2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore season
Indian Premier League cricket team season
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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 that competed in the 2008 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rahul Dravid. The team finished seventh during the league stage and did not qualify for the play-offs.[3]
| 2008 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Venkatesh Prasad | ||
| Captain | Rahul Dravid | ||
| League stage | 7th | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (371)[1] | ||
| Most wickets | Zaheer Khan (13)[2] | ||
| |||
Squad
Rahul Dravid was the captain and icon player.[4][5][6]
| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Signing price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 05 | Virat Kohli | 19 |  India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 06 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 33 |  Guyana | Left-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 200,000 |
| 07 | Wasim Jaffer | 30 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | US$ 150,000 |
| 14 | J. Arunkumar | 33 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 19 | Rahul Dravid | 35 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | US$ 1,035,000 |
| 21 | Ross Taylor | 24 |  New Zealand | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | US$ 100,000 |
| 22 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 33 |  Pakistan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | US$ 125,000 |
| 27 | Bharat Chipli | 25 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 3 | Jacques Kallis | 32 |  South Africa | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | US$ 900,000 |
| 18 | Cameron White | 24 |  Australia | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | US$ 500,000 |
| 29 | Ashley Noffke | 30 | Australia | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | US$ 62,500 |
| 77 | Balachandra Akhil | 30 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 9 | Mark Boucher | 31 | South Africa | Right-handed | US$ 450,000 | |
| 36 | Shreevats Goswami | 18 | India | Left-handed | ||
| 66 | Devraj Patil | 23 | India | Right-handed | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 02 | Dale Steyn | 24 | South Africa | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | US$ 325,000 |
| 08 | Praveen Kumar[7] | 21 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 10 | Anil Kumble | 37 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break googly | US$ 500,000 |
| 13 | Nathan Bracken | 30 | Australia | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | US$ 325,000 |
| 23 | Vinay Kumar | 24 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 24 | Sunil Joshi | 38 | India | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | |
| 34 | Zaheer Khan | 29 | India | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | US$ 450,000 |
| 41 | Abdur Razzak | 25 |  Bangladesh | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | US$ 120,000 |
| K. P. Appanna | 19 | India | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | ||
| Neravanda Aiyappa | 28 | India | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Standings
Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the league stage of IPL 2008.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals (C) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.632 |
| 2 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.509 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings (R) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.192 |
| 4 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.342 |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.570 |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.147 |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −1.160 |
| 8 | Deccan Chargers | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.467 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
- (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.