Royal Challengers Bangalore has named a balanced unit for Indian Premier League season 16 starting 31 March 2023. The tournament makes the return to home and away concept as RCB would be eager to play in front of a passionate RCB crowd.
It promises to be an exciting season for Royal Challengers Bangalore side as they would look to build from the 2022 edition where they finished 3rd place.
RCB will face the teams within the group once before playing the other group teams twice in the tournament with 7 home and 7 away games.
IPL 2023: Retained Players for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanidnu Hasranaga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudesai, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddarth Kaul, Glenn Maxwell.
Released Players
Jason Behrendroff (Traded to Mumbai Indians), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvinth Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
Signed Players for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Reece Topley – 1.9 Crore
Himanshu Sharma – 20 Lakhs
Michael Bracewell – 50 Lakhs
Manoj Bhandage – 20 Lakhs
Rajan Kumar – 70 Lakhs
Avinash Singh – 60 Lakhs
Sonu Yadav – 20 Lakhs
Faf du Plessis finished as the leading run-getter for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022. He scored 468 runs from 16 matches ( 16 innings) and hit 3 half-centuries to his name with the best score of 96.
Josh Hazlewood was impressive for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022. He picked 20 wickets from 12 matches ( 12 innings) at an economy rate of 8.10 runs per over with best figures of 4 for 25. Wanidnu Hasranaga also proved his worth by being the 2nd leading wicket-taker in IPL 2022. He was simply unstoppable with 26 wickets from 16 matches (16 innings) with 1 four-wicket and 1 five-wicket haul in the tournament at an economy rate of 7.54 runs per over.
He picked up wickets and went for runs also but kept Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the hunt to win matches. During IPL 2022, Hasranaga grabbed the best figures of 5/18.
IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore Schedule
- RCB vs MI (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore)- 2nd April 7.30 PM
- RCB vs KKR ( Eden Gardens, Kolkata)- 6 April, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs LSG (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore)- 10 April, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs DC (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore)- 15 April 3.30 PM
- RCB vs CSK ( M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 17 April 7.30 PM
- RCB vs PBKS (PCA Stadium, Mohali)- 20 April 3.30 PM
- RCB vs RR (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru )- 23 April 3.30 PM
- RCB vs KKR (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 26 April 7.30 PM
- RCB vs LSG (Ekana Stadium, Lucknow)- 1 May, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs DC (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)- 6 May, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs MI (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)- 9 May, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs RR ( Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur)- 14 May, 3.30 PM
- RCB vs SRH (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)- 18 May, 7.30 PM
- RCB vs GT (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 21 May, 7.30 PM
Probable XI for RCB in IPL 2023
Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabudesai/Manoj Bhandage, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Hasranaga, Josh Hazlewood/Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj.
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