RCB’s weakness became its biggest strength
It has always been said about the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore that its biggest strength has been batting. The team had strong players like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. RCB does not get success due to bowling. However, since last season, a lot of things have changed for the team. Especially the bowling which was considered the weak link of the team. At the same time, his biggest strength is now being seen.
For the team, Mohammad Siraj and Josh Hazlewood performed a strong game with the new ball last season. At the same time, Harshal Patel showed amazing in the death overs. Although the last season was nothing special for Harshal, but in IPL 2023, it is expected that he will make a strong comeback.
At the same time, in spin bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga and Shahbaz Ahmed are a strong link of the team. Apart from this, players like Jason Behrendorff, David Willey and Siddharth Kaul are also capable of showing their fire when given the opportunity.
RCB will face this challenge in IPL in 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore have always been counted as one of the strongest teams in the IPL. However, the team made many mistakes continuously due to which it has not been able to become the champion even once. RCB has strong batsmen like Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik. However, the biggest challenge before the team is regarding the opening and middle order. Virat Kohli can also open for the team but his record at number three has been excellent. In such a situation, Rajat Patidar can go down for the opening with Du Plessis.
At the same time, talented players like Mahipal Lomrod and Anuj Rawat can be given a chance with the team in the middle order. In such a situation, if the RCB team tackles these two challenges, then things may become a bit easier for them in IPL 2023.
How has RCB performed in IPL?
The performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the Indian Premier League has been decent. Although it will be bad luck for RCB that in the 15 seasons of the team league, it reached the final thrice but it was not successful in winning the title even once. RCB’s team reached the final for the first time in 2009. After this, in 2011 the team traveled till the finals. After this, in 2016 also the team had to face defeat in the final.
Apart from the finals, the team had finished third in 2010 and 2015. And in 2012 and 2013, the team finished fifth and in 2018, the team finished sixth. RCB’s worst performance was in 2008 and 2014. Apart from this, there was also a phase when the team finished eighth in 2017 and 2019.
Full squad of RCB for IPL 2023-
Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis (c), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandge, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Michael Bracewell.