2021 Royal Challengers Bangalore season explained

Club:	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Season:	2021
Coach:	Simon Katich, Mike Hesson
Captain:	Virat Kohli
Ground:	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Comp1:	Tournament performance
Comp1 Result:	Eliminator (4th)
Most Runs:	Glenn Maxwell (513)
Most Wickets:	Harshal Patel (32)
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.They were one of the eight teams competed in the tournament.^{[1] [2]} The team was captained by Virat Kohli with Mike Hesson as a team coach. After qualifying for the playoffs, they were eliminated from the tournament as they were beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator match.

This was the last season in IPL for AB de Villiers who announced his retirement on 19 November 2021.

Background

Player retention and transfers

See main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes. The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 12 players and released ten players.^[3]

Retained Players: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel

Released Players: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel (retired).

Added Players: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Srikar Bharat, Rajat Patidar, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, Finn Allen

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
18	Virat Kohli		5 November 1988	Right-handed		2008		Captain
11			18 December 1988	Left-handed		2021
19			1 June 1993	Right-handed		2021
			6 December 1997	Right-handed		2021
37	Devdutt Padikkal		7 July 2000	Left-handed		2019
All-rounders
8			16 March 1996	Right-handed		2021		Overseas^[4]
54	Dan Christian		4 May 1983	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
32	Glenn Maxwell		14 October 1988	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
			16 September 1989	Left-handed		2020
95	Daniel Sams		27 October 1992	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
21			12 December 1994	Left-handed		2020
49	Wanindu Hasaranga		27 July 1997	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
5	Washington Sundar		5 October 1999	Left-handed		2018		Unavailable due to finger injury^[5]
9			23 November 1990	Right-handed		2021
Wicket-keepers
17	AB de Villiers		17 February 1984	Right-handed		2018		Overseas, Vice-captain
15	K. S. Bharat		3 October 1993	Right-handed		2021
			22 March 1994	Right-handed		2021
1	Josh Philippe		1 June 1997	Right-handed		2020		Overseas
	Finn Allen		22 April 1999	Right-handed		2021		Overseas, Replacement for Josh Philippe^[6] ^[7]
Spin Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal		23 July 1990	Right-handed		2018
63	Adam Zampa		31 March 1992	Right-handed		2020		Overseas, Unavailable for personal reasons.^[8]
Pace Bowlers
47	Kane Richardson		12 February 1991	Right-handed		2020		Overseas, Unavailable for personal reasons.
	Scott Kuggeleijn		3 January 1992	Right-handed		2021		Overseas, Unavailable due to national duty^[9]
	Dushmantha Chameera		11 January 1992	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
96	Navdeep Saini		23 November 1992	Right-handed		2018
73	Mohammed Siraj		13 March 1994	Right-handed		2018
12	Kyle Jamieson		30 December 1994	Right-handed		2021		Overseas
			15 December 1996	Right-handed		2021		Replacement for Washington Sundar
27			15 April 1997	Left-handed		2021		Overseas, Replacement for Kane Richardson^[10]
Source: RCB Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	United Spirits Limited^[11] ^[12]
Chairman	Prathmesh Mishra
Vice President and Head	Rajesh Menon
Team manager	Soumyadeep Pyne
Director of cricket operations & head coach	Mike Hesson
Batting consultant	Sanjay Bangar
Batting and spin bowling coach	Sridharan Sriram
Bowling coach	Adam Griffith
Head of scouting and fielding coach	Malolan Rangarajan
Head physiotherapist	Evan Speechly
Strength and conditioning coach	Basu Shanker
Team doctor	Dr. Charles Minz
Source: RCB Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

Results by match

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[13]

Matches

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Playoffs

Eliminator

Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	Glenn Maxwell	15	14	2	513	78	42.75	356	144.10	0	6	1	48	21
2	Devdutt Padikkal	14	14	1	411		31.61	328	125.30	1	1	2	44	14
3	Virat Kohli	15	15	1	405		28.92	339	119.40	0	3	0	43	9
4		15	14	4	313		31.30	211	148.34	0	2	1	23	16
5		8	7	2	191		38.22	156	122.43	0	1	0	10	8
6		4	4	0	71	31	17.75	62	114.51	0	0	0	3	3
7		9	7	3	65		16.25	55	118.08	0	0	0	5	3

