| Club: | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Coach: | Daniel Vettori |
| Captain: | Virat Kohli |
| Ground: | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (973) |
| Most Wickets: | Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal (20) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
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 which competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Virat Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori.
In March 2016, the team director Vijay Mallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise in the role of chief mentor.[1]
The Royal Challengers wore separate kits for home and away matches for the first time during the 2016 season.[2]
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Man of the match | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 45 runs | AB de Villiers 82 (42) | Scorecard | ||||
| 2 | Lost by 7 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 3 | Lost by 6 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 4 | Won by 13 runs | AB de Villiers 83 (46) | Scorecard | ||||
| 5 | Lost by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli 100 (63) | Scorecard | ||||
| 6 | Lost by 15 runs | Scorecard | |||||
| 7 | Lost by 5 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 8 | Won by 7 wickets | Virat Kohli 108 (58) | Scorecard | ||||
| 9 | Won by 1 run | Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs) | Scorecard | ||||
| 10 | Lost by 6 wickets | Scorecard | |||||
| 11 | Won by 144 runs | AB de Villiers 129 (52) | Scorecard | ||||
| 12 | Won by 9 Wickets | Virat Kohli 75 (51) | Scorecard | ||||
| 13 | Won by 82 runs (D/L) | Virat Kohli 113 (50) | Scorecard | ||||
| 14 | Won by 6 Wickets | Virat Kohli 54 (45) | Scorecard | ||||
| Play-offs | |||||||
| 15 | Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1) | Won by 4 Wickets | AB de Villiers 79 (47) | Scorecard | |||
| 16 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final) | Lost by 8 Runs | Scorecard | ||||
| Overall record: 9–7. Runners-up. | |||||||