Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Bharat Chipli1 (2), 2 (1)32071.4
1J Arunkumar1 (3)323100.0
1Shivnarine Chanderpaul1 (2), 2 (1)32580.6
2Virat KohliMoved around2 (3), 3 (3), 6 (3), 5 (2), 7 (1)12165105.1
2Wasim Jaffer2 (5), 1 (1)6115110.6
2Shreevats Goswami2 (2), 3 (1)38296.5
3Misbah-ul-HaqMoved around3 (4), 5 (3), 6 (1)8117144.4
3Ross Taylor3 (4)4149184.0
4Rahul DravidMoved around4 (5), 5 (3), 2 (2), 6 (2), 1 (1), 7 (1)14371124.5
4Jacques Kallis4 (8), 1 (3)11199108.7
5Cameron White5 (5), 3 (1), 4 (1), 6 (1)8114111.8
6Mark Boucher6 (6), 1 (1), 3 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1)10225127.1
7Balachandra Akhil7 (6), 10 (1)746148.4
7Devraj Patil7 (1), 8 (1)213100.0
8Praveen KumarMoved around8 (6), 7 (3), 1 (1), 6 (1), 9 (1)12112114.3
8Sunil Joshi8 (1), 11 (1)2642.9
8Ashley Noffke8 (1)1990.0
9Zaheer Khan9 (6), 10 (1)73479.1
9Vinay KumarMoved around9 (2), 8 (1), 10 (1)425113.6
10Anil Kumble10 (4)41376.5
11Dale Steyn11 (2)2240.0
11Abdur Razzak11 (1)100.0

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for RCB in IPL 2008?

RCB most often opened with Bharat Chipli and J Arunkumar in IPL 2008, with Misbah-ul-Haq at No. 3.

Who batted as RCB's finisher?

Mark Boucher batted most often at No. 6 (10 innings, 225 runs).

How settled was the RCB top order?

Bharat Chipli batted at No. 1 in 67% of their innings; J Arunkumar batted at No. 1 in 100% of their innings.