Overall record: 8–7. Failed to advance.

References

  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2012; ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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