Rating Royal Challengers Banglore's performance in each IPL from 2008-2018

2012 - Deccan Chargers throw Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the tournament in a thriller

Deccan Chargers defeated RCB by 9 runs in the most important game of RCB's season

In the year 2012, Royal Challengers Bangalore brought R Vinay Kumar back in their squad apart from retaining the core players of their 2011 team.

The team got off to a winning start by defeating Delhi Daredevils by 20 runs in their tournament opener.

However, they lost their next three games and failed to capture momentum early in the season. After 10 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore were placed at the sixth position with nine points and this was when the men in red and gold stepped up in the tournament.

Bangalore went on to win four of their next five matches as a top 4 finish in the points table looked probable for RCB.

They were tied at 17 points with Chennai Super Kings before their last league match against bottom-placed Deccan Chargers, where a victory would have assured the Bengaluru based outfit a spot in the playoffs.

But, RCB failed to defeat the Chargers and crashed out of the tournament because of a poor net run rate.

The team started the tournament mildly before capturing momentum in the end but, a fifth-place finish was not something the RCB fans would have been satisfied with.

Rating - 5.5/10