# 2017 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams which are taking part in the 2017 Indian Premier League. They are captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori. This was one of the most difficult seasons for RCB, as when it started their key players were injured and missed initial matches. Shane Watson had taken responsibility of captaining RCB .

## Season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.784 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Rising Pune Supergiant (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.176 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.599 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.641 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.009 | |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.512 | |
| 7 | Gujarat Lions | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.412 | |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | −1.299 | |

## Auction

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore. Five players were signed by the franchise.
* Pawan Negi
* Tymal Mills
* Aniket Choudhary
* Praveen Dubey
* Billy Stanlake

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 11 | KL Rahul | India | (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹10 million (US$120,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India | (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 (since 2008) | ₹125 million (US$1.5 million) | Captain |
| 23 | Mandeep Singh | India | (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2015 | ₹8 million (US$96,000) | |
| 34 | Travis Head | Australia | (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 36 | Sachin Baby | India | (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 81 | Kedar Jadhav | India | (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹21.7 million (US$260,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India | (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | |
| 333 | Chris Gayle | Jamaica | (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹84 million (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
| | Harpreet Singh Bhatia | India | (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | Replacement signing | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 15 | Pawan Negi | India | (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2017 | ₹10 million (US$120,000) | |
| 33 | Shane Watson | Australia | (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹95 million (US$1.1 million) | Overseas |
| 84 | Stuart Binny | India | (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹20 million (US$240,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 4 | Vishnu Vinod | India | (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | | 2017 | Replacement signing | |
| 17 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹95 million (US$1.1 million) | Overseas/Vice-captain |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2014 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 6 | Sreenath Aravind | India | (1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 40) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 9 | Aniket Choudhary | India | (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2017 | ₹20 million (US$240,000) | |
| 13 | Harshal Patel | India | (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 (since 2013) | ₹4 million (US$48,000) | |
| 19 | Avesh Khan | India | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 20 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2015 | ₹7 million (US$84,000) | Overseas |
| 21 | Iqbal Abdulla | India | (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 37 | Billy Stanlake | Australia | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2017 | ₹3 million (US$36,000) | Overseas |
| 56 | Tymal Mills | England | (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2017 | ₹120 million (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
| 77 | Samuel Badree | Trinidad and Tobago | (1981-03-09) 9 March 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 90 | Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa | (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2016 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | Overseas |
| | Praveen Dubey | India | (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |

## Administration and support staff

The team is owned by Diageo through United Spirits Limited. Amrit Thomas, acts as the director of team. Retired Indian cricketer Brijesh Patel, serves as the CEO for the team. Russell Adams is the vice president for commercial operations. Avinash Vaidya is the team manager. Daniel Vettori heads the coaching team which consists of Allan Donald (bowling coach), Trent Woodhill (batting and fielding coach), Even Speechly (physio) and Shankar Basu (strength and condition coach).

## Records this year (2017)

23 April was the highest total runs (263/5) in IPL by RCB (2013). Also at the same date they scored the lowest runs (49/10) in IPL.