IPL 2018: 3 players responsible for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s failure

#2 Brendon McCullum

McCullum failed to impress this season

McCullum is one of the most successful overseas batsmen in the history of IPL. Bangalore bought him for Rs 3.6 crores in the 2018 auction.

The Kiwi opening batsman has played in all the 10 editions of the tournament before 2018 and has scored 2881 runs in 109 games at an average of 28.

However, 2018 turned out to be one of his worst IPL seasons ever. McCullum has played six games this season and scored 127 runs at an average of 21. He could not make a single match-winning contribution this season.

Though he had few good starts, he failed to convert them into big scores. He struggled to adapt to Indian conditions and was rightly dropped from the team after a series of poor scores.