2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore season

The 2023 season was the 16th season for the IPL cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The team is captained by Faf Du Plessis, and coached by Sanjay Bangar.

Background
The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.


 * Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, David Willey
 * Released: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia, Chama Milind
 * Acquired during the auction: Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage

Squad

 * Players with international caps are listed in bold
 * Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)