# 2018 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The 2018 season was the 11th season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The side was captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.

## Offseason
### Support staff changes

* In January 2018, the franchise appointed Gary Kirsten as batting coach and Ashish Nehra as bowling mentor.

### Others

On 26 March 2018, the franchise onboarded HP Inc India as the principal sponsor of the team. Earlier that month, the franchise had partnered up with Nuvoco Vistas for the solus position on the back of the team jersey.
On 29 March 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore's home match against Delhi Daredevils on 12 May was moved to Delhi due to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election on the same day. The away game against the same team on 21 April was moved to Bangalore.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 9 | Mandeep Singh | India | (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹1.4 crore (US$168,000) | |
| 17 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | (1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas/Vice Captain |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India | (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹17 crore (US$2.0 million) | Captain |
| 36 | Manan Vohra | India | (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹1.1 crore (US$132,000) | |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹3.6 crore (US$431,000) | Overseas |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | India | (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.75 crore (US$210,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 6 | Pawan Negi | India | (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 8 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.7 crore (US$204,000) | Overseas |
| 10 | Chris Woakes | England | (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90) | Overseas |
| 77 | Colin de Grandhomme | New Zealand | (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | Overseas |
| 78 | Corey Anderson | New Zealand | (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| 555 | Washington Sundar | India | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | |
| — | Pavan Deshpande | India | (1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| — | Aniruddha Joshi | India | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 69 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) | Left-handed | | 2018 | ₹2.8 crore (US$335,000) | Overseas |
| 72 | Parthiv Patel | India | (1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39) | Left-handed | | 2018 | ₹1.7 crore (US$204,000) | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2018 | ₹6 crore (US$719,000) | |
| 4 | Kulwant Khejroliya | India | (1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹85 lakh (US$102,000) | |
| 19 | Umesh Yadav | India | (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$503,000) | |
| 21 | Mohammed Siraj | India | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2.6 crore (US$312,000) | |
| 38 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas |
| 89 | Murugan Ashwin | India | (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | |
| — | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$264,000) | Overseas |
| — | Navdeep Saini | India | (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| — | Aniket Choudhary | India | (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | |

## Administration and support staff

* Owner – United Spirits
* Head coach – Daniel Vettori
* Bowling mentor – Ashish Nehra
* Batting coach - Gary Kirsten
* Fielding Coach - Trent Woodhill
* Bowling Talent Development and Analytics - Andrew McDonald

## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.070 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.250 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.317 | |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.129 | |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.502 | |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.222 | |

### Results

* 8 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 177/6 (18.5 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 44 (23) Nitish Rana 2/11 (1 over) | | Sunil Narine 50 (19) Chris Woakes 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Brendon McCullum (Royal Challengers Bangalore) scored his 9,000th T20 run.
* 13 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 155 (19.2 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 159/6 (19.3 overs) |
| K. L. Rahul 47 (30) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 57 (40) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 217/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 198/6 (20 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 92* (45) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 57 (30) Shreyas Gopal 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 17 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Mumbai Indians 213/6 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 (20 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 94 (52) Umesh Yadav 2/36 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 92* (62) Krunal Pandya 3/28 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 46 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Daredevils 174/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 176/4 (18 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 85 (48) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (3 overs) | | AB de Villiers 90* (39) Glenn Maxwell 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/8 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 207/5 (19.4 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 68 (30) Dwayne Bravo 2/33 (4 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 82 (53) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 175/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 176/4 (19.1 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 68* (44) Andre Russell 3/31 (3 overs) | | Chris Lynn 62* (52) Murugan Ashwin 2/36 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 153/7 (20 overs) |
| Manan Vohra 45 (31) Hardik Pandya 3/28 (3 overs) | | Hardik Pandya 50 (42) Tim Southee 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Tim Southee (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/9 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 128/4 (18 overs) |
| Parthiv Patel 53 (41) Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 32 (25) Umesh Yadav 2/15 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 146 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 141/6 (20 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 56 (39) Mohammed Siraj 3/25 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 39 (30) Shakib Al Hasan 2/36 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 181/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 187/5 (19 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 61 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 72* (37) Trent Boult 2/40 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Sandeep Lamichhane and Abhishek Sharma (both Delhi Daredevils) made their T20 debuts.
* Delhi Daredevils were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 14 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 88 (15.1 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 92/0 (8.1 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 26 (23) Umesh Yadav 3/23 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 48* (28) Ravichandran Ashwin 0/9 (1 over) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
* 17 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 218/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/3 (20 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 69 (39) Rashid Khan 3/27 (4 overs) | | Kane Williamson 81 (42) Moeen Ali 1/21 (2 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 164/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 (19.2 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 80* (58) Umesh Yadav 3/25 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 53 (35) Shreyas Gopal 4/16 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR |
| Virat Kohli | 14 | 530 | 92* | 48.18 | 139.10 |
| AB de Villiers | 12 | 480 | 90* | 53.33 | 174.54 |
| Mandeep Singh | 14 | 252 | 47* | 25.20 | 135.48 |
| Quinton de Kock | 8 | 201 | 53 | 25.12 | 124.07 |
| Parthiv Patel | 6 | 153 | 53 | 30.60 | 140.36 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Name | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
| Umesh Yadav | 14 | 20 | 3/23 | 20.90 | 7.86 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 12 | 2/22 | 30.25 | 7.26 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 11 | 11 | 3/25 | 33.36 | 8.95 |
| Chris Woakes | 5 | 8 | 3/36 | 23.75 | 10.36 |
| Tim Southee | 8 | 5 | 3/30 | 52.20 | 9.00 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo