The 2023 season was the 16th season for the IPL

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based in

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, India. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League. The team was captained by

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, and coached by Sanjay Bangar.

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captained the team in three games when

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was ruled out due to injury.

Background

The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. ;Retained:

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, Mohammad Siraj,

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, Wanindu Hasaranga,

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, Shahbaz Ahmad,

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, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma,

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, David Willey ;Released: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia,

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;Acquired during the auction: Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav,

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, Manoj Bhandage

Squad

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

Teams and standings

Points table

Matches

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Statistics

References

{{2023 Indian Premier League 2023 Indian Premier League Royal Challengers Bengaluru seasons