2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore season explained

Club:Royal Challengers Bangalore
Season:2008
Coach:Venkatesh Prasad
Captain:Rahul Dravid
Comp1:IPL
Comp1 Result:7th
Most Runs:Rahul Dravid (371)[1]
Most Wickets:Zaheer Khan (13)[2]
Nextseason:2009

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2008 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.[3]

Indian Premier League season

Standings

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the league stage of IPL 2008.

Results

No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard
1 18 April Lost by 140 runs (Scorecard)
2 20 April Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Mark Boucher 39* (19) (Scorecard)
3 26 April Lost by 7 wickets (Scorecard)
4 28 April Lost by 13 runs (Scorecard)
5 30 April Lost by 10 runs (Scorecard)
6 3 May BangaloreWon by 3 runs, MoM – Praveen Kumar 3/23 (4 overs) (Scorecard)
7 5 May Lost by 6 wickets (Scorecard)
8 8 May Lost by 5 runs (Scorecard)
9 12 May Lost by 9 Wickets (Scorecard)
10 17 May Lost by 65 runs (Scorecard)
11 19 May Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Shreevats Goswami 52 (42) (Scorecard)
12 21 May Won by 14 runs, MoM – Anil Kumble 3/14 (4 overs) (Scorecard)
13 25 May Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Vinay Kumar 3/27 (4 overs) (Scorecard)
14 28 May Lost by 9 wickets (Scorecard)
Overall record: 4–10. Failed to advance.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Premier League, 2008/ Records / Most runs . ESPNcricinfo . 20 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Indian Premier League, 2008/ Records / Most runs . ESPNcricinfo . 20 June 2015.
  3. Web site: IPL: Royal Challengers Bangalore Time Table - RCB Match Schedule. Zerocric. 1 February 2008.