Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had seven wins from their 10 matches and were jointly placed at the top of the IPL (2020) points table along with Delhi Capitals (DC) and made thei way to playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are still standing at the second position in the IPL (2020) points table with three consecutive defeats, RCB couldn’t manage to add little to their points count. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had a run-rate of 0.182 which has now gone down 0.145 in the space of three games.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) having faced three defeats, if manages to win three games now, they’ll be Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 champions.
“It’s a terrible feeling to lose three in a row, you never want to do that,” AB de Villiers said, to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday after their last defeat. “But that is the nature of this tournament, anything can happen. If you lose three in a row, you can win three in a row as well.”
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in each of their seven games have won including win over Mumbai Indians (MI). Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have hit a half-century for their side. The only special case is their win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), when they could just meet up only 84 for 8 batting first and not leaving any opportunity for half-century from any one.
Devdutt Padikkal has also scored runs for his side, his contributions have been very much supportive and dragged his team to the win. Virat Kohli’s average 91.00 at a strike rate of 132.52. Ab de Villiers, figures are 123.00 at 203.00. In Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) losses, Virat Kohli’s average dropped to 26.33 and his strike rate to 107.48. The fall is high for An de Villiers, with 19.50 and 115.84.
Devdutt Padikkal’s figures in victories are 42.57 at 125.21 and fall of 20.66 and 131.91. The lower strike rate in victories is a sign of Devdutt Padikkal’s role in holding one end up while Virat Kohli and Ab de Villiers have led the charge.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) victory depends upon the two batsmen, when they perform it leads to victories and when they fail to perform good the team fails.
Having brought in Josh Philippe, Aaron Finch and Moeen Ali the top ranks, None of the three could make any great success in the limited, other chances they’ve had. The team is dependent on Virat Kohli and Ab de Villiers, but looking at thei continued dependence on Kohli and Ab de Villiers, the choices the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made against the Sunrisers were curious.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) went in with four bowler. The choice of Navdeep Saini was a natural part of their best XI, but they also brought in Isuru Udana, while leaving Moeen Ali.
The batting after Ab de Villers, who came in at No.4, were: Washington Sundar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris and Isuru Udana. That is among the weakest middle orders a team has had this season. Chris Morris is the only one with a T20 strike rate over 130.
Virat Kohli would later say that he thought the team “weren’t brave enough with the bat throughout the innings”.
AB de Villiers made to the dismissals of Philippe and himself, just five balls aside, made the turning point, though he maintained that the team was well balanced.
“The turning point was probably when Josh and I got out back to back, which cost us about 20 to 30 runs,”That put a lot of pressure on our middle order”, said AB de Villiers.
“We had a very good balanced team. We felt that was the right balance to go with. We had two frontline spinners, four seamers, lots of options with the ball. We have a very good batting line-up which didn’t score enough runs today, that’s what it comes down to”,Added AB de Villiers.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) can still win three in a row. But, who will beat hot streak against the opposing team.
