Royal Challengers Bangalore still looking for IPL trophy: Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the good team whose popularity is worldwide. Many great players and captains have come in RCB and have given their top class performance. Royal Challengers Bangalore have been coming to the playoffs continuously for the last three years but till now the team has not been able to win the title even once.
Veteran player and captain Faf du Plessis joined RCB in season 15 and won 8 matches out of 14 matches to qualify and make it to the team in top 4. Will the RCB team led by Faf du Plessis be able to win the title in IPL 2023 this year? If this happens, it will be the first time in IPL history that RCB has been successful in winning the title.
About Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore popularly known as RCB is a franchise cricket team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was founded in 2008 by United Spirits and is named after the company’s liquor brand Royal Challenge. In September 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the establishment of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition scheduled to begin in 2008.
The teams for the competition, representing 10 different cities in India including Bangalore, were put up for auction on 20 February 2008 in Mumbai. The Bangalore franchise was bought by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team, after Reliance Industries’ bid of US$111.9 million for the Mumbai Indians.
Indian Premier League Standing
| Year | League Standing | Final Standing |
| 2008 | 7th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2009 | 3rd out of 8 | Runners-up |
| 2010 | 4th out of 8 | Playoffs |
| 2011 | 1st out of 10 | Runners-up |
| 2012 | 5th out of 9 | League stage |
| 2013 | 5th out of 9 | League stage |
| 2014 | 7th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2015 | 3rd out of 8 | Playoffs |
| 2016 | 2nd out of 8 | Runners-up |
| 2017 | 8th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2018 | 6th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2019 | 8th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2020 | 4th out of 8 | Playoffs |
| 2021 | 3rd out of 8 | Playoffs |
| 2022 | 3rd out of 10 | Playoffs |
Indian Premier League Current squad
Captain
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| 13 | Faf du Plessis Captain | South Africa | 13 July 1984 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 |
Batters
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| 18 | Virat Kohli | India | 5 November 1988 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2008 |
| 7 | Amrish Reddy | India | 23 September 2010 (age 12) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2008 |
| 97 | Rajat Patidar | India | 1 June 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2022 |
| Finn Allen | New Zealand | 22 April 1999 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 |
All-rounders
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 14 October 1988 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2021 |
| 9 | Harshal Patel | India | 23 November 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 |
| 49 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 29 July 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2021 |
| 15 | David Willey | England | 28 February 1990 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2022 |
| 50 | Sherfane Rutherford | Guyana | 15 August 1998 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 |
| 21 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India | 12 December 1994 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 |
| 6 | Mahipal Lomror | India | 16 November 1999 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 |
| 43 | Suyash Prabhudessai | India | 6 December 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 |
| Aneeshwar Gautam | India | 16 January 2003 (age 19) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 |
Wicket-keepers
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | India | 1 June 1985 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2022 |
| 55 | Anuj Rawat | India | 17 October 1999 (age 23) | Left-handed | 2022 | |
| Luvnith Sisodia | India | 15 January 2000 (age 22) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2022 |
Spin Bowlers
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| Karn Sharma | India | 23 September 1987 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 |
Pace Bowlers
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed |
| 73 | Mohammed Siraj | India | 13 March 1994 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 |
| 38 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 8 January 1991 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 |
| 11 | Akash Deep | India | 15 December 1996 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 |
| – | Jason Behrendorff | Australia | 20 April 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 |
| – | Siddarth Kaul | India | 19 May 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 |
| – | Chama Milind | India | 4 September 1994 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2022 |
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