| Club: | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Coach: | Daniel Vettori (Head Coach) Gary Kirsten (Batting Coach) Ashish Nehra (Bowling Coach) |
| Captain: | Virat Kohli |
| Ground: | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Jersey Sponserers: | TopGear Thumpers, Marathalli, Bangalore. |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | 6th |
| Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (530) |
| Most Wickets: | Umesh Yadav (20) |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 season was the 11th season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The side was captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
On 26 March 2018, the franchise onboarded HP Inc India as the principal sponsor of the team.[2] Earlier that month, the franchise had partnered up with Nuvoco Vistas for the solus position on the back of the team jersey.[3]
On 29 March 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore's home match against Delhi Daredevils on 12 May was moved to Delhi due to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election on the same day. The away game against the same team on 21 April was moved to Bangalore.[4]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 9 | Mandeep Singh | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 17 | AB de Villiers | 17 February 1984 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas/Vice Captain | |||
| 18 | Virat Kohli | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | 2018 | Captain | |||
| 36 | 18 July 1993 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | 27 September 1981 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 97 | 27 October 1997 | Right-handed | 2018 | |||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 6 | Pawan Negi | 6 January 1993 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 8 | Moeen Ali | 18 June 1987 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 10 | Chris Woakes | 2 March 1989 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 77 | Colin de Grandhomme | 22 July 1986 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 78 | Corey Anderson | 13 December 1990 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 555 | Washington Sundar | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 16 September 1989 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 7 November 1987 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 69 | Quinton de Kock | 17 December 1992 | Left-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 72 | Parthiv Patel | 9 March 1985 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 23 July 1990 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 4 | 13 March 1992 | Left-handed | 2018 | |||||
| 19 | Umesh Yadav | 25 October 1987 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 21 | Mohammed Siraj | 13 March 1994 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||
| 38 | Tim Southee | 11 December 1988 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | |||
| 89 | 8 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break googly | 2018 | ||||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 11 October 1987 | Right-handed | 2018 | Overseas | ||||
| 23 November 1993 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
| 28 January 1990 | Right-handed | 2018 | ||||||
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| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 14 | 530 | 92 | 48.18 | 139.10 |
| AB de Villiers | 12 | 480 | 90 | 53.33 | 174.54 |
| Mandeep Singh | 14 | 252 | 47 | 25.20 | 135.48 |
| Quinton de Kock | 8 | 201 | 53 | 25.12 | 124.07 |
| Parthiv Patel | 6 | 153 | 53 | 30.60 | 140.36 |
| Name | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umesh Yadav | 14 | 20 | 3/23 | 20.90 | 7.86 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 12 | 2/22 | 30.25 | 7.26 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 11 | 11 | 3/25 | 33.36 | 8.95 |
| Chris Woakes | 5 | 8 | 3/36 | 23.75 | 10.36 |
| Tim Southee | 8 | 5 | 3/30 | 52.20 | 9.00 |