The Indian Premier League title is something that has eluded the Royal Challengers Bangalore since its inception in 2008. They have been called favorites due to their powerful hitting department with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at the helm. But the touchy bowling department has always led to their downfall, as Kohli and De Villiers have too much responsibility to fulfill. They couldn’t even qualify for the playoffs the last two seasons and finished last in 2019.
This has led to requests for a change of captaincy at RCB. Kohli has been the captain of RCB for the last 3 seasons, but things haven’t improved much. But why can’t RCB take the next step in its search for the title? Former KKR captain and two-time IPL winner Gautam Gambhir highlighted some of the reasons why RCB was unable to get going.
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“What Virat Kohli said, when you are happy with your team as captain, you will have already planned in which game XI you want to play. If you are satisfied, calm also comes. Because there are times when you don’t get to know your best XI in the entire tournament and that’s why you make a lot of changes, “Gambhir said on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected program.
“I still feel that RCB seems a bit heavy. But one thing that they will see a little differently is that the bowlers will be happy because they won’t have to play 7 games at Chinnaswamy Stadium. “
Gambhir also pointed out the difference in the captaincy styles of MS Dhoni and Kohli. Gambhir wants RCB to persist with a starting eleven for 6-7 games to give them consistency.
“The biggest difference between Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni is that MS Dhoni persists with their players for 6-7 matches. If you see the trend of RCB, they make changes very quickly because they have the doubt that their XI of game does not have a suitable balance “.
“So I would like to see from RCB that even if the start is not good, they should persist with their XI game and give them 6-7 matches. Because then only the players will give you performances and not if you give one or two games. So if Virat Kohli is calm in his mind that this is the most balanced team, the important thing will be how they perform and how long he persists with these players. “
RCB will play its first IPL 2020 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on September 21 at the Dubai International Stadium.
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