2020 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

{{Infobox cricket club season

| club = Royal Challengers Bangalore

| season = 2020

| coach = Simon Katich

| physio = Shaheershah

| captain = Virat Kohli

| vice captain = AB de Villiers

| ground = M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

| Jersey sponserers =

| comp1 = 2020 Indian Premier League

| comp1 result =

| most runs =

Devdutt Padikkal (473)

| most wickets = Yuzvendra Chahal (21)

| most catches =

| most dismissals =

| prevseason = 2019

| nextseason = 2021

| IPL Finalists = 3

}}

The 2020 season was the 13th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of the eight teams to compete in the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/from-8-to-10-teams-ipl-eyes-expansion-once-again/articleshow/70210684.cms|title=From 8 teams, IPL eyes expansion, once again|work=Times of India|date=14 July 2019|accessdate=31 July 2019}}

On 14 February RCB revealed their new logo for the team which features a lion.{{cite news|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/ipl-2020/rcb-unveil-new-logo-srh-try-to-steal-their-thunder-with-cheeky-comment-2180021?|title=RCB Unveil New Logo, SRH Try To Steal Their Thunder With Cheeky Comment|work=sportstv|date=14 February 2020|accessdate=14 February 2020}} On 2 November 2020, they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2016. However, they lost against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator, finishing the tournament in 4th place.

Background

=Player retention and transfers =

The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained king kohli 13 players and released eleven players.{{cite web|last=|first=|title=KKR release Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa; RCB let go of several overseas names|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28085381/kkr-release-chris-lynn-robin-uthappa-shaheershah-rcb-let-go-several-overseas-names|access-date=15 November 2019|date=15 November 2019|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} On 31 August 2020, Royal Challengers signed Adam Zampa to replace Kane Richardson.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29779723/adam-zampa-replaces-kane-richardson-royal-challengers-bangalore|title=Adam Zampa replaces Kane Richardson at Royal Challengers Bangalore|work=ESPNCRICINFO|accessdate=1 September 2020}}

Retained players: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers.

Released players: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar.

=Auction=

RCB went in the auction with a purse of 27.90 Cr INR. RCB, the group that had a minimal number of players before the closeout purchased 8 additional players to take their count to 21 players; the least among every one of the groups. Their technique looked very perplexing despite the fact that they got some large names like Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, and Kane Richardson.

Players bought: Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa

=Team analysis=

ESPNcricinfo' wrote "Like Delhi Capitals, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore could not find their favorite players on many occasions during the auction. This was the reason that he too had to move towards the second or third options. Captain Virat Kohli certainly has more bowling options this time, If the team lands with two foreign fast bowlers, then they will have to find an Indian option at the opening. If it is not, then the Indian player will be seen in fast bowling. Finding the right combination at the beginning of the tournament will be the key to RCB's win."{{cite web |title=IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28338426/do-eight-teams-their-best-xis-place|website=ESPN|author=| date=20 December 2019}}

Indian Premier League

On 21 September, the Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season campaign defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Virat Kohli lost the toss & was put to bat. Devdutt Padikkal ( 56) built the 90-run partnership with Aaron Finch (29) for the first wicket. Bangalore scored 163-run in 20 overs. Bangalore were able to restrict the Sunrisers to 153.{{cite web |title=IPL 2020: Last over of Yuzvendra Chahal was turning point, says David Warner after SRH lose opener vs RCB| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/david-warner-on-srh-defeat-chahal-over-williamson-marsh-injury-1724068-2020-09-22|website=India Today|author=| date=20 September 2020|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=20 September 2020}}

On 24 September, Royal Challengers lost their first match of the season from Kings XI Punjab by 97-run. Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal build the Kings XI innings with a 57-run stand for the first wicket. Rahul scored 132 off 69 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes and helped the Kings XI finish the innings at 206/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 207, the Royal Challengers had lost three wickets in the first four overs. Kings XI new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami continued their good work from the first match and Royal Challengers were eventually bowled out for 109. Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs in IPL.{{cite web |title=DREAM11 IPL 2020, MATCH 6 KXIP VS RCB – MATCH REPORT| url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/208473/dream11-ipl-2020-match-6-kxip-vs-rcb-match-report|website=iplt20|author=| date=24 September 2020|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 September 2020}}

