‘It hasn’t worked for almost 20 years’: Former India star slams RCB’s strategy Cricket News

It’s been a terrible start for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024, with the Faf du Plessis-led side losing four of their first five games of the tournament. Star batsman Virat Kohli is currently the top run-scorer in IPL 2024, but poor performance from other batsmen and an undisciplined bowling attack have led to heavy losses for the team. RCB’s latest loss was against Rajasthan Royals where Kohli once again scored a century but Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson were too strong for the bowlers. Former India batsman Aakash Chopra took to social media to dissect the key areas where RCB went wrong and how they failed to address the issues that often plagued them.

Chopra writes that the decision to drop quality spinners like Yuzvendra Chahal and Wanindu Hasaranga has been a major issue for the team, adding that the team needs to consider It’s not just the go-to strategy of batting with Kohli and three overseas batsmen.

“You give up on Chahal to buy Hasranga. Then give up on him to invest in the Indian spin team who are not playing. It’s quite a journey to understand that #RCB’s bowling is a chronic weak link but fix it The attempt is not done yet. As for batting… Kohli plus 3 overseas batsmen is a strategy that has not worked for almost two decades… Most teams would have gone a different route, but not RCB. # MidnightMusings,” Chopra posted on the social media platform. X (formerly Twitter).

You give up Chahal and buy Hasranga. Then let him go to invest in uncapped Indian spinning mills.
It’s quite a journey to understand this #RCBBowling is a long-standing weak link but attempts to address this remain to be seen.
As for batting…Kohli plus 3…

— Akash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 6, 2024

Kohli feels the Jaipur track is double-paced, making stroke play difficult, but former India ODI captain Ajay Jadeja feels the star batsman’s batting Way, there seemed to be few demons on the 22-yard run.

Kohli scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes, but RCB managed only 183/3 in 20 overs and were beaten by Rajasthan Royals went beyond with 5 balls to spare, courtesy of Jos Buttler’s 58-ball ton.

Jadeja, a keen cricketing brain, felt that there seemed to be some discrepancies between what Kohli observed and the overall performance of the pitch throughout the match.

“He (Kohli) started really well. He hit a few boundaries in the first few overs and you knew you were going to see something special tonight. The only thing that was surprising was what he said about how to proceed on the field Delivered. , but the way he batted the ball, we didn’t see any shortcomings on the pitch,” said ‘Jio Cinema’ IPL expert Jadeja.

After scoring his eighth IPL hundred, Kohli said the pitch was not flat, “The wicket looks different from outside. It feels like it is flat but the ball stays still on the pitch and that’s when you get Realize the change of pace,” Kohli told the official broadcaster.

(with PTI input)