5 Reasons Why RCB Can win their maiden IPL title this season

RCB is one of the IPL teams that haven’t won the IPL title yet. Since the beginning of the tournament RCB had many big players in their squad like Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, and many more.

RCB is considered the unluckiest franchise among all the ten franchises. Since the inception of the league, they have made it to the playoffs and finals many times but unfortunately lost all the time.

In the mega auction of IPL 2022 RCB was the busiest franchise and made some successful bids on star players. As a result, RCB made a most balanced squad this season. They have aggressive batsmen like Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis. The team also has a strong bowling lineup with the names like Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, and Wanindu Hasaranga.

In this article, we will discuss the 5 reasons why RCB can win their maiden IPL title this season.

Reasons why RCB can win IPL this season

1. Hard-Hitting Openers and Best Batting Lineup

RCB has always struggled to find out best openers who can give them a great start, this season they have FAF du Plessis and Virat Kohli who will open the innings for the team. On the third position, they have Glenn Maxwell, and on the fifth position, they also have the hard-hitting finisher Dinesh Karthik. This batting lineup will be a nightmare for many bowlers.

2. Strong Bowling Attack

RCB is a team that lacks bowling strength but this season the franchise was successful to assemble a strong bowling attack. Before IPL 2022 mega auction they retained Mohammed Siraj who is fantastic with the new ball. And during the auction, they bought the best players from T20 cricket like Josh Hazelwood, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Wanindu Hasaranga.

Mohammed Siraj will pair with Josh Hazelwood and Harshal Patel and the trio will torture the opponent batters. Meanwhile, Shahbaz Ahmed will pair with Wanindu Hasaranga will dominate the batters with their spin. 

3. Signing Potential Domestic Players.

RCB is a team that has always supported potential domestic players. The franchise is known to give chances to uncapped talented players. Under the captaincy of Virat, Kohli RCB has polished some of the best domestic players.

This season as well, RCB has successfully bought some domestic players like Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmad, and Mahipal Lomror. These uncapped players can prove themselves to be game-changers of RCB and can also be emerging players of the season.

4. Good Back-up players

One of the main drawbacks of RCB was they did not have good backup players in the past seasons. But in the mega auction of IPL 2022, they have focused on this aspect and strengthened their squad with good backup players.

Jason Behrendorff is a good back for Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen can be a substitute for any top order and he is also a good backup for Dinesh Karthik as a wicket-keeper, at the same time Sherfane Rutherford can be a substitute for any opener or middle-order batsman.

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5. Change of Leadership

Almost after 10 years, RCB has changed its skipper. Virat Kohli resigned from his responsibilities as a captain after the 2021 IPL season. This decision of Virat Kohli will benefit the franchise in two ways. Firstly Virat Kohli will play his game freely without having team responsibility and secondly the new captain FAF du Plessis will give a fresh start to the team to prove himself.