The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a popular cricket club and franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was founded in 2008 with its home ground at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Although they have not won the IPL, RCB finished runners-up three times between 2009 and 2016. They have been called “underachievers” for their lack of success throughout the years, despite having many notable players. They hold the records for both the highest and lowest IPL totals – 263 and 49.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore owner is Royal Challengers Sports Private Ltd (owned by United Spirits) and Royal Challengers Bangalore Twitter account is @RCBTweets so you can follow their news and results.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team 2020
RCB qualified for the playoffs on 2 November 2020 for the first time since 2016. They lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator and finished the tournament in 4th place.
Player’s list – AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Heinrich Klassen, Himmat Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Prayas Ray Barman, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli (C), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad 2021
In the first leg of IPL 2021, 7 matches were played by Virat Kohli’s RCB. They won 5 games and lost 2 matches. RCB defeated Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Their defeats came against the Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings. RCB is 3rd in the IPL 2021 points table with 10 points.
Batsmen: Anuj Rawat (WK), David Miller, Evin Lewis, Glen Philips, Liam Livingstone, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal
All-rounders: Chris Morris, Mahipal Lomrar, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube
Bowlers: Akash Singh, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Mayank Markhande, Mustafizur Rahman, Oshane Thomas, Shreyas Gopal, Tabraiz Shami
The Royal Challengers Bangalore captain for 2021 is Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bangalore coach is Simon Katich. This is an impressive team on paper but whether they can finally deliver the trophy in IPL 2021 is anyone’s guess.
Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 Schedule
RCB has seven league stage matches remaining to be played in the IPL. They will be playing three games at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, and two each at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, September 20, 2021, 7:30 PM, Abu Dhabi (RCB vs KKR prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, September 24, 2021, 7:30 PM, Sharjah (RCB vs CSK prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, September 26, 2021, 7:30 PM, Dubai (RCB vs MI prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, September 29, 2021, 7:30 PM, Dubai (RCB vs RR prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings, October 3, 2021, 3:30 PM, Sharjah (RCB vs PBKS prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, October 6, 2021, 7:30 PM, Abu Dhabi (RCB vs SRH prediction)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals, October 8, 2021, 7:30 PM, Dubai (RCB vs DC prediction)
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