Glenn Maxwell was the fifth-highest run scorer in IPL 2021

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[14]

Most wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1		15	15	56.2	0	459	32	5/27	14.34	8.14	10.5	1	1
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	15	53.0	1	374	18	3/11	20.77	7.05	17.6	0	0
3		15	15	52.0	1	353	11	3/27	32.09	6.78	28.3	0	0
4		9	9	28.0	1	269	9	3/41	29.88	9.60	18.6	0	0
5	Shahbaz Ahmed	11	6	14.0	0	92	7	3/7	13.14	6.57	12.00	0	0
6		9	9	16.4	0	155	4	2/14	38.75	9.30	25.0	0	0
7		6	6	16.0	0	118	3	1/7	39.33	7.37	32.0	0	0
		5	5	15.0	0	135	3	1/27	45.00	9.00	30.0	0	0
		15	6	16.0	0	135	3	2/23	45.00	8.43	32.0	0	0

• Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap as he is highest wicket taker in the competition.
• Source: Cricinfo^[15]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1				Won by 2 wickets	5/27 (4 overs)	^[16]
2				Won by 6 runs	59 (41)	^[17]
3				Won by 38 runs	76 (34)	^[18]
4				Won by 10 wickets	101 (52)	^[19]
5				Won by 1 run	75 (42)	^[20]
6				Won by 54 runs	56 (37) and 2/23 (4 overs)	^[21]
7				Won by 7 wickets	2/18 (4 overs)	^[22]
8				Won by 6 runs	57 (33)	^[23]
9				Won by 7 wickets	78 (52)	^[24]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. 12 February 2021. Yahoo! Cricket.
2. Web site: BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL. 30 January 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
3. Web site: IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. 20 January 2021. 20 January 2021. IPLt20.
4. Web site: RCB rope in Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera for IPL 2021. 21 August 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
5. Web site: Akash Deep replaces injured Washington in RCB. 30 August 2021. CricBuzz. en.
6. Web site: New Zealand top order batsman Finn Allen named Josh Philippe's replacement for IPl 2021. 2021-03-11. www.royalchallengers.com. en.
7. Web site: Finn Allen signs up with Royal Challengers Bangalore as replacement for Josh Philippe. 2021-03-11. www.iplt20.com. en.
8. Web site: Zampa, Richardson pull out of IPL 2021. 2021-04-26. Cricbuzz. en.
9. Web site: RCB recruit Scott Kuggeleijn as replacement for Kane Richardson. 28 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
10. Web site: IPL 2021: RCB Sign England Seamer George Garton to Complete Overseas Player Quota. 25 August 2021. News18. en.
11. Web site: IPL 2019: Meet The Owners Of The 8 Teams Taking The Field In Season 12. 17 March 2021. Moneycontrol.
12. Web site: About Us Royal Challengers Bangalore. 17 March 2021. www.royalchallengers.com.
13. Web site: BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021. 18 March 2021. www.iplt20.com. en.
14. Web site: RCB Most runs in IPL 2021. 25 September 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
15. Web site: RCB Most wickets in IPL 2021. 25 September 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
16. Web site: Harshal, de Villiers steer RCB home in tight opener. 9 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
17. Web site: Shahbaz grabs win for Royal Challengers with three-wicket over. 13 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
18. Web site: AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell make it three out of three for RCB. 18 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
19. Web site: Padikkal 101*, Kohli 72* flatten Royals in ten-wicket win. 22 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
20. Web site: de Villiers blitz trumps Hetmyer-Pant fightback in one-run win as RCB regain top spot. 28 April 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
21. Web site: Harshal Patel hat-trick caps comprehensive Royal Challengers Bangalore win . ESPNcricinfo . 26 September 2021.
22. Web site: Chahal, Garton and Shahbaz show RCB's bowling might . ESPNcricinfo . 29 September 2021.
23. Web site: Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal fire Royal Challengers Bangalore into the playoffs . ESPNcricinfo . 3 October 2021.
24. Web site: KS Bharat's last-ball six powers RCB home; Glenn Maxwell fires again . ESPNcricinfo . 8 October 2021.