The

2022 Indian Premier League The 2022 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 15 or for sponsorship reasons, Tata IPL 2022, was the fifteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricke ...

was the 15th season for the IPL

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete. The team was captained by Faf Du Plessis, and coached by

Sanjay Bangar Sanjay Bapusaheb Bangar (born 11 October 1972) is an Indian cricket commentator and the head coach of the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is a former Indian international cricketer. He played as an all-rounder and represented the ...

Background

The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. ;Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell,

Mohammad Siraj Mohammed Siraj (born 13 March 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team as a Right-arm fast medium bowler. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and Hyderabad in dom ...

. ;Released: Sachin Baby,

Rajat Patidar Rajat Manohar Patidar (born 1 June 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed top order batter and off-spinner. Ea ...

, Tim David,

Suyash Prabhudessai Suyash Prabhudessai (born 6 December 1997), is an Indian cricketer from Goa who plays for Goa in domestic matches and for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his List A debut for Goa in the 2016–17 Vijay ...

, Devdutt Padikkal, Dan Christian,

Pavan Deshpande Pavan Deshpande (born 16 September 1989) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Puducherry. He made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy on 7 December 2016. He made his List A debut for Karnataka in the 20 ...

Daniel Sams Daniel Richard Sams (born 27 October 1992) is an Australian international cricketer. He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in December 2020. Career Sams made his first-class cricket debut for New Zealand side Canterbur ...

, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (Retired), K. S. Bharat,

Mohammed Azharuddeen Mohammed Azharuddeen (born 22 March 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala cricket team, Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter. Early life Azharuddeen was born on 22 March 1994 in Thalangara in Kasara ...

, Josh Philippe, Finn Allen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa,

Harshal Patel Harshal Patel (born 23 November 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket Team. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and Haryana in the domestic cricket. Patel made his internat ...

Kane Richardson Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades. Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internation ...

, Scott Kuggeleijn, Dushmantha Chameera, Navdeep Saini, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Deep, George Garton. ;Acquired during the auction: Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga,

, Finn Allen, Faf du Plessis,

Mahipal Lomror Mahipal Lomror (born 16 November 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Caree ...

, David Willey,

Sherfane Rutherford Sherfane Eviston Rutherford (born 15 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer. He made his international debut for the West Indies in December 2018. Domestic and T20 career Rutherford made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional ...

, Aneeshwar Gautam, Dinesh Karthik,

Anuj Rawat Anuj Rawat (born 17 October 1999) is an Indian cricketer who represents Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League. He is a left-handed top order batsman and wicket-keeper. He made his first-class debu ...

Siddarth Kaul Siddarth Kaul (born 19 May 1990), also spelled Siddharth Kaul, is an Indian professional cricketer. A fast bowler who bowls at about 130 km/h, he made his first-class debut for Punjab in 2007. Kaul was a part of the victorious India Un ...

, Akash Deep, Luvnith Sisodia, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood,

Jason Behrendorff Jason Paul Behrendorff (born 20 April 1990) is an Australian cricketer, currently listed with Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers in Australian domestic cricket. Although born in New South Wales, Behrendorff grew up in Canberra and pla ...

, Chama Milind.

Unbox Event

On 30 March RCB organized an event on Museum Road, Bengaluru, where they released their look of New Jersey and announced Faf du Plessis as their new captain for the season.

Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection. * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of this season. *Squad strength: 24 (17 - Indian, 7 - overseas)

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Points table

Group stages

Matches

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Playoffs

Preliminary

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Statistics

Most runs

References

External links

Official Website
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