# 2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The 2023 season was the 16th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The team is captained by Faf Du Plessis, and coached by Sanjay Bangar.

## Background

The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.

### Retained

    Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, David Willey

### Released

    Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia, Chama Milind

### Acquired during the auction

    Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold
* Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Captain ||||||||
| 13 | Faf du Plessis | South Africa | (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | Overseas |
| Batters ||||||||
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India | (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2008 | |
| | Finn Allen | New Zealand | (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 97 | Rajat Patidar | India | (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| 43 | Suyash Prabhudessai | India | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| | Will Jacks | England | (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2023 | Overseas |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 49 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2021 | Overseas |
| 21 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India | (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 15 | David Willey | England | (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 16 | Mahipal Lomror | India | (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 33 | Karn Sharma | India | (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | |
| 4 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2023 | Overseas, Injury Replacement for Will Jacks |
| 8 | Kedar Jadhav | India | (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2023 | Injury replacement for David Willey |
| | Sonu Yadav | India | (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-handed medium-fast | 2023 | |
| | Manoj Bhandage | India | (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-handed medium | 2023 | |
| Pace Bowlers ||||||||
| 73 | Mohammed Siraj | India | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | |
| 38 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | Overseas |
| 1 | Siddarth Kaul | India | (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 9 | Harshal Patel | India | (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | |
| 21 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India | (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 11 | Akash Deep | India | (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 8 | Reece Topley | England | (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2023 | Overseas |
| | Rajan Kumar | India | (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | |
| 31 | Vijaykumar Vyshak | India | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | Injury replacement for Rajat Patidar |
| 7 | Wayne Parnell | South Africa | (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | Injury replacement for Reece Topley |
| 45 | Avinash Singh | India | (1998-01-04) 4 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2023 | |
| Spin Bowlers ||||||||
| 44 | Himanshu Sharma | India | (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | |

## Teams and standings
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (R) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.809 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.652 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.284 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | A | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.044 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.148 | |
| 6 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.135 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.239 | |
| 8 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.304 | |
| 9 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.808 | |
| 10 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.590 | |
The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
 Advance to Qualifier 1
 Advance to Eliminator

## Matches

* Match 5 2 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 171/7 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 172/2 (16.2 overs) |
| Tilak Varma 84* (46) Karn Sharma 2/32 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 82* (49) Arshad Khan 1/28 (2.2 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Arshad Khan and Nehal Wadhera (Mumbai Indians) both made their T20 debuts.
* Match 9 6 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 204/7 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 123 (17.4 overs) |
| Shardul Thakur 68 (29) David Willey 2/16 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 23 (12) Varun Chakaravarthy 4/15 (3.4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
* Match 15 10 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 212/2 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 213/9 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 79* (46) Amit Mishra 1/18 (2 overs) | | Marcus Stoinis 65 (30) Mohammed Siraj 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 1 wicket M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 20 15 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 151/9 (20 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 50 (34) Mitchell Marsh 2/18 (2 overs) | | Manish Pandey 50 (38) Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 17 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 226/6 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 218/8 (20 overs) |
| Devon Conway 83 (45) Wanindu Hasaranga 1/21 (2 overs) | | Glenn Maxwell 76 (36) Tushar Deshpande 3/45 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 27 20 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/4 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings (H) 150 (18.2 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 84 (56) Harpreet Brar 2/31 (3 overs) | | Prabhsimran Singh 46 (30) Mohammed Siraj 4/21 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 24 runs Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 32 23 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 189/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 182/6 (20 overs) |
| Glenn Maxwell 77 (44) Trent Boult 2/41 (4 overs) | | Devdutt Padikkal 52 (34) Harshal Patel 3/32 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 36 26 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 200/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 179/8 (20 overs) |
| Jason Roy 56 (29) Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 54 (37) Varun Chakravarthy 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 21 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 43 1 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants (H) 108 (19.5 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 44 (40) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/30 (4 overs) | | Krishnappa Gowtham 23 (13) Josh Hazlewood 2/15 (3 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 50 6 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/4 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 187/3 (16.4 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 55 (46) Mitchell Marsh 2/21 (3 overs) | | Phil Salt 87 (45) Josh Hazlewood 1/29 (3 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Phil Salt (Delhi Capitals)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 54 9 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 199/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 200/4 (16.3 overs) |
| Glenn Maxwell 68 (33) Jason Behrendorff 3/36 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 83 (35) Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/37 (3 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 60 14 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/5 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals (H) 59 (10.3 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 55 (44) Adam Zampa 2/25 (4 overs) | | Shimron Hetmyer 35 (19) Wayne Parnell 3/10 (3 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 112 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 65 18 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 187/2 (19.2 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 104 (51) Michael Bracewell 2/13 (2 overs) | | Virat Kohli 100 (63) T. Natarajan 1/34 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.
* Match 70 21 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 197/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 198/4 (19.1 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 101* (61) Noor Ahmad 2/39 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 104* (52) Mohammed Siraj 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Himanshu Sharma (Royal Challengers Bangalore) made his T20 debut.
* Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs and Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Faf du Plessis | 14 | 14 | 1 | 730 | 84 | 56.15 | 475 | 153.68 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 36 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 14 | 14 | 2 | 639 | 101* | 53.25 | 457 | 139.82 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 16 |
| 3 | Glenn Maxwell | 14 | 14 | 2 | 400 | 77 | 33.33 | 218 | 183.48 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| 4 | Dinesh Karthik | 13 | 13 | 1 | 140 | 30 | 11.67 | 104 | 134.61 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Mahipal Lomror | 12 | 10 | 2 | 135 | 54* | 26.88 | 97 | 139.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Mohammed Siraj | 14 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 376 | 19 | 4/21 | 19.78 | 7.52 | 15.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Harshal Patel | 13 | 13 | 47.0 | 0 | 454 | 14 | 3/32 | 32.42 | 9.65 | 20.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Karn Sharma | 7 | 7 | 21.3 | 0 | 223 | 10 | 2/19 | 22.30 | 10.37 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 8 | 8 | 29.0 | 0 | 258 | 9 | 2/24 | 28.66 | 8.89 | 19.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wayne Parnell | 7 | 7 | 25.1 | 0 | 236 | 9 | 3/10 | 26.22 | 9.37 | 16.77 | 0 | 0 |