RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru

M Chinnaswamy Stadium · Bengaluru
Founded 2008
Head Coach: Andy Flower

11
Wins 2025
1st
Final position
182
Avg 1st inn
8.5
PP econ (best)
+0.362
NRR 2025
86%
Chase W%
Last 8 results · IPL 2025
WWWLWWWW
Pace-heavyPace-heavy10 overseas

Team standing · League position

Where they rank · 5-team comparison

Bar = position within league range. Left = worst, right = best. Dot = RCB.

Key team metrics · IPL 2025
Avg 1st innings181.5· 25th of 114
Best: SER 226.0 · Worst: IC 32.7
PP economy (bowl)8.51· 92th of 118
Best: ARG 11.62 · Worst: TUR 4.84
Death economy (bowl)10.34· 91th of 118
Best: CAN 15.33 · Worst: IRE 4.51
Chase win %85.7%· 15th of 116
Best: SYT 100.0% · Worst: LNS 0.0%
Boundary % (bat)21.3%· 11th of 118
Best: BUL 30.9% · Worst: IC 1.9%
league medianRCB

Phase run-rate · RCB vs league avg

Team batting RPO by over bucket. Exposes where the engine fires and where it stalls.

0.03.77.411.3PP(1-6)7-1011-1415-1617-20RPO
RCB RPOLeague avg

Batting order · Depth and load

Batting order depth · Expected run contribution by position

Bar = avg contribution from that position. OS flag. Form badge from last 5 outings.

1
Phil Salt
OS31.0
2
Virat Kohli
43.8
3
Devdutt Padikkal
24.7
4
Rajat Patidar
24.9
6
Jitesh Sharma
31.0
7
Tim David
OS18.5
8
Krunal Pandya
4.0
9
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2.3
10
Yash Dayal
1.3
11
Josh Hazlewood
OS0.0
Pos 1–3 · above league avg contributionPos 4+ · below league avg · depth cliff

Batting-first vs chase · Win rate split

Structural preference. Toss wins correlated with batting choice.

Batting first
63%
5W · 8G · avg set 182
Chasing
86%
6W · 7G

Chase lean is significant — 86% win rate chasing vs 63% setting (+23pp edge). Fielding first after winning the toss is the structural preference.

Bowling phase profile · Economy index

Index 100 = league avg. Above 100 = more economical. Exposes PP strength and death drag.

10089powerplay85middle88death
RCB Eco+ by phaseLeague avg (100)

Venue win % · Current season grounds

Venue win % · Ranked vs league baseline (50%)

Bars diverge from 50% win rate (random baseline). Green = above, red = below.

← Below 50% win rate  |  50% baseline  |  Above 50% →
Chinnaswamy · Bengaluru
n 96 matches
51%
Wankhede · Mumbai
n 20 matches
50%
Eden Gardens · Kolkata
n 14 matches
43%
Chepauk · Chennai
n 13 matches
38%
Arun Jaitley · Delhi
n 12 matches
67%
Uppal · Hyderabad
n 11 matches
36%
Mullanpur · Chandigarh
n 10 matches
70%
SMS · Jaipur
n 10 matches
50%
NM Stadium · Ahmedabad
n 8 matches
50%
MCA · Pune
n 7 matches
57%
DY Patil · Navi Mumbai
n 6 matches
50%
Brabourne · Mumbai
n 4 matches
25%
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal B…
n 4 matches
50%

Squad composition — IPL 2025

Composition summary

  • BCIPace-heavy
  • Pace / spin (count)7 pace · 2 spin
  • Bowling depth11 bowlers
  • Batting depth9
  • Allrounder ratio0.27
  • Overseas in squad10

Squad — IPL 2025

PlayerRoleStyleOS
Rajat PatidarTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Virat KohliTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Devdutt PadikkalTOP-ORDERleft-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Jitesh SharmaWKright-hand bat
Phil SaltWKright-hand batYes
Swapnil SinghBOWL-ARright-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
Jacob BethellTOP-ORDERleft-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodoxYes
Romario ShepherdIMPACT-BATright-hand bat · right-arm fast-mediumYes
Liam LivingstoneTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
Krunal PandyaBOWL-ARleft-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
Tim DavidTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
MS BhandageBAT-ARleft-hand bat · right-arm medium-fast
Mohit RatheeBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · legbreak
Yash DayalBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · left-arm medium-fast
Lungi NgidiBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm fast-mediumYes
Rasikh SalamBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Suyash SharmaBOWL-SPINright-hand bat · legbreak googly
Nuwan ThusharaBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm medium-fastYes
Josh HazlewoodBOWL-PACEleft-hand bat · right-arm fast-mediumYes
Bhuvneshwar KumarBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Abhinandan SinghBOWL-PACE
MA AgarwalTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Tim SeifertTOP-ORDERright-hand batYes
B MuzarabaniBOWL-PACEYes