2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore
2013 season
Coach	Ray Jennings
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
IPL	5th
Most runs	Chris Gayle (708)
Most wickets	Vinay Kumar (23)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 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 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

Players with international caps before the 2013 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
03	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
15	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
18	Virat Kohli	India	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
23	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 48)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
32	Saurabh Tiwary	India	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
64	Sunny Sohal	India	(1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
90	Abhinav Mukund	India	(1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
99	Mayank Agarwal	India	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	–
175	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Vijay Zol	India	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Andrew McDonald	Australia	(1981-06-15) 15 June 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
07	Moisés Henriques	Australia	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
11	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
45	Daniel Christian	Australia	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
–	Christopher Barnwell	Guyana	(1987-01-06) 6 January 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
02	KL Rahul	India	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	-
17	AB de Villiers	South Africa	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
21	Arun Karthik	India	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
–	Sheldon Jackson	India	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	-
Bowlers
01	Harshal Patel	India	(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34)	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 41)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
09	R. P. Singh	India	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 38)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
14	Ravi Rampaul	Trinidad and Tobago	(1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
20	Prasanth Parameswaran	India	(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
25	Abhimanyu Mithun	India	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
34	Zaheer Khan	India	(1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 46)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
77	Jaydev Unadkat	India	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
79	Sreenath Aravind	India	(1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 40)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Unavailable for the entire season
222	Murali Kartik	India	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	(1972-04-17) 17 April 1972 (age 52)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
–	Sandeep Warrier	India	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Pankaj Singh	India	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (C)	16	11	5	22	0.441
2	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	11	5	22	0.530
3	Rajasthan Royals	16	10	6	20	0.322
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	16	10	6	20	0.003
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	9	7	18	0.457
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	16	0.226
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	16	6	10	12	−0.095
8	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	8	−1.006
9	Delhi Daredevils	16	3	13	6	−0.848

Source: ^[3]

"C" refers to the champions of the tournament, R to the runners-up.

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	4 April 2013	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	Won by 2 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 92* (58)	Scorecard
2	7 April 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Match tied. Lost the super over by 5 runs	Scorecard
3	9 April 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Virat Kohli 93* (47)	Scorecard
4	11 April 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bengaluru	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Chris Gayle 85* (50)	Scorecard
5	13 April 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
6	16 April 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Bengaluru	Match tied. Won the super over by 4 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 65 (50)	Scorecard
7	20 April 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Bengaluru	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/18 (4 overs)	Scorecard
8	23 April 2013	Pune Warriors India	Bengaluru	Won by 130 runs, MoM – Chris Gayle 175* (66) and 2/5 (1 over)	Scorecard
9	27 April 2013	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 58 Runs	Scorecard
10	29 April 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
11	2 May 2013	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 17 runs, MoM – AB de Villiers 50* (23)	Scorecard
12	6 May 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
13	10 May 2013	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Won by 4 runs, MoM – Jaydev Unadkat 5/25 (4 overs)	Scorecard
14	12 May 2013	Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
15	14 May 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
16	18 May 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	Won by 24 runs, MoM – Virat Kohli 56* (29)	Scorecard
Overall record: 9–7. Failed to advance.

References

^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[1] "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[2] "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[3] "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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Formerly Royal Challengers Bangalore Players Records
Home ground	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2008–present)
Captains	Rahul Dravid (2008) Kevin Pietersen (2009) Anil Kumble (2009–10) Daniel Vettori (2011–12) Virat Kohli (2011–12†; 2013–21; 2023†) Shane Watson† (2017) Faf du Plessis (2022–24)
Coaches	Martin Crowe (2008) Venkatesh Prasad (2008–09) Ray Jennings (2009–13) Daniel Vettori (2014–18) Gary Kirsten (2018–19) Simon Katich (2020) Sanjay Bangar (2021–23) Andy Flower (2024–present)
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Rivalries	Chennai Super Kings rivalry Kolkata Knight Riders rivalry Sunrisers Hyderabad rivalry
See also	Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)
† denotes a stand-in captain