On 28 September, Royal Challengers won their second match against Mumbai Indians in a super over. Kohli lost the toss and was put to bat. Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch built an 81-run partnership for the first wicket and after that, Kohli scored 3-run off 11 balls, in the last 7 overs Royal Challengers scored 105-run, helped the Royal Challengers finish the innings at 201/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 202, the Mumbai Had had lost two wickets in a first two overs, but Ishan Kishan 99 off 58 balls brilliant inning and their 119-run partnership with Kieron Pollard to power their team finish the innings at 201/5 in 20 overs. In a super over Mumbai could manage only 7-run.{{cite web |title=RCB vs MI Live Score IPL 2020: RCB seals thriller to beat MI in Super Over| url=https://www.insidesport.co/royal-challengers-bangalore-rcb-vs-mumbai-indians-mi-live-score-commentary-playing-xi/#|website=insidersport|author=| date=29 September 2020|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 September 2020}}

They defeated their arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs and Kolkata Knight Riders by 82 runs. The defeat margin was the same when Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 by bowling them out for the lowest IPL score of 49. On their next faceoff, they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders forcing them to score just 84/8. Royal Challengers Bangalore later on chased the score in 13.3 overs thereby winning by 8 wickets.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

They also defeated Rajasthan Royals in both matches they played against them. RCB this season has lost only 4 matches being defeated 2 times against the Kings XI Punjab and 2 matches against the Delhi Capitals. After defeating KKR, Bangalore lost matches against table toppers Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad and their last match was against Delhi Capitals. They lost the match but made it to the playoffs owing to their good run rate. They played the eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad in which Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field first. Bangalore batted first and scored 131 for 7 in 20 overs. Hyderabad completed the chase with just 2 balls to spare which knocked Bangalore out of the tournament. {{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

=Offseason=

The new logo for RCB and the New Jersey of the team was released on 14 February 2020. AB de Villiers, captain Virat Kohli, and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal were seen in the New Jersey. The new logo had a gold-colored lion with the traditional RCB red used around it.{{cite web |title=New Decade, New RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore unveil new logo ahead of IPL 2020| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-2020-royal-challengers-bangalore-rcb-new-logo-virat-kohli-1646361-2020-02-14|website=indiatoday|author=| date=14 February 2020}}

On 13 March, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web|last=Gollapudi|first=Nagraj|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28895902/start-ipl-2020-postponed-april-15|title=Coronavirus threat: IPL 2020 deferred until April 15|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=13 March 2020|accessdate=28 March 2020}} On 14 April, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52277096 |title=PM Narendra Modi says India will extend coronavirus lockdown until 3 May |work=BBC News |date=14 April 2020|accessdate=15 April 2020}} with the tournament postponed further.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52280772 |title=Indian Premier League 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended |work=BBC Sport |date=14 April 2020|accessdate=15 April 2020}} The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely.{{cite web|last=Gollapudi|first=Nagraj|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29034887/bcci-set-defer-ipl-indefinitely-india-lockdown|title=With India in lockdown, IPL 2020 suspended indefinitely|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 April 2020|accessdate=15 April 2020}} The nation-wide restrictions on sports events were relaxed on 17 May, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.{{cite web|last=Gollapudi|first=Nagraj|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29186899|title=India to allow sport behind closed doors; BCCI still cautious on IPL 2020|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=17 May 2020|accessdate=23 May 2020}} On 24 May, India's sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted that year would be made by the union government based on "the situation of the pandemic".{{cite news|title=Indian government to decide the fate of IPL season, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/indian-govt-to-decide-fate-of-ipl-not-the-bcci-sports-minister/articleshow/75938735.cms|accessdate=30 May 2020|website=The Times of India|agency=Reuters|date=24 May 2020}} In June, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29300668/ipl-2020-bcci-looking-september-october-window,-says-brijesh-patel |title=IPL 2020: BCCI looking at September-October window, says Brijesh Patel|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=25 June 2020|date=12 June 2020}} and on 24 July, confirmed 19 September as the start.{{cite news |last1=Gollapudi |first1=Nagraj |title=IPL 2020 to start on September 19, final on November 8 or 10 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29528231 |accessdate=23 September 2020 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=24 July 2020 |language=en}}

=Pre-season=

On 17 September, it was announced that RCB team will play first match in the UAE, with 'My Covid Heroes' written on the back of the all players' jersey in honor of the Corona heroes.{{cite web |title=RCB players to honour COVID heroes by wearing tribute jersey in IPL 2020| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/rcb-jersey-covid-heroes-6600263/|website=indian express|author=| date=17 September 2020|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 September 2020}}

