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

2015 - Gayle, Kohli and De Villiers help Royal Challengers finish at the third position

The three main pillars of RCB

The team released Yuvraj Singh ahead of the 2015 season and signed Dinesh Karthik for 10.5 crores INR for the tournament.

But, the wicket-keeper batsman failed to make an impact on the RCB side which was running on the shoulders of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle.

All the three batsmen were in the top 10 of the leading run-scorers chart as they helped RCB finish at the third position in the points table.

The Bangalore side defeated Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator to progress to Qualifier 2 but a strong batting performance from CSK's Micheal Hussey ensured that RCB do not make it to the final of the 2015 season.

This season featured some memorable performances from AB de Villiers who established himself as a key player of RCB.

The 2015 season saw RCB rise up from the seventh position to the third position which shows that the team improved a lot in 2015.

Rating - 7/10