Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad 2024 & Match Schedule
Royal Challengers Bengaluru is a team which got the most fan following among all other franchises in IPL due to the involvement of superstar cricketers like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, and many more. On paper, the RCB team squad always looked like a million dollars but unfortunately, they have never been able to win any IPL title so far. Management has recently confirmed Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad 2024 after all the retentions as well as picks at the IPL mini-auction event. RCB currently holds the record for both the highest and lowest scores in Indian Premier League history which are 263/5 and 49 all out which shows how entertaining this franchise has been in the tournament.Â
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Full Squad 2024
Management of RCB had retained 18 players from last year into the Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad 2024 and will be picking 6 to 8 more players at the auction event. RCB last year had a mixed season with 7 wins and 7 defeats and bowling has been their major issue for a long time now and to resolve this long-standing issue management this year has taken a bold call by releasing the majority of their bowlers and looking to have a fresh start with new bowling resources and plan for IPL 2024.Â
Some of the released players were quite shocking for cricket fans like Hasaranga, Hazlewood, Willey & Parnell as all these players are big games when it comes to International cricket arena.
Released Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav.
Below you can see the RCB team 2024 players list with price and their playing roles in the team.
| Player | Role | Auction Price |
| Virat Kohli | Batsman | INR 15 CR(R) |
| Suyash Prabhudessai | Batsman | INR 30 Lakhs(R) |
| Faf du Plessis | Batsman | INR 7 crores(R) |
| Rajat Patidar | Batsman | INR 20 Lakhs(R) |
| Cameron Green | All-rounder | INR 17.50 crores(T) |
| Anuj Rawat (wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 3.40 crores(R) |
| Dinesh Karthik (wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 5.50 crores(R) |
| Mohammed Siraj | Bowler | INR 7 CR(R) |
| Karn Sharma | Bowler | INR 50 Lakhs(R) |
| Siddarth Kaul | Bowler | INR 75 Lakhs(R) |
| Akash Deep | Bowler | INR 20 Lakhs(R) |
| Glenn Maxwell | All-rounder | INR 11 CR(R) |
| Mahipal Lomror | All-rounder | INR 95 Lakhs(R) |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | All-rounder | INR 2.40 crores(R) |
| Reece Topley | Bowler | INR 1.90 crores(R) |
| Will Jacks | Allrounder | INR 3.20 crores(R) |
| Himanshu Sharma | Bowler | INR 20 Lakhs(R) |
| Manoj Bhandage | Allrounder | INR 20 Lakhs(R) |
| Rajan Kumar | Bowler | INR 70 Lakhs(R) |
| Mayank Dagar | Bowler | Traded From SRH |
| Alzarri Joseph | Bowler | INR 11.50 crores |
| Yash Dayal | Bowler | INR 5.0 crores |
| Tom Curran | Allrounder | INR 1.5 crores |
| Lockie Ferguson | Bowler | INR 2.0 crores |
| Swapnil Singh | Bowler | INR 20 lakh |
| Saurav Chauhan | Batsman | INR 20 lakh |
Before last year, they had three good editions of IPL as a team because they did qualified for the playoffs on a consistent basis and came at the 3rd spot in the league stage in IPL 2021 & IPL 2022. But last year their bowling was a huge let down so management had to make tough calls this year but they still retained all of their core players from earlier editions in the list of Royal Challengers Bengaluru players 2024. Faf du Plessis is announced as RCB Captain 2024 just like last year.Â
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) 2024 Schedule & Fixtures
RCB match schedule 2024 officially has been announced by the BCCI which shows they will be starting their IPL 2024 journey against the defending Champions Chennai Super Kings in an away game at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai which will be packed for this big game as it is Virat Kohli vs MS Dhoni, two big giants of Indian cricket.