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. ! Name ! Nationality ! Birth date ! Batting style ! Bowling style ! Year signed ! Salary ! Notes
class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| Batsmen
18	Virat Kohli	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1988\|11\|5\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|17\|c\|1}}	Captain
17	AB de Villiers	{{cr\|SA}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1984\|2\|17\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|11\|c\|1}}	Overseas, Vice-captain, Occasional wicket-keeper
91	Gurkeerat Singh	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1990\|06\|29\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2019	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|50\|l
3}}
37	Devdutt Padikkal	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|2000\|07\|07\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2019	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|20\|l
3}}
42	Aaron Finch	{{cr\|AUS}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1986\|11\|17\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|4.4\|c
3}}	Overseas
colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| All-rounders
5	Washington Sundar	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1999\|10\|5\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|3.2\|c
3}}
6	Shivam Dube	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1993\|06\|26\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	style="text-align:center;"\| 2019	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|5\|c
3}}
81	Moeen Ali	{{cr\|ENG}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1987\|6\|18\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|1.7\|c
3}}	Overseas
15	Pawan Negi	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1993\|1\|6\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|1\|c
3}}
{{NA}}	Pavan Deshpande	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1989\|9\|16\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|20\|l
3}}
45	Chris Morris	{{cr\|RSA}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1987\|4\|30\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|10\|c}}	Overseas
21	Shahbaz Ahmed	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1994\|12\|12\|df=y}}	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|20\|l
3}}
colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| Wicket-keepers
72	Parthiv Patel	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1985\|3\|9\|df=y}}	Left-handed		style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|1.7\|c
3}}
1	Josh Philippe	{{cr\|AUS}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1997\|6\|1\|df=y}}	Right-handed		style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|20\|l
3}}	Overseas
colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| Spin Bowlers
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1990\|7\|23\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|6\|c
3}}
36	Adam Zampa	{{cr\|AUS}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1992\|3\|31\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|1.5\|c
3}}	Overseas
colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"\| Pace Bowlers
19	Umesh Yadav	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1987\|10\|25\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|4.2\|c
3}}
96	Navdeep Saini	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1993\|11\|23\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|3\|c
3}}
73	Mohammed Siraj	{{cr\|IND}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1994\|3\|13\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|2.6\|c
3}}
{{NA}}	Kane Richardson	{{cr\|AUS}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1991\|2\|12\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|4\|c
3}}	Overseas
27	Dale Steyn	{{cr\|RSA}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1983\|6\|27\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|2\|c
3}}	Overseas
50	Isuru Udana	{{cr\|SRI}}	{{Birth date and age2\|2020\|9\|19\|1988\|2\|17\|df=y}}	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="text-align:right;"\| {{INRConvert\|50\|l
3}}	Overseas

Administration and support staff

Position !Name
class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
Owner	Anand Kripalu (United Spirits Limited)
CEO	Anand Kripalu
Chairman \| Sanjeev Churiwala
Team manager	Soumyadeep Pyne
Director of cricket operations	Mike Hesson
Head coach	Simon Katich
Bowling coach	Adam Griffith
Batting and spin bowling coach	Sridharan Sriram
Head of scouting and fielding coach	Malolan Rangarajan
Head physiotherapist	Evan Speechly
Strength and conditioning coach	Basu Shanker
Team doctor	Dr. Charles Minz
colspan="2" style="text-align:right;"\| Source:{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
Kit manufacturer !Shirt sponsor (chest) !Shirt sponsor (back) !Shirt sponsor (chest)
Wrogn Active \|Muthoot Fincorp \|DP World \|Myntra
colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"\| Source :

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"

Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor (chest)

!Shirt sponsor (back)

!Shirt sponsor (chest)

colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"| Source :

|{{Cricket uniform

| pattern_la = _goldborder

| pattern_b = _black_chest

| pattern_ra = _goldborder

| pattern_pants =

| leftarm = 000000

| body = FF0000

| rightarm = 000000

| pants = FF0000

| title = Home kit

}}

Teams and standings

= Results by match =

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|header=Round

|label2= Result

| res2= W/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/L

|label3= Position

| pos3= 1/6/3/1/3/4/3/3/3/2/3/2/2/4

| color_W = green2|text_W=Win

| color_D = yellow2| text_D=Draw

| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss

| color_1-2=green1| color_3-4=#ffc

| source = Fixtures

}}

=League table=

==League stage==

{{hatnote|Subtract 1.5 hours from the UAE Standard Time (UTC+4) for these matches.}}

