RCB: Marks out of 10 for Royal Challengers players this season

Royal Challengers Bangalore's search for an IPL title continues as Kohli & Co. crashed out of the IPL 2018. The defeat against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday ended their 2018 journey. They finished the season with 6 wins from 14 games and never looked a settled unit.

Only the individual brilliance of AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, and Umesh Yadav has kept them alive until the last league game. With 530 runs, Virat Kohli finished as their highest run-getter. Umesh Yadav was easily their best bowler this season with 20 wickets. Some of their expensive signings failed to live up to the expectations this season and that has attributed to their downfall.

Note: Players who have played at least 3 games this season are rated here.

Without much ado, let's see the performances of RCB players this season.

Kulwant Khejroliya 2/10

Virat Kohli surprised everyone when he played Khejroliya instead of Mohammed Siraj.in RCB's first game of the season. The Delhi seamer played only 3 games for RCB and struggled to adapt to the demands of the game. He picked up 2 wickets at an economy rate of 9.87.

Manan Vohra 3/10

Vohra's IPL season lasted only 4 games. He scored a total of 55 runs at a strike rate of 117. He could not create an impact and only once scored more than 10 runs in an innings. A season to forget for the 24-year-old batsman from Punjab.

Corey Anderson 3/10

Corey Anderson's 2018 IPL season was a disaster. He played only 3 games and did not do anything remarkable in those games. He scored 17 runs in his three innings at a strike rate of 77.27 and picked up 3 wickets at an economy rate of 13.26. Not his best IPL season.

Sarfraz Khan 3/10

Retained by Bangalore prior to the 2018 auction, Sarfraz failed to play a single substantial knock for RCB this season, with his highest score being 22*. He scored a total of 51 runs in 7 games at a strike rate of 124. He let his team down on far too many occasions and lacked composure at the crease.

Washington Sundar 4/10

Sundar had a poor IPL 2018

Bought for a huge Rs 3.2 crores in the 2018 auction, Washington Sundar failed miserably for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He picked up only 4 wickets in 7 games at an economy of 9.60. He was the only recognized domestic all-rounder in the team and his poor form has cost Bangalore dearly.

Brendon McCullum 4/10

Brendon McCullum has played quite a few memorable knocks in IPL but none of them came in 2018. The 36-year-old has played only 6 games this season and scored 127 runs at an average of 21.16. He struggled at the top and could not find his best form.

Chris Woakes 4/10

One of the biggest failures of IPL 2018. Bought for a huge Rs 7.40 crores in the 2018 auction, Woakes completely flopped for his new franchise. RCB's most expensive signing played only 5 games this season. He picked up 8 wickets at an economy of 10.36 and did not do anything with the bat either.

Tim Southee 5/10

Southee came into the team midway through the tournament and did a decent job. He played 8 games this season and picked up only 5 wickets at an economy rate of 9. The 29-year-old had a couple of good games, but apart from that, he was ordinary in IPL 2018.

Quinton de Kock 5/10

Quinton de Kock (left) struggled at the top

Quinton de Kock did not have a great IPL. He opened the batting with Brendon McCullum but struggled for runs at the top. He scored a total of 201 runs in IPL 2018. His strike rate was below 130 in the power play overs and he scored only one fifty in 8 innings. Not a season to remember for the Proteas wicket-keeper.

Moeen Ali 5/10

Moeen Ali got his chance late in the tournament and could not do much to take RCB to the playoffs. He played one match-winning knock, and apart from that, he was very quiet. In 5 games, Ali has scored 77 runs and picked up 3 wickets. Kohli should have tried him early in the season.

Colin de Grandhomme 6/10

He filled the all-rounder slot in RCB lineup, which was left open because of Woakes' poor form. He has played a couple of excellent cameos this season and finished the tournament with a strike rate of 156. He also did a decent job with the ball.

Parthiv Patel 6/10

Like Moeen Ali, Parthiv's chances came late in the tournament. Parthiv scored 153 runs in 6 games at a strike rate of 140.36. Unlike de Kock and McCullum, Parthiv was able to give good starts for RCB. One may feel that Kohli should have used him a little early.

Mandeep Singh 6/10

Mandeep Singh played some brilliant cameos

It was a season of cameos for the 26-year-old batsman from Punjab. With 252 runs, he is RCB's third highest run-getter this season. He has played some eye-catching knocks and was good late in the innings. If he can develop the habit of playing long innings, he could be a huge asset for RCB in the future.

Mohammed Siraj 7/10

The 24-year-old seamer has enjoyed a good IPL season. In 11 games this season, Mohammed Siraj has picked up 11 wickets at an economy rate of 8.95. Though he struggled early in the season, he did well in the second half. He bowled a lot of overs late in the innings and did a good job for his captain.

Yuzvendra Chahal 7/10

Chahal had a quiet IPL 2018. The 27-year-old leg-spinner picked up 12 wickets in 14 games at an economy of 7.26. Though he bowled well, he could not pick up enough wickets to help RCB win games. This was his lowest wickets tally in the last four years. Few more wickets from Chahal in the middle overs would have certainly helped RCB.

Virat Kohli 8/10

Kohli's wait for an IPL title continues

2018 is nowhere close to Kohli's best season in IPL. In 14 games this season, Kohli scored 530 runs at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 139. Though he scored four fifties, he was not at his fluent best. The RCB captain struggled on occasions and looked susceptible against the spinners.

Umesh Yadav 9/10

RCB's best bowler this season without any doubt. Umesh Yadav picked up 20 wickets in 14 games at an economy of 7.86. He was phenomenal with the new ball and bowled brilliantly in the power play overs. He troubled batsmen with his pace and bounce. He is back in the Indian team because of his IPL performances.

AB de Villiers 9/10

With six fifties in 11 innings, de Villiers is RCB's best batsman in IPL 2018. He has scored 480 runs this season at an average of 53.33 and a strike rate of 174.54. He single-handedly won games for RCB this season and was ruthless. If not for him, RCB's season would have ended much earlier.