IPL 2024 RCB Royal Challengers Bangalore searching for first title, here is the complete analysis
IPL 2024 RCB : RCB means Royal Challengers Bangalore. Even though South Africa’s Faf Duplessis has been captaining this team for the last two years, the identity of this team is only with Virat Kohli. Kohli captained RCB for a long time, but he could not get the title. Although Virat is still with this team, but now he will be seen only as a player. Although the RCB team looks very strong every year, but as the season progresses, it becomes weak. Will something similar happen this time too, or will the picture change? Let us try to analyze RCB.
RCB has played 3 finals so far, reached the playoffs 8 times
Royal Challengers is the team which has played the entire season of IPL till now. But there is a zero in the name of the title. The team also played the IPL finals thrice, but something happened that the team could not win the trophy. The special thing is that out of 16 Indian Premier League seasons, the team managed to make it to the playoffs 8 times, but the point remains that everything happened, but the title did not come. The team even changed its captain for the last two years, but the fortunes of the team did not change.
RCB will play its first match against CSK on March 22.
This time RCB is once again playing the first match of IPL. This match will be played against Chennai Super Kings on 22 March in Chennai. That is, at the home of the opposing team, which is, in a way, CSK’s stronghold. RCB had stars and strong players like AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli is still playing. But could not win the trophy.
Virat Kohli is going to return after the break
This time too, when the RCB team takes the field, most of the attention will be on Virat Kohli. Who will enter the cricket field after a break of about two months. When Kohli comes after the break, he becomes even more dangerous, we have seen this before. Kohli had scored 973 runs in the 2016 IPL, which is a record till now. Kohli himself and the team’s fans would like that the same era should return once again and Kohli would score a lot of runs with his bat. Even in the year 2023, Virat Kohli had scored 639 runs for his team. The challenge before Virat Kohli will also be that the T20 World Cup is to be held immediately after the IPL, in which if he has to present his contention afresh, then he will have to score rapid runs in the opening.
Andy Flower is the head coach of the team
There have been many changes in the team since the year 2023. Now Andy Flower will be seen carrying the responsibility of the head coach of the team. Andy Flower has previously been the coach of LSG and despite being new, this team had made it to the playoffs twice in a row. Now it will be his responsibility to make RCB the champion for the first time. Like every time, this time too the biggest strength of the team is going to be its batting. But bowling can become a cause of tension somewhere.
Good mix of Indian and foreign bowlers
Mohammed Siraj has been leading the fast bowling in RCB for the last few years, who will be seen playing as the biggest bowler this time too. Some new bowlers have also been included to support them. Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran and Yash Dayal will also get opportunities from time to time in the team’s playing eleven. There is a mix of Indian and foreign bowling in it. Akash Deep, who recently debuted for India, is also going to be seen in the team.
The team also has a good army of all-rounders.
If we talk about spin, the team has some players who help in spin bowling along with batting. The names of Glenn Maxwell and Mayank Dagar can be taken in this. There are some new players also in the team. But when the team will play at its home i.e. Bengaluru, it will be interesting to see who will do the work of saving runs on the small ground.
Batting will be the biggest strength of the team
Overall, if seen, the biggest strength of the team again seems to be batting. The day their batsmen leave, then winning the match will not be a difficult task. But on a day when the batsmen do not bat, it can be very difficult for the bowlers to save the match. But it’s a new year and new players. It remains to be seen how the team performs this year.
RCB’s full squad for IPL 2024: Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vaishyak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.
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