2022 Royal Challengers Bangalore season explained

Club:	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Season:	2022
Coach:	Sanjay Bangar
Captain:	Faf du Plessis
Ground:	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Jersey Sponserers:	Jio
Comp1:	2022 Indian Premier League
Comp1 Result:	3rd
Most Runs:	Faf du Plessis (468)
Most Wickets:	Wanindu Hasaranga (26)
Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023
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The 2022 season was the 15th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.^{[1] [2]} The team is captained by Faf Du Plessis,^[3] and coached by Sanjay Bangar.^[4]

Background

The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[5]

Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj.

Released: Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Suyash Prabhudessai, Devdutt Padikkal, Dan Christian, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (Retired), K. S. Bharat, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Josh Philippe, Finn Allen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Harshal Patel, Kane Richardson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Dushmantha Chameera, Navdeep Saini, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Deep, George Garton.

Acquired during the auction: Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, David Willey, Sherfane Rutherford, Suyash Prabhudessai, Aneeshwar Gautam, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Luvnith Sisodia, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Chama Milind.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Captain
13	Faf du Plessis		13 July 1984	Right-handed		2022	Overseas
Batters
18	Virat Kohli		5 November 1988	Right-handed		2008
	Finn Allen		22 April 1999	Right-handed		2021	Overseas
97			1 June 1993	Right-handed		2021
50	Sherfane Rutherford		15 August 1998	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	Overseas
All-rounders
32	Glenn Maxwell		14 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2021	Overseas
49	Wanindu Hasaranga		29 July 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2021	Overseas
21			12 December 1994	Left-handed		2020
15	David Willey		28 February 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium	2022	Overseas
16			16 November 1999	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
11			15 December 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
43			6 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021
	Aneeshwar Gautam		16 January 2003	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
Wicket-keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik		1 June 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022
55			17 October 1999	Left-handed		2022
			15 January 2000	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2022
Spin Bowlers
33	Karn Sharma		23 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2022
Pace Bowlers
73	Mohammed Siraj		13 March 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018
38	Josh Hazlewood		8 January 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	Overseas
	Jason Behrendorff		20 April 1990	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022	Overseas
1	Siddarth Kaul		19 May 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
			4 September 1994	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2022
9	Harshal Patel		23 November 1990	Right-handed		2021
Source: RCB Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Director of cricket operations	Mike Hesson^[6]
Head coach	Sanjay Bangar

Teams and standings

Points table

Group stages

Matches

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Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 2

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: IPL to become 10 team tournament from 2022 . 29 September 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
2. Web site: 28 September 2021. IPL 2022: CONFIRMED! Two new IPL teams will be announced on THIS date. 29 September 2021. Zee News.
3. Web site: Faf du Plessis unveiled as RCB's new captain for IPL 2022. ESPNcricinfo. 12 March 2022.
4. Web site: Royal Challengers Bangalore Appoint Sanjay Bangar As Head Coach. 1 December 2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore.
5. Web site: VIVO IPL 2022 Player Retention. 30 January 2022 . IPLT20.com . Indian Premier League.
6. Web site: Sanjay Bangar named head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore . 2023-12-01 . ESPNcricinfo . en.