# 2019 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The 2019 season was the 12th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the tournament. RCB continued under Kohli's captaincy and finished the season with five wins from 14 matches and 11 points.

## Background
### Player retention, transfers and auction

In November 2018, the Royal Challengers announced their list of retained players for the 2019 season. The list included Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya and Marcus Stoinis.
On 18 December 2018, the IPL player auction was held in which the Royal Challengers signed up nine more players viz., Shivam Dube, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Himmat Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Devdutt Padikkal and Milind Kumar. Their squad strength was 24 with 16 Indian and 8 overseas players.

#### Transfers

    Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians; Mandeep Singh to Kings XI Punjab in return for Marcus Stoinis.

### Team analysis

ESPNcricinfo editor Varun Shetty wrote in his team preview that the Royal Challengers "might struggle once more with their balance" despite the presence of several all-rounders in the squad and predicted that the team would make it to the playoffs if Kohli has "another season of big runs". According to the Indian Express, the team's strength is its batting lineup while the unavailability of overseas all-rounders for the entire season could be the weakness. The preview also stated that Kohli, whose captaincy was recently criticized by former cricketers, "will be eager to prove them wrong". The Times of India remarked that "Bowling, especially in the death overs, continues to be a cause for worry for RCB." News18 tipped Shimron Hetmyer as one of the five first-time overseas players to watch out for in the season, while the Hindu named Shivam Dube among the uncapped Indian players "who could create ripples" at the tournament.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 10 | Akshdeep Nath | India | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹3.6 crore (US$431,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 14 | Milind Kumar | India | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 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 |
| 29 | Gurkeerat Singh | India | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| 189 | Shimron Hetmyer | Guyana | (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹4 crore (US$479,000) | Overseas |
| — | Himmat Singh | India | (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ₹65 lakh (US$78,000) | |
| — | Devdutt Padikkal | India | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 7 | Shivam Dube | India | (1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹5 crore (US$599,000) | |
| 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 |
| 16 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹6.2 crore (US$743,000) | Overseas |
| 51 | Pawan Negi | India | (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 45 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | (1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | | 2019 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | 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) | |
| 9 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| 13 | Mohammed Siraj | India | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2.6 crore (US$312,000) | |
| 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 | Prayas Ray Barman | India | (2002-10-25) 25 October 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | |
| 23 | Navdeep Saini | India | (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| 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 |
| — | 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 |

## Coaching and support staff

* Team and cricket operations manager - Avinash Vaidya
* Head coach - Gary Kirsten
* Assistant coaches - Mithun Manhas, NS Negi, Vikram Solanki, Kabir Ali
* Bowling coach - Ashish Nehra
* Physiotherapist - Evan Speechly
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## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.421 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.131 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.044 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.577 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.028 | |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.251 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.449 | |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.607 | |

### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Results

* 23 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 70 (17.1 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 71/3 (17.4 overs) |
| Parthiv Patel 29 (35) Imran Tahir 3/9 (4 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 28 (42) Mohammed Siraj 1/5 (2 overs) |
* Chennai won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings) became the first batsman to score 5,000 runs in the IPL.
* Royal Challengers Bangalore made the lowest total for any team in the IPL against the Chennai Super Kings.
* 28 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 187/8 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 181/5 (20 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 48 (33) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/38 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 70* (41) Jasprit Bumrah 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 6 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the second batsman to score 5,000 runs in the IPL.
* 31 March 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 231/2 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 113 (19.5 overs) |
| Jonny Bairstow 114 (56) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/44 (4 overs) | | Colin de Grandhomme 37 (32) Mohammad Nabi 4/11 (4 overs) |
* Hyderabad won by 118 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad) recorded the highest first-wicket partnership in the IPL (185 runs).
* Sunrisers Hyderabad recorded their highest total in the IPL.
* This was the largest winning margin for Sunrisers Hyderabad in terms of runs, and the second-largest defeat for Royal Challengers Bangalore in terms of runs.
* It was the second instance of two batsmen scoring hundreds in the same match in the IPL, and the fourth overall instance in a T20 match.
* Mohammad Nabi recorded the second-best bowling figures for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
* 2 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 158/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals (H) 164/3 (19.5 overs) |
| Parthiv Patel 67 (41) Shreyas Gopal 3/12 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 59 (43) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan won by 7 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) played in his 100th IPL match as captain.
* 5 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 206/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 84 (49) Nitish Rana 1/22 (2 overs) | | Andre Russell 48* (13) Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs) |
* Kolkata won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 152/6 (18.5 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 41 (33) Kagiso Rabada 4/21 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 67 (50) Navdeep Saini 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* 13 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/2 (19.2 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 99* (64) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/33 (4 overs) | | Virat Kohli 67 (53) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/30 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 8 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/7 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 172/5 (19 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 75 (51) Lasith Malinga 4/31 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 40 (26) Moeen Ali 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 213/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 203/5 (20 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 100 (58) Andre Russell 1/17 (3 overs) | | Nitish Rana 85* (46) Dale Steyn 2/40 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 10 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
The Royal Challengers made 143 runs in the last 10 overs while batting, the most by any team in an IPL match.
* 21 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 160/8 (20 overs) |
| Parthiv Patel 53 (37) Deepak Chahar 2/25 (4 overs) | | MS Dhoni 84* (48) Dale Steyn 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 1 run M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Parthiv Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 24 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab 185/7 (20 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 82* (44) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/15 (4 overs) | | Nicholas Pooran 46 (28) Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 17 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Capitals 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/7 (20 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 52 (37) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/41 (4 overs) | | Parthiv Patel 39 (20) Amit Mishra 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 16 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* 30 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 62/7 (5 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 41/1 (3.2 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 25 (7) Shreyas Gopal 3/12 (1 over) | | Sanju Samson 28 (13) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/0 (0.2 overs) |
* No result M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
* Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
* Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick.
* 4 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 178/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 70* (43) Washington Sundar 3/24 (3 overs) | | Shimron Hetmyer 75 (47) Khaleel Ahmed 3/37 (4 overs) |
* Bangalore won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 14 | 14 | 0 | 464 | 100 | 33.14 | 328 | 141.46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 13 |
| 2 | AB de Villiers | 13 | 13 | 3 | 442 | 82* | 44.20 | 287 | 154.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 26 |
| 3 | Parthiv Patel | 14 | 14 | 0 | 373 | 67 | 26.64 | 268 | 139.17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 10 |
| 4 | Moeen Ali | 11 | 10 | 2 | 220 | 66 | 27.50 | 133 | 165.41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
| 5 | Marcus Stoinis | 10 | 10 | 6 | 211 | 46* | 52.75 | 156 | 135.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 |
* Source:Cricinfo

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 14 | 49.2 | 1 | 386 | 18 | 4/38 | 21.44 | 7.82 | 16.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Navdeep Saini | 13 | 13 | 48.0 | 0 | 397 | 11 | 2/24 | 36.09 | 8.27 | 26.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Umesh Yadav | 11 | 11 | 37.5 | 0 | 371 | 8 | 3/36 | 46.37 | 9.80 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 9 | 28.1 | 1 | 269 | 7 | 2/38 | 38.42 | 9.55 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Moeen Ali | 11 | 9 | 25.0 | 0 | 169 | 6 | 2/18 | 28.16 | 6.76 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:Cricinfo