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=Playoffs=

;Eliminator

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Statistics

=Most runs=

No. ! Name ! Match ! Inns ! NO ! Runs ! HS ! Ave. ! BF ! SR ! 100s ! 50s ! 0 ! 4s ! 6s
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
1	Devdutt Padikkal	15	15	0	473	74	31.53	379	124.80	0	5	0	51	8
2	Virat Kohli	15	15	4	466	90*	42.36	384	121.35	0	3	0	23	11
3	AB de Villiers	15	14	4	454	73*	45.40	286	158.74	0	5	1	33	23
4	Aaron Finch	12	12	0	268	52	22.33	241	111.20	0	1	0	28	8
5	Shivam Dube	11	9	2	129	27*	18.42	105	122.85	0	0	0	5	9

Source: Cricinfo{{cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2020;team=4340;type=year|title=RCB Most Runs in IPL 2020|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

=Most wickets=

No. ! Name ! Match ! Inns ! Overs ! Maidens ! Runs ! Wickets ! BBI ! Ave. ! Econ. ! SR ! 4W ! 5W
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	15	57.1	0	405	21	3/18	19.28	7.08	16.3	0	0
2	Chris Morris	9	9	31.4	1	210	11	4/26	19.09	6.63	17.2	1	0
3	Mohammed Siraj	9	9	27.1	2	236	11	3/8	21.45	8.68	14.8	0	0
4	Isuru Udana	10	10	29.0	0	282	8	2/41	35.25	9.72	21.7	0	0
5	Washington Sundar	15	15	50.0	1	298	8	2/16	37.25	5.96	37.5	0	0

Source: Cricinfo{{cite news |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2020;team=4340;type=year|title=RCB Most wickets in IPL 2020|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

Player of the match awards

No. ! Date ! Player ! Opponent ! Result ! Contribution ! Ref.
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
1	{{dts\|1=2020\|2=9\|3=21\|format=dmy}}	Yuzvendra Chahal	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 10 runs	3/18 (4 overs)	{{Cite web\|title=Yuzvendra Chahal three-for, Sunrisers Hyderabad collapse hand Royal Challengers Bangalore win\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216534/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-3rd-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|language=en}}
2	{{dts\|1=2020\|2=9\|3=28\|format=dmy}}	AB de Villiers	Mumbai Indians	Won in super over	55 (24)	{{cite web \|title=Bumrah vs de Villiers, an IPL battle for the ages\| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29997417/rcb-v-mi-ipl-2020-jasprit-bumrah-vs-ab-de-villiers-ipl-battle-ages\|website=ESPN\|author=\| date=28 September 2020\|language=en\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=28 September 2020}}
3 \|3 October 2020 \|Yuzvendra Chahal \|Rajasthan Royals \|Won by 8 wickets \|3/24 (4 overs) \|{{Cite web\|title=Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to third win\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216514/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-rajasthan-royals-15th-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|date=3 October 2020 \|language=en}}
4 \|10 October 2020 \|Virat Kohli \|Chennai Super Kings \|Won by 37 runs \|90* (52) \|{{Cite web\|title=Kohli's 90* leads Royal Challengers' demolition of Super Kings\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216525/chennai-super-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-25th-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|date=10 October 2020 \|language=en}}
5 \|12 October 2020 \|AB de Villiers \|Kolkata Knight Riders \|Won by 82 runs \|73* (33) \|{{Cite web\|title=Royal Challengers Bangalore go third as AB de Villiers, spinners thrash Kolkata Knight Riders\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216540/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-28th-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|language=en}}
6 \|17 October 2020 \|AB de Villiers \|Rajasthan Royals \|Won by 7 wickets \|55* (22) \|{{Cite web\|title=Scintillating AB de Villiers snatches victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore from Rajasthan Royals\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216522/rajasthan-royals-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-33rd-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|date=17 October 2020 \|language=en}}
7 \|21 October 2020 \|Mohammed Siraj \|Kolkata Knight Riders \|Won by 8 wickets \|3/8 (4 overs) \|{{Cite web\|title=Mohammed Siraj's record-breaking night stuns Kolkata Knight Riders\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1216494/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-39th-match-indian-premier-league-2020-21\|access-date=2020-10-21\|work=ESPNcricinfo\|date=21 October 2020 \|language=en}}

References

Category:2020s in Bengaluru

Category:2020 Indian Premier League

Category:Royal Challengers Bengaluru seasons