Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting order and playing 11, IPL 2009
RCB most often opened with Jacques Kallis and Jesse Ryder in IPL 2009, with Roelof van der Merwe at No. 3.
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Batting order
Each batter at their most frequent position this season
| Pos | Batter | Positions batted (innings) | Inns | Runs | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques KallisMoved around | 1 (8), 2 (3), 3 (3), 4 (1) | 15 | 361 | 108.7 |
| 1 | Jesse Ryder | 1 (5) | 5 | 56 | 114.3 |
| 2 | Robin UthappaMoved around | 2 (5), 3 (4), 1 (2), 5 (1), 8 (1) | 13 | 175 | 102.9 |
| 2 | Manish Pandey | 2 (3), 7 (1) | 4 | 168 | 142.4 |
| 2 | Shreevats Goswami | 2 (2) | 2 | 53 | 88.3 |
| 2 | Wasim Jaffer | 2 (2) | 2 | 15 | 88.2 |
| 3 | Roelof van der MerweMoved around | 3 (3), 7 (3), 6 (1), 8 (1) | 8 | 122 | 124.5 |
| 3 | Rajesh BishnoiMoved around | 3 (1), 7 (1), 8 (1) | 3 | 19 | 111.8 |
| 4 | Ross TaylorMoved around | 4 (6), 5 (2), 6 (2), 3 (1) | 11 | 280 | 134.6 |
| 4 | Kevin PietersenMoved around | 4 (3), 3 (2), 5 (1) | 6 | 93 | 109.4 |
| 5 | Rahul DravidMoved around | 5 (5), 4 (4), 3 (2), 6 (1) | 12 | 271 | 115.8 |
| 6 | Virat KohliMoved around | 6 (5), 5 (4), 7 (2), 2 (1), 4 (1) | 13 | 246 | 112.3 |
| 6 | Mark BoucherMoved around | 6 (5), 5 (2), 7 (2) | 9 | 150 | 129.3 |
| 7 | Balachandra Akhil | 7 (2), 8 (1) | 3 | 17 | 113.3 |
| 8 | Dillon du Preez | 8 (1) | 1 | 10 | 76.9 |
| 8 | Karn Sharma | 8 (1) | 1 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 9 | Praveen Kumar | 9 (5), 8 (2), 1 (1) | 8 | 65 | 141.3 |
| 9 | Vinay KumarMoved around | 9 (3), 10 (3), 8 (2) | 8 | 47 | 106.8 |
| 9 | Pankaj Singh | 9 (1), 10 (1) | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
| 10 | Dale Steyn | 10 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Anil KumbleMoved around | 11 (3), 10 (2), 9 (1) | 6 | 16 | 84.2 |
| 11 | KP Appanna | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quick answers
Who opened the batting for RCB in IPL 2009?
RCB most often opened with Jacques Kallis and Jesse Ryder in IPL 2009, with Roelof van der Merwe at No. 3.
Who batted as RCB's finisher?
Virat Kohli batted most often at No. 6 (13 innings, 246 runs).
How settled was the RCB top order?
Jacques Kallis batted at No. 1 in 53% of their innings; Jesse Ryder batted at No. 1 in 100% of their innings.