IPL stats watch: A complete overview of Royal Challengers Bangalore's journey
Royal Challengers Bangalore are the three-time runners-up in the Indian Premier League. Some of the greatest cricketers like Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Anil Kumble, and Kevin Pietersen have played for the franchise. Barring the three finals and the two playoffs appearance, they have been mostly languishing in the bottom half of the table in the league stages, something they will look to change in the 2019 edition.
A recap of their performance in the IPL is as shown below.
Past Performance
2008: 7th (League Stage)
2009: Runners-up
2010: Lost in Semi-Finals
2011: Runners-up
2012: 5th (League Stage)
2013: 5th (League Stage)
2014: 7th (League Stage)
2015: Lost in Qualifier 2
2016: Runners-up
2017: 8th (League Stage)
2018: 6th (League Stage)
Batting performance
263/5 against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013 is their highest innings total.
49 all out against KKR in IPL 2017 is their lowest innings total.
5372 runs scored by Virat Kohli is the most number of runs scored by an RCB player.
175* by Chris Gayle against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013 is the highest individual score by an RCB player.
12 centuries have been hit by RCB players. These have been struck by Chris Gayle (175*, 128*, 117, 107 & 102*), AB de Villiers (133* & 129*), Manish Pandey (114*) & Virat Kohli (113, 109, 108* & 100*).
36 half-centuries scored by Virat Kohli is the most number of half-centuries struck by an RCB player.
973 runs scored by Virat Kohli in IPL 2016 is the most runs registered by an RCB player in a single edition of the tournament.
Bowling performance
82 wickets taken by Yuzvendra Chahal is the most wickets taken by an RCB player.
5/5 by Anil Kumble against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2009 is the best individual bowling performance by an RCB player.
2 five-wicket hauls have been taken by RCB players. These have been taken by Anil Kumble (5/5) & Jaydev Unadkat (5/25).
23 wickets taken by R Vinay Kumar in IPL 2013 & by Yuzvendra Chahal in IPL 2015 is the most number of wickets taken by an RCB player in a single edition of IPL.
Wicketkeeping performance
19 dismissals (Ct - 15, St - 4) by Mark Boucher is the most number of dismissals by an RCB wicket-keeper.
18 dismissals (Ct - 14, St - 4) by Dinesh Karthik in IPL 2015 is the most number of dismissals by an RCB wicket-keeper in a single edition of the IPL.
Fielding performance
78 catches taken by Virat Kohli is the most number of catches taken by an RCB player.
19 catches taken by AB de Villiers in IPL 2016 is the most number of catches taken by an RCB player in a single edition of IPL.