2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. 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.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2016 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori
Captain	Virat Kohli
Ground(s)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Indian Premier League	Runners-up
Most runs	Virat Kohli (973)
Most wickets	Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal (20)
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Background

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]

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Gujarat Lions (3)	14	9	5	0	18	−0.374	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU)	14	8	6	0	16	0.932
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (C)	14	8	6	0	16	0.245	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (4)	14	8	6	0	16	0.106
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	0	14	−0.146
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	7	7	0	14	−0.155
7	Rising Pune Supergiants	14	5	9	0	10	0.015
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	4	10	0	8	−0.646

Source: ^[3]

The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Man of the match	Scorecard
1	April 12, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bangalore	Won by 45 runs	AB de Villiers 82 (42)	Scorecard
2	April 17, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Bangalore	Lost by 7 wickets		Scorecard
3	April 20, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 6 wickets		Scorecard
4	April 22, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	Won by 13 runs	AB de Villiers 83 (46)	Scorecard
5	April 24, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	Lost by 6 wickets	Virat Kohli 100* (63)	Scorecard
6	April 30, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 15 runs		Scorecard
7	May 2, 2016	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bangalore	Lost by 5 wickets		Scorecard
8	May 7, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiant	Bangalore	Won by 7 wickets	Virat Kohli 108* (58)	Scorecard
9	May 9, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 1 run	Shane Watson 2/22 (4 overs)	Scorecard
10	May 11, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Bangalore	Lost by 6 wickets		Scorecard
11	May 14, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Bangalore	Won by 144 runs	AB de Villiers 129* (52)	Scorecard
12	May 16, 2016	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 9 Wickets	Virat Kohli 75* (51)	Scorecard
13	May 18, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore	Won by 82 runs (D/L)	Virat Kohli 113 (50)	Scorecard
14	May 22, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	Won by 6 Wickets	Virat Kohli 54* (45)	Scorecard
Play-offs
15	May 24, 2016	Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 1)	Bangalore	Won by 4 Wickets	AB de Villiers 79* (47)	Scorecard
16	May 29, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Final)	Bangalore	Lost by 8 Runs		Scorecard
Overall record: 9–7. Runners-up.