Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting order and playing 11, IPL 2012
RCB most often opened with Andrew McDonald and Cheteshwar Pujara in IPL 2012, with Virat Kohli 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 | Andrew McDonaldMoved around | 1 (1), 5 (1), 6 (1) | 3 | 47 | 134.3 |
| 1 | Cheteshwar PujaraMoved around | 1 (1), 2 (1), 7 (1) | 3 | 17 | 77.3 |
| 2 | Chris Gayle | 2 (9), 1 (4), 4 (1) | 14 | 733 | 160.7 |
| 2 | Tillakaratne DilshanMoved around | 2 (5), 1 (4) | 9 | 285 | 109.2 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 3 (13), 1 (1), 4 (1) | 15 | 364 | 111.7 |
| 4 | AB de VilliersMoved around | 4 (6), 5 (6), 6 (1) | 13 | 319 | 161.1 |
| 4 | Asad Ullah Khan Pathan | 4 (1), 6 (1) | 2 | 6 | 85.7 |
| 5 | Saurabh TiwaryMoved around | 5 (6), 4 (4), 7 (1) | 11 | 191 | 112.4 |
| 6 | Mayank AgarwalMoved around | 6 (6), 1 (4), 3 (2) | 12 | 225 | 142.4 |
| 6 | Mohammad Kaif | 6 (1) | 1 | 14 | 87.5 |
| 6 | Rajoo Bhatkal | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Daniel Vettori | 7 (5), 8 (1) | 6 | 31 | 119.2 |
| 7 | Zaheer KhanMoved around | 7 (1), 8 (1), 9 (1), 10 (1) | 4 | 12 | 70.6 |
| 7 | Syed Mohammed | 7 (1) | 1 | 4 | 400.0 |
| 8 | Vinay Kumar | 8 (5), 7 (1), 9 (1) | 7 | 68 | 109.7 |
| 9 | Harshal Patel | 9 (3) | 3 | 15 | 100.0 |
| 10 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 (1), 11 (1) | 2 | 6 | 66.7 |
| 10 | Sreenath Aravind | 10 (1) | 1 | 14 | 175.0 |
| 11 | Prasanth Parameswaran | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quick answers
Who opened the batting for RCB in IPL 2012?
RCB most often opened with Andrew McDonald and Cheteshwar Pujara in IPL 2012, with Virat Kohli at No. 3.
Who batted as RCB's finisher?
Mayank Agarwal batted most often at No. 6 (12 innings, 225 runs).
How settled was the RCB top order?
Andrew McDonald batted at No. 1 in 33% of their innings; Cheteshwar Pujara batted at No. 1 in 33% of their innings.