The complete RCB Schedule 2024 is as follows.
| Date and Time | Match Details |
| Mar 22, Fri 08:00 PM LOCAL | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match IPL 2024 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Mar 25, Mon 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, 6th Match IPL 2024 M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Apr 02, Tue 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants, 15th Match IPL 2024 M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Apr 06, Sat 07:30 PM LOCAL | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 19th Match IPL 2024 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Apr 11, Thu 07:30 PM LOCAL | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 25th Match IPL 2024 Wankhede Stadium |
| Apr 15, Mon 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 30th Match IPL 2024 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| Apr 21, Sun 03:30 PM LOCAL | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 36th Match IPL 2024 Eden Gardens |
| Apr 25, Thu 07:30 PM LOCAL | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 41st Match IPL 2024 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium |
| Apr 28, Sun 03:30 PM LOCAL | Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 45th Match IPL 2024 Narendra Modi Stadium |
| May 04, Sat 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, 52nd Match IPL 2024 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| May 09, Thu 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, 58th Match IPL 2024 HPCA Stadium |
| May 12, Sun 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals, 62nd Match IPL 2024 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| May 18, Sat 07:30 PM LOCAL | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings, 68th Match IPL 2024 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
As per the TATA IPL 2024 Schedule, RCB will play seven home matches as well as seven away games on different venues across India so this year IPL is truly back to its glory days. The good thing for RCB is M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru is a lucky venue for them as whenever RCB has played at this venue they have performed reasonably well and the home crowd has always been at full capacity to witness the master class of Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga & more.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Coaches 2024
There have not been any big changes made in the RCB coaches list because of the fact we mentioned earlier that they have played some very good cricket in the last three seasons and it is only time when they finally become the CHAMPIONS of IPL.
| Coach Title | Name |
| Director Cricket Operations | Mike Hesson |
| Head Coach | Sanjay Bangar |
| Batting & Spin Bowling Coach | Sridharan Sriram |
| Bowling Coach | Adam Griffith |
| Fielding Coach | Malolan Rangarajan |
| Head Physio | Evan Speechly |
| Team Manager | Soumyadeep Pyne |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Basu Shanker |
Sanjay Bangar as head coach is highly respected in the Indian cricket circuit because not only he has experience coaching in domestic but he also coached the Indian National team from 2016 to 2017 as a batting consultant. Banger coached Kings XI Punjab in 2014 in which Punjab Kings reached the Final but lost to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Indian modern cricket legends like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ajinkya Rahane have openly credited Sanjay Bangar for their brilliant batting growth over the years. In November 2021, Bangar signed a contract with RCB as head coach for two years. His contract renewal will depend on how RCB performs in TATA IPL 2024 where hopes are high again to finally clinch the IPL trophy after a long wait of 15 years.
RCB Overall IPL Wins
Team RCB have played three Finals of the Indian Premier League but unfortunately lost all of them which has been a big disappointment, especially for Virat Kohli who is one of the Greatest Indian players in the past 2 decades.
RCB has reached the playoffs stage 8 times out of 15 IPL editions which has been played so far.
| Year | Summary |
| 2008 | League stage |
| 2009 | Runners-up |
| 2010 | Playoffs |
| 2011 | Runners-up |
| 2012 | League stage |
| 2013 | League stage |
| 2014 | League stage |
| 2015 | Playoffs |
| 2016 | Runners-up |
| 2017 | League stage |
| 2018 | League stage |
| 2019 | League stage |
| 2020 | Playoffs |
| 2021 | Playoffs |
| 2022 | Playoffs |
Virat Kohli RCB Stats in IPL
Virat Kohli has been very faithful to RCB as a franchise as he is playing with them since the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. He has received offers from other franchises but he always said he will continue playing with RCB and finish his IPL career as well with RCB. Virat has been many ups and down during his time in RCB and he also lost his captaincy because of the severe criticism from many cricket experts like Gautam Gambhir when he couldn’t make his franchise Champions even for a single time.
Below are the astonishing Virat Kohli stats as a batter in IPL all seasons.
| M | Inn | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
| 223 | 215 | 6624 | 36.2 | 129.1 | 5 | 44 |
Virat Kohli is also one of the GOAT-level fielders and he has taken many mind-blowing catches as well as direct runouts across all IPL seasons.
| M | Catches | Run Outs |
| 223 | 93 | 19 |
Kohli is one of the fittest cricketers in India and looking at his fitness he can easily play 5 more seasons of Royal Challengers Bengaluru which is fantastic news as he can finish his IPL career with 2 to 3 IPL trophies if things go well for them.Â
