New Delhi. The fans of Royal Challengers Bangalore heaved a sigh of relief when Virat Kohli joined the team. RCB posted a video of Virat joining the camp, the comments on which show how excited the team’s fans are. But will this enthusiasm last till the end in IPL 2024? Like the last 16 seasons, the road seems difficult for Royal Challengers Bangalore this time too. Many weaknesses are already visible in his team combination.
IPL 2024 is starting on 22nd March. This T20 league is starting with the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings match (RCB vs CSK). If we look at the team combination, Bangalore’s balance seems to be disturbed. While the team is full of excellent batsmen, the bowling attack does not appear to be very reliable. Before talking about this, let us know who are in this team.
Complete team of RCB (RCB Squad): Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar. Vishak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.
Strong batter till number 7
It is clear that there are big names in batting in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper) can be seen batting in the top-7. Of these, Maxwell and Cameron Green will also have two hands each in bowling. That means this team will need only 4 specialist bowlers.
Siraj will lead the pace attack
Mohammed Siraj will lead the bowling attack of Royal Challengers Bangalore. The team has 4 foreign pace bowlers in fast bowling in the form of Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Tom Curran and Alzarri Joseph. But only one of them is expected to get a place in the playing eleven. The remaining three foreigners in the playing eleven could be Du Plessis, Maxwell and Cameron Green.
Karan Sharma Leading Spinner
This means that out of 4 specialist bowlers in the playing eleven of Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3 will be Indians. There will also be a spinner among these three bowlers. These three bowlers of India can be Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep and Karn Sharma. Leg spinner Karn Sharma has immense experience in domestic cricket. Despite this, Karn cannot be kept in the league of spinners which has Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Zampa. Fast bowlers Siraj and Akashdeep have been excellent with the new ball, but they may face difficulty in the death overs.
This is the reason why despite having the best batting line-up among the IPL teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore are not included among the experts’ contenders for the title like Chennai Super Kings or Mumbai Indians are.
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Tags: IPL 2024, rcb, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 19, 2024, 15:30 IST