The start of IPL 2024 for Royal Challengers Bangalore has been quiet, to say the least. The team has lost two of three games and is also the first team this season not to lose at home. Kohli scored an unbeaten 83 to help the RCB team score 182/6. But KKR reached the target with more than 3 overs remaining. Former England cricketer Stuart Broad spoke on Star Sports about the shortcomings of RCB’s bowling line-up. “At times like this you want to give credit to KKR, you know they have won six consecutive away games in Bangalore. You have to look at the RCB bowling as well, just watch the KKR cutters and the slower balls and then go in for It was a very difficult pitch for one of the best batsmen of all time, Virat Kohli, who could never time it consistently,” he said.

“Then they came out and bowled with a lot of pace and the pace disappeared to the boundaries, they bowled short and it was predictable but that’s their problem, RCB, I think their batting has been strong over the years and they There is quality there with stars but their bowling unit just can’t seem to step up and win games. This looks like a slightly unbalanced team and in my personal opinion they have found overseas players who have suffered at times Humiliating losses, like those at home, sharpen your focus and make you aware of how you should be playing.”

Broad spoke about the poor strategy adopted by the RCB bowlers. “It’s the length of the ball he bats and RCB should be following that up with a much shorter drop or getting into the slot with slower balls. I think Andre Russell has done so well and that’s Not necessarily a back-of-hand thing, it’s just the chipper, getting into the top of the stumps that the batsman can’t adapt to. When you’re a chipper, if you land too short or too full, the batsman can adjust, but if you’re “The lengths they couldn’t get to and that’s when it was difficult, RCB just didn’t get the lengths right. Too short, too full, slower balls and cuts, KKR punished them. “

Broad added: “When a team bats first, normally you would expect to learn a lot from the team batting first and take all that information and provide that information in the second innings. So they have All the information KKR did was “excellent, but they failed to put it into practice and teach the skill. I think RCB’s coaching staff and captain will be very disappointed with how well they could have